Best PlacesLandover Hills, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Landover Hills, 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.
Landover Hills ranks 40,278th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Landover Hills
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.
Landover Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Landover Hills ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Landover Hills ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Landover Hills
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Landover Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $90,958; 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 Landover Hills' effective rate of 1.11%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Landover Hills
Landover Hills's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Landover Hills.
Who works in Landover Hills, and how
Work in Landover Hills centers on construction and admin & support services. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Landover Hills
The coast is about 29 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Landover Hills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Landover Hills, month by month
Landover Hills 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 Landover Hills
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 Landover Hills
Schools across Landover Hills average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cooper Lane ElementaryD · 16% proficient
- Judge Sylvania W. Woods Sr. ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Charles Carroll MiddleF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Parkdale HighC · 31% proficient
- Bladensburg HighD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Landover Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Landover Hills 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 Landover Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Landover Hills
Is Landover Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Landover Hills ranks 40,278th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, 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 Landover Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $352,948. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $90,958 median income, cost of living beats 34% of towns.
Is Landover Hills safe?
Landover Hills is safer than 10% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $549 per resident a year.
Compare Landover Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Landover Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Landover Hills 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.
Landover Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Landover Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Landover Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Landover Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Landover Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Landover Hills 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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