Best PlacesGunpowder, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gunpowder, 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.
Gunpowder ranks 21,852nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gunpowder
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.
Gunpowder's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gunpowder ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.5 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
Where Gunpowder ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- 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
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
Who lives in Gunpowder
Gunpowder runs younger than the country, 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 Gunpowder.
Who works in Gunpowder, and how
Work in Gunpowder centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Gunpowder
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Gunpowder, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gunpowder, month by month
Gunpowder sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 44, 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 | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 67° | 55° | 43° |
| July | 89° | 80° | 68° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Gunpowder
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 25 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 Gunpowder
Schools across Gunpowder average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Roye-williams ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Vincent Farm ElementaryD+ · 21% proficient
- Chase ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perry Hall MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Edgewood MiddleD · 21% proficient
- Middle River MiddleD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Edgewood HighB · 50% proficient
- Aberdeen HighB · 46% proficient
- Perry Hall HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gunpowder school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gunpowder 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 Gunpowder against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gunpowder
Is Gunpowder a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gunpowder ranks 21,852nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, short commutes, and a strong job market, and lowest on crime and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gunpowder safe?
Gunpowder is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,191 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Gunpowder?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 69 pleasant days a year, more than 24% of towns.
Compare Gunpowder with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gunpowder. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gunpowder 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.
Gunpowder detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gunpowder: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gunpowder: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gunpowder: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gunpowder: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gunpowder 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.
- 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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