Best PlacesMaryland City, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Maryland City, 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.
Maryland City ranks 7,727th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Maryland City
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.
Maryland City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Maryland City ranks high
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
Where Maryland City ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,268 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Maryland City
A household needs to earn about $112,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Maryland City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $122,319, 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 Maryland City's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Maryland City
Maryland City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Maryland City.
Who works in Maryland City, and how
Work in Maryland City centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Maryland City
Maryland City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns and more parkland per resident than 94% of towns. The coast is about 23 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Maryland City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Maryland City, month by month
Maryland City sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 27° |
| April | 67° | 54° | 43° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 67° |
| October | 68° | 56° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Maryland City
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 9 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 Maryland City
Schools across Maryland City average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monarch Global Academy Pcs Laurel CampusC− · 29% proficient
- Brock Bridge ElementaryD− · 15% proficient
- Maryland City ElementaryD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Macarthur MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Meade MiddleD− · 14% proficient
- Dwight D. Eisenhower MiddleD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Meade HighB− · 41% proficient
- Laurel HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Maryland City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Maryland City 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 Maryland City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Maryland City
Is Maryland City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Maryland City ranks 7,727th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, big-city access, and walkability, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Maryland City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $431,339. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $122,319 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Maryland City safe?
Maryland City is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare Maryland City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Maryland City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Maryland City 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.
Maryland City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Maryland City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Maryland City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Maryland City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Maryland City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Maryland City 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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