Best PlacesLandover, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around 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.
Landover ranks 42,290th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 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.
Landover's strengths and weaknesses
Where Landover ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Landover ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Landover
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Landover home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,733, 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 Landover's effective rate of 1.13%, 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 6 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
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 Landover.
Who works in Landover, and how
Work in Landover centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Landover
Landover has more parkland per resident than 85% of towns. The coast is about 29 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Landover and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Landover, month by month
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 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 Landover
Schools across Landover average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gladys Noon Spellman ElementaryD · 16% proficient
- Cooper Lane ElementaryD · 16% proficient
- Dodge Park ElementaryD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kenmoor MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Charles Carroll MiddleF · 11% proficient
- G. James Gholson MiddleF · 9% 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 Landover school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
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 Landover against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Landover suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Landover
Is Landover a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Landover ranks 42,290th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Landover expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $320,499. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $75,733 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Landover safe?
Landover is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $745 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 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 28% of towns.
Is Landover good for families?
Schools beat 7% of towns, crime safety beats 4%, and childcare runs $1,268 a month.
Compare Landover with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Landover. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 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.
Landover detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Landover: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Landover: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Landover: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Landover: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
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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