Best PlacesInverness, Dundalk, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Inverness, Dundalk, 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.
Inverness, Dundalk ranks 5,088th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Inverness, Dundalk
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.
Inverness, Dundalk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Inverness, Dundalk ranks high
- QuietBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
Where Inverness, Dundalk ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Inverness, Dundalk
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Inverness, Dundalk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $54,076, 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 Inverness, Dundalk's effective rate of 1.10%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Inverness, Dundalk
Inverness, Dundalk 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 Inverness, Dundalk.
Who works in Inverness, Dundalk, and how
Work in Inverness, Dundalk centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Inverness, Dundalk
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Inverness, Dundalk, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Inverness, Dundalk, month by month
Inverness, Dundalk sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 65° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Inverness, Dundalk
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 11 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 Inverness, Dundalk
Schools across Inverness, Dundalk average a D, better than 12% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Grange ElementaryD · 19% proficient
- Sandy Plains ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- General John Stricker MiddleD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Patapsco High And Center For ArtsD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Inverness, Dundalk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Inverness, Dundalk 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 Inverness, Dundalk against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Inverness, Dundalk
Is Inverness, Dundalk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Inverness, Dundalk ranks 5,088th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on quiet, a stable housing market, and few empty homes, and lowest on a weak job market and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Inverness, Dundalk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $234,981. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $54,076 median income, cost of living beats 20% of neighborhoods.
Is Inverness, Dundalk safe?
Inverness, Dundalk is safer than 50% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
Compare Inverness, Dundalk with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Inverness, Dundalk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Inverness, Dundalk 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.
Inverness, Dundalk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Inverness, Dundalk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Inverness, Dundalk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Inverness, Dundalk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Inverness, Dundalk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Inverness, Dundalk 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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