Best PlacesGlen Burnie, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glen Burnie, 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.
Glen Burnie ranks 1,309th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. The weather pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Glen Burnie
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.
Glen Burnie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glen Burnie ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 82% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 78% of cities
- TransitBetter than 69% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 68% of cities
Where Glen Burnie ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Glen Burnie
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glen Burnie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $94,106; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Glen Burnie's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glen Burnie.
Who works in Glen Burnie, and how
Work in Glen Burnie centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Glen Burnie
Glen Burnie has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Glen Burnie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glen Burnie, month by month
Glen Burnie sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Glen Burnie
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 4 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 Glen Burnie
Schools across Glen Burnie average a C, better than 21% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Monarch AcademyC · 33% proficient
- Monarch Global Academy Pcs Laurel CampusC− · 29% proficient
- Solley ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Old Mill Middle SouthC · 35% proficient
- Lindale MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
- Old Mill Middle NorthD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Severna Park HighA+ · 81% proficient
- Old Mill HighB · 50% proficient
- North County HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glen Burnie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glen Burnie 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 Glen Burnie against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Glen Burnie suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Glen Burnie
Is Glen Burnie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glen Burnie ranks 1,309th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on a stable housing market, big-city access, and few empty homes, and lowest on the weather and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glen Burnie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $362,882. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $94,106 median income, cost of living beats 57% of cities.
Is Glen Burnie safe?
Glen Burnie is safer than 41% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $340 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Glen Burnie?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 47 with lows near 26. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 2% of cities.
Is Glen Burnie good for families?
Schools beat 21% of cities, crime safety beats 41%, and childcare runs $1,268 a month.
Compare Glen Burnie with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glen Burnie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glen Burnie 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.
Glen Burnie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glen Burnie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glen Burnie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glen Burnie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glen Burnie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glen Burnie 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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