Best PlacesGreater Landover, Landover, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Greater Landover, Landover, 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.
Greater Landover, Landover ranks 5,166th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in Greater Landover, Landover
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.
Greater Landover, Landover's strengths and weaknesses
Where Greater Landover, Landover ranks high
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 69% of neighborhoods
Where Greater Landover, Landover ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Short commute33.8 minutes each way, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Greater Landover, Landover
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Greater Landover, Landover home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,687, 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 Greater Landover, Landover's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Greater Landover, Landover
Greater Landover, Landover's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Greater Landover, Landover.
Who works in Greater Landover, Landover, and how
Work in Greater Landover, Landover centers on health care & social 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 73%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Greater Landover, Landover
Greater Landover, Landover has more parkland per resident than 78% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 28 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Greater Landover, Landover and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Greater Landover, Landover, month by month
Greater Landover, Landover sees roughly 71 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 Greater Landover, Landover
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 10 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 Greater Landover, Landover
Schools across Greater Landover, Landover average a D, better than 15% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ardmore ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Gladys Noon Spellman ElementaryD · 16% proficient
- Cooper Lane ElementaryD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kenmoor MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Ernest Everett Just MiddleD− · 19% proficient
- Charles Carroll MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighB− · 42% proficient
- Duval HighC+ · 36% proficient
- Parkdale HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Greater Landover, Landover school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Greater Landover, Landover 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 Greater Landover, Landover against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Greater Landover, Landover suits
Retirees
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Common questions about living in Greater Landover, Landover
Is Greater Landover, Landover a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Greater Landover, Landover ranks 5,166th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on tree cover, a stable housing market, and big-city access, and lowest on state infrastructure and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Greater Landover, Landover expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,850. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $77,687 median income, cost of living beats 34% of neighborhoods.
Is Greater Landover, Landover safe?
Greater Landover, Landover is safer than 16% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $753 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Greater Landover, Landover?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 28. That works out to about 71 pleasant days a year, more than 27% of neighborhoods.
Is Greater Landover, Landover good for families?
Schools beat 15% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 16%, and childcare runs $1,268 a month.
Compare Greater Landover, Landover with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Greater Landover, Landover. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Greater Landover, Landover 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.
Greater Landover, Landover detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Greater Landover, Landover: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Greater Landover, Landover: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Greater Landover, Landover: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Greater Landover, Landover: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Greater Landover, Landover 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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