Best PlacesLongview Beach, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Longview Beach, 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.
Longview Beach ranks 31,122nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Longview Beach
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.
Longview Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Longview Beach ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Household income$105,784 median, better than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 80% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 79% of towns
- QuietBetter than 69% of towns
Where Longview Beach ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute42.0 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 5% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Longview Beach
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Longview Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,784, 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 Longview Beach's effective rate of 0.80%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Longview Beach
Longview Beach runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Longview Beach.
Who works in Longview Beach, and how
Work in Longview Beach centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Longview Beach
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Longview Beach, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Longview Beach, month by month
Longview Beach sees roughly 68 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 Longview Beach
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 41 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Longview Beach
Schools across Longview Beach average a C+, better than 44% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dynard ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Margaret Brent MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Chopticon HighB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Longview Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Longview Beach 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 Longview Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Longview Beach
Is Longview Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Longview Beach ranks 31,122nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and tree cover, and lowest on taxes and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Longview Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $363,100. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $105,784 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Longview Beach safe?
Longview Beach is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $295 per resident a year.
Compare Longview Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Longview Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Longview Beach 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.
Longview Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Longview Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Longview Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Longview Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Longview Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Longview Beach 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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