Best PlacesFinksburg, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Finksburg, 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.
Finksburg ranks 4,121st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Finksburg
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.
Finksburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Finksburg ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$138,278 median, better than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Finksburg ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Short commute36.3 minutes each way, better than only 11% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,253 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Finksburg
A household needs to earn about $127,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Finksburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $138,278, 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 Finksburg's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Finksburg
Finksburg runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Finksburg.
Who works in Finksburg, and how
Work in Finksburg centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Finksburg
Finksburg has more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. The coast is about 40 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Finksburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Finksburg, month by month
Finksburg sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Finksburg
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 26 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Finksburg
Schools across Finksburg average a B, better than 71% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Freedom District ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Spring Garden ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Sandymount ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oklahoma Road MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Shiloh MiddleB− · 39% proficient
- Westminster West MiddleC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Liberty HighA · 70% proficient
- Westminster HighA · 70% proficient
- Winters Mill HighA · 70% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Finksburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Finksburg 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 Finksburg against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Finksburg
Is Finksburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Finksburg ranks 4,121st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and civic engagement, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Finksburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $485,364. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $138,278 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Finksburg safe?
Finksburg is safer than 49% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $299 per resident a year.
Compare Finksburg with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Finksburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Finksburg 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.
Finksburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Finksburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Finksburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Finksburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Finksburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Finksburg 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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