Best PlacesCroydon Park, Rockville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Croydon Park, Rockville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Croydon Park, Rockville ranks 2,388th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on cell coverage.
The best neighborhoods in Croydon Park, Rockville
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.
Croydon Park, Rockville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Croydon Park, Rockville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Household income$116,200 median, better than 78% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
Where Croydon Park, Rockville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Short commute34.9 minutes each way, better than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 60 pleasant days a year, better than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,745 a month, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Croydon Park, Rockville
A household needs to earn about $110,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Croydon Park, Rockville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $116,200, 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 Croydon Park, Rockville's effective rate of 0.99%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Croydon Park, Rockville
Croydon Park, Rockville's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Croydon Park, Rockville.
Who works in Croydon Park, Rockville, and how
Work in Croydon Park, Rockville centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Croydon Park, Rockville
Croydon Park, Rockville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 37 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Croydon Park, Rockville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Croydon Park, Rockville, month by month
Croydon Park, Rockville sees roughly 60 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Croydon Park, Rockville
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 17 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 Croydon Park, Rockville
Schools across Croydon Park, Rockville average a B, better than 76% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ritchie Park ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- Bayard Rustin ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Beall ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Julius West MiddleB · 45% proficient
- Earle B. Wood MiddleC · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Richard Montgomery HighA · 70% proficient
- Rockville HighA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Croydon Park, Rockville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Croydon Park, Rockville 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 Croydon Park, Rockville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Croydon Park, Rockville
Is Croydon Park, Rockville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Croydon Park, Rockville ranks 2,388th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on state infrastructure and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Croydon Park, Rockville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $411,611. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $116,200 median income, cost of living beats 64% of neighborhoods.
Is Croydon Park, Rockville safe?
Croydon Park, Rockville is safer than 27% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $616 per resident a year.
Compare Croydon Park, Rockville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Croydon Park, Rockville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Croydon Park, Rockville 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.
Croydon Park, Rockville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Croydon Park, Rockville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Croydon Park, Rockville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Croydon Park, Rockville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Croydon Park, Rockville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Croydon Park, Rockville 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.
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