Best PlacesLexington Park, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Lexington Park metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Lexington Park ranks 65th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $131,539, everyday costs sit below the national average, and an educated workforce ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are walkability, taxes, and long commutes.
The best neighborhoods in the Lexington Park metro
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 Lexington Park
The towns and districts of the Lexington Park metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Hollywood & California
More households have young kids, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Dunkirk & Owings
Fewer homes sit empty and more residents vote.
Great Mills & Callaway
Commutes are shorter, though tree cover is thinner.
Huntingtown, Prince Frederick & Chesapeake Beach
Crime runs lower.
Mechanicsville
Prices have run up less, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Chesapeake Ranch Estates & Lusby
Homes cost less, though it is noisier.
Leonardtown
Biking is worse and heat risk is higher.
Downtown Lexington Park
Health care is harder to reach and schools score lower.
Lexington Park shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 12% of the country and others in the top 6%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Lexington Park's strengths and weaknesses
Lexington Park ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. What local pay buys is the standout, in the top 1% of metro areas. Quiet and high incomes follow.
The one real hole is walkability, near the bottom of the country. Taxes and long commutes also cost it ground. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Lexington Park ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of metro areas
- QuietBetter than 99% of metro areas
- Household income$131,539 median, better than 99% of metro areas
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of metro areas
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of metro areas
Where Lexington Park ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Short commute34.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of metro areas
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- State infrastructureBetter than only 6% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Lexington Park
A household needs to earn about $115,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lexington Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $131,539, 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 Lexington Park's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Lexington Park
Lexington Park'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 Lexington Park.
Who works in Lexington Park, and how
Work in Lexington Park centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Lexington Park
Lexington Park has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lexington Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Lexington Park growing, and who is moving in?
Lexington Park has grown about 6% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Washington, DC.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Lexington Park go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Lexington Park, month by month
Lexington Park sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Lexington Park
The nearest airport, Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lexington Park
Schools across Lexington Park average a B−, better than 53% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Lexington Park ElementaryC+ · 40% proficient
- Hollywood ElementaryC · 32% proficient
- Town Creek ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Esperanza MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Spring Ridge MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Leonardtown HighA− · 65% proficient
- Great Mills HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lexington Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lexington Park 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 Lexington Park against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Lexington Park suits
Families
Schools land around the 53rd percentile and crime safety beats 82%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 100% of metro areas and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lexington Park
Is Lexington Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lexington Park ranks 65th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on what local pay buys, quiet, and high incomes, and lowest on walkability and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lexington Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $439,151. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $131,539 median income, cost of living beats 100% of metro areas.
Is Lexington Park safe?
Yes, Lexington Park is safer than 82% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lexington Park?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 30. That works out to about 67 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Lexington Park?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hollywood & California, Dunkirk & Owings, and Great Mills & Callaway. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Lexington Park good for families?
Schools beat 53% of metro areas, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $1,098 a month.
Is Lexington Park good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 100% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 12% of metro areas. About 18% of workers already work from home.
Compare Lexington Park with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lexington Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lexington Park 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.
Lexington Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lexington Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lexington Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lexington Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lexington Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lexington Park 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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