Best PlacesLansdowne, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lansdowne, 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.
Lansdowne ranks 39,440th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lansdowne
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.
Lansdowne's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lansdowne ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of towns
Where Lansdowne ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lansdowne
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lansdowne home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,942, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Lansdowne'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 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 Lansdowne
Lansdowne'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 Lansdowne.
Who works in Lansdowne, and how
Work in Lansdowne centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lansdowne
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lansdowne, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lansdowne, month by month
Lansdowne sees roughly 95 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 39° | 33° |
| April | 68° | 59° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 71° | 63° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Lansdowne
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 5 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 Lansdowne
Schools across Lansdowne average a D−, better than 2% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riverview ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
- Lansdowne ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lansdowne MiddleF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Lansdowne HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lansdowne school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lansdowne 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 Lansdowne against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lansdowne
Is Lansdowne a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lansdowne ranks 39,440th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and cell coverage, and lowest on taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lansdowne expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,976. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $75,942 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Lansdowne safe?
Lansdowne is safer than 8% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $572 per resident a year.
Compare Lansdowne with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lansdowne. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lansdowne 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.
Lansdowne detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lansdowne: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lansdowne: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lansdowne: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lansdowne: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lansdowne 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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