Best PlacesHyattsville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hyattsville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hyattsville ranks 1,860th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Hyattsville
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.
The best areas in Hyattsville
The parts of Hyattsville, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Ellaville
Woodlawn Hayattsville
Langley Park
Scores across Hyattsville run from about the 3rd to the 62nd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Hyattsville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hyattsville ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 83% of cities
Where Hyattsville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 3% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hyattsville
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hyattsville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $92,745, 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 Hyattsville's effective rate of 1.16%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hyattsville
Hyattsville 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 Hyattsville.
Who works in Hyattsville, and how
Work in Hyattsville centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Hyattsville
Hyattsville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. The coast is about 33 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hyattsville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hyattsville, month by month
Hyattsville sees roughly 72 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 Hyattsville
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 9 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 Hyattsville
Schools across Hyattsville average a D, better than 3% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- University Park ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Ardmore ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Hyattsville ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kenmoor MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Ernest Everett Just MiddleD− · 19% proficient
- Thomas Johnson MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighB− · 42% proficient
- Duval HighC+ · 36% proficient
- High Point HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hyattsville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hyattsville 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 Hyattsville against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hyattsville suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Hyattsville
Is Hyattsville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hyattsville ranks 1,860th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on walkability, heat safety, and few empty homes, and lowest on taxes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hyattsville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $421,631. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $92,745 median income, cost of living beats 25% of cities.
Is Hyattsville safe?
Hyattsville is safer than 5% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $580 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hyattsville?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 28. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 31% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Hyattsville?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Ellaville, Woodlawn Hayattsville, and Langley Park. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Hyattsville with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hyattsville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hyattsville 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.
Hyattsville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hyattsville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hyattsville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hyattsville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hyattsville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hyattsville 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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