Best PlacesColmar Manor, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Colmar Manor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Colmar Manor ranks 19,319th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Colmar Manor
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Colmar Manor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Colmar Manor ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
Where Colmar Manor ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Colmar Manor
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Colmar Manor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $122,794, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Colmar Manor's effective rate of 1.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Colmar Manor
Colmar Manor runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Colmar Manor.
Who works in Colmar Manor, and how
Work in Colmar Manor centers on construction and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Colmar Manor
Colmar Manor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 32 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Colmar Manor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Colmar Manor, month by month
Colmar Manor sees roughly 73 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Colmar Manor
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Colmar Manor
Schools across Colmar Manor average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rogers Heights ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- William Wirt MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Bladensburg HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Colmar Manor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Colmar Manor measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Colmar Manor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Colmar Manor
Is Colmar Manor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Colmar Manor ranks 19,319th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and cell coverage, and lowest on taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Colmar Manor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $370,900. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $122,794 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Colmar Manor safe?
Colmar Manor is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $826 per resident a year.
Compare Colmar Manor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Colmar Manor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Colmar Manor represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Colmar Manor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Colmar Manor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Colmar Manor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Colmar Manor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Colmar Manor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Colmar Manor detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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