Best PlacesGambrills, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gambrills, 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.
Gambrills ranks 614th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gambrills
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.
Gambrills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Gambrills ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$173,233 median, better than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
Where Gambrills 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
- Cheap childcare$1,268 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gambrills
A household needs to earn about $157,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gambrills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $173,233, 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 Gambrills' effective rate of 0.82%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Gambrills
Gambrills'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 Gambrills.
Who works in Gambrills, and how
Work in Gambrills centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Gambrills
Gambrills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns and more parkland per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Gambrills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gambrills, month by month
Gambrills sees roughly 82 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Gambrills
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 9 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 Gambrills
Schools across Gambrills average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Nantucket ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Four Seasons ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Monarch Global Academy Pcs Laurel CampusC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Crofton MiddleB · 47% proficient
- Central MiddleB− · 42% proficient
- Arundel MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- South River HighA · 70% proficient
- Arundel HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Old Mill HighB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gambrills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gambrills 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 Gambrills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gambrills
Is Gambrills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gambrills ranks 614th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and big-city access, 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 Gambrills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $600,687. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $173,233 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Gambrills safe?
Yes, Gambrills is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $170 per resident a year.
Compare Gambrills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gambrills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gambrills 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.
Gambrills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gambrills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gambrills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gambrills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gambrills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gambrills 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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