Best PlacesLochearn, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lochearn, 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.
Lochearn ranks 31,731st 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 Lochearn
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.
Lochearn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lochearn ranks high
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Lochearn ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,377 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lochearn
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lochearn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,818, 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 Lochearn's effective rate of 1.01%, 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 Lochearn
Lochearn'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 Lochearn.
Who works in Lochearn, and how
Work in Lochearn centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Lochearn
Lochearn has more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. The coast is about 22 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Lochearn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lochearn, month by month
Lochearn 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 Lochearn
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 12 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 Lochearn
Schools across Lochearn average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wellwood International SchoolD · 19% proficient
- Bedford ElementaryD · 18% proficient
- Milbrook ElementaryD · 18% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sudbrook Magnet MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- Pikesville MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
- Northwest Academy Of Health SciencesD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Pikesville HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Woodlawn HighD− · 15% proficient
- Randallstown HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lochearn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lochearn 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 Lochearn against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Lochearn suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Lochearn
Is Lochearn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lochearn ranks 31,731st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and biking, 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 Lochearn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $294,484. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $82,818 median income, cost of living beats 65% of towns.
Is Lochearn safe?
Lochearn is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $495 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lochearn?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 33. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of towns.
Is Lochearn good for families?
Schools beat 4% of towns, crime safety beats 12%, and childcare runs $1,377 a month.
Compare Lochearn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lochearn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lochearn 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.
Lochearn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lochearn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lochearn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lochearn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lochearn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lochearn 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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