Best PlacesGlassmanor, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glassmanor, 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.
Glassmanor ranks 45,897th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glassmanor
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.
Glassmanor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glassmanor ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
Where Glassmanor ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glassmanor
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glassmanor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $72,406, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Glassmanor's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glassmanor
Glassmanor runs younger than the country, 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 Glassmanor.
Who works in Glassmanor, and how
Work in Glassmanor centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Glassmanor
Glassmanor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. The coast is about 24 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Glassmanor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glassmanor, month by month
Glassmanor sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Glassmanor
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 4 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 Glassmanor
Schools across Glassmanor average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- Flintstone ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
- Panorama ElementaryF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oxon Hill MiddleD− · 14% proficient
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
- Benjamin Stoddert MiddleF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Potomac HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glassmanor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glassmanor 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 Glassmanor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glassmanor
Is Glassmanor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glassmanor ranks 45,897th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and walkability, and lowest on taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glassmanor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $350,314. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $72,406 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Glassmanor safe?
Glassmanor is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $851 per resident a year.
Compare Glassmanor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glassmanor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glassmanor 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.
Glassmanor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glassmanor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glassmanor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glassmanor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glassmanor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glassmanor 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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