Best PlacesLinthicum Heights, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Linthicum Heights, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Linthicum Heights ranks 15,033rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Linthicum Heights
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.
Linthicum Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Linthicum Heights ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$132,525 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Linthicum Heights ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Linthicum Heights
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Linthicum Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,525, 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 Linthicum Heights' effective rate of 0.86%, 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 Linthicum Heights
Linthicum Heights runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Linthicum Heights.
Who works in Linthicum Heights, and how
Work in Linthicum Heights centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Linthicum Heights
The coast is about 13 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Linthicum Heights, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Linthicum Heights, month by month
Linthicum Heights sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 26° |
| April | 71° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 92° | 80° | 69° |
| October | 73° | 60° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Linthicum Heights
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 3 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 Linthicum Heights
Schools across Linthicum Heights average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monarch Global Academy Pcs Laurel CampusC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lindale MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- North County HighB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Linthicum Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Linthicum Heights 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 Linthicum Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Linthicum Heights
Is Linthicum Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Linthicum Heights ranks 15,033rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and population health, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Linthicum Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $434,000. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $132,525 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Linthicum Heights safe?
Linthicum Heights is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $593 per resident a year.
Compare Linthicum Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Linthicum Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Linthicum Heights 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.
Linthicum Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Linthicum Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Linthicum Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Linthicum Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Linthicum Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Linthicum Heights 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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