Best PlacesFour Corners, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Four Corners, 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.
Four Corners ranks 3,186th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on high incomes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Four Corners
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.
Four Corners' strengths and weaknesses
Where Four Corners ranks high
- Household income$198,030 median, better than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Four Corners ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,745 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Four Corners
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Four Corners home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $198,030, 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 Four Corners' effective rate of 0.78%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Four Corners
Four Corners's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Four Corners.
Who works in Four Corners, and how
Work in Four Corners centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Four Corners
Four Corners has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of towns. The coast is about 36 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Four Corners and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Four Corners, month by month
Four Corners sees roughly 70 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 Four Corners
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 12 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 Four Corners
Schools across Four Corners average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sligo Creek ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Pine Crest ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
- Forest Knolls ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Eastern MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Silver Spring International MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Francis Scott Key MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Montgomery Blair HighA− · 60% proficient
- Springbrook HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Northwood HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Four Corners school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Four Corners 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 Four Corners against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Four Corners
Is Four Corners a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Four Corners ranks 3,186th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on high incomes, biking, and population health, and lowest on taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Four Corners expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $629,968. The overall cost of living runs about 26% above the national average. Set against a $198,030 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Four Corners safe?
Four Corners is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $609 per resident a year.
Compare Four Corners with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Four Corners. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Four Corners 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.
Four Corners detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Four Corners: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Four Corners: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Four Corners: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Four Corners: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Four Corners 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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