Best PlacesLoch Raven Village, Parkville, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Loch Raven Village, Parkville, 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.
Loch Raven Village, Parkville ranks 3,460th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Loch Raven Village, Parkville
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.
Loch Raven Village, Parkville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Loch Raven Village, Parkville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Loch Raven Village, Parkville ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD, better than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Loch Raven Village, Parkville
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Loch Raven Village, Parkville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $75,171, 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 Loch Raven Village, Parkville'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 Loch Raven Village, Parkville
Loch Raven Village, Parkville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Loch Raven Village, Parkville.
Who works in Loch Raven Village, Parkville, and how
Work in Loch Raven Village, Parkville centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Loch Raven Village, Parkville
Loch Raven Village, Parkville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 18 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Loch Raven Village, Parkville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Loch Raven Village, Parkville, month by month
Loch Raven Village, Parkville sees roughly 97 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 Loch Raven Village, Parkville
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 15 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 Loch Raven Village, Parkville
Schools across Loch Raven Village, Parkville average a D, better than 14% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Pleasant Plains ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Loch Raven Technical AcademyD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Loch Raven HighC · 30% proficient
- Parkville HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Loch Raven Village, Parkville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Loch Raven Village, Parkville 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 Loch Raven Village, Parkville against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Loch Raven Village, Parkville
Is Loch Raven Village, Parkville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Loch Raven Village, Parkville ranks 3,460th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, a strong job market, and a stable housing market, and lowest on state infrastructure and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Loch Raven Village, Parkville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $269,943. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $75,171 median income, cost of living beats 55% of neighborhoods.
Is Loch Raven Village, Parkville safe?
Loch Raven Village, Parkville is safer than 48% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
Compare Loch Raven Village, Parkville with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Loch Raven Village, Parkville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Loch Raven Village, Parkville 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.
Loch Raven Village, Parkville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Loch Raven Village, Parkville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Loch Raven Village, Parkville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Loch Raven Village, Parkville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Loch Raven Village, Parkville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Loch Raven Village, Parkville 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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