Best PlacesMonument Street, Baltimore, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Monument Street, Baltimore, 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.
Monument Street, Baltimore ranks 5,729th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Monument Street, Baltimore
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.
Monument Street, Baltimore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Monument Street, Baltimore ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where Monument Street, Baltimore ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- School gradeF, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Household income$42,686 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Monument Street, Baltimore
A household needs to earn about $23,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Monument Street, Baltimore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $42,686, 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 Monument Street, Baltimore's effective rate of 0.00%, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Monument Street, Baltimore
Monument Street, Baltimore's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Monument Street, Baltimore.
Who works in Monument Street, Baltimore, and how
Work in Monument Street, Baltimore centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 20%
Life in Monument Street, Baltimore
The coast is about 11 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Monument Street, Baltimore, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Monument Street, Baltimore, month by month
Monument Street, Baltimore sees roughly 95 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 Monument Street, Baltimore
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 11 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 Monument Street, Baltimore
Schools across Monument Street, Baltimore average an F, better than 2% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Armistead Gardens Elementary/middleD− · 13% proficient
- Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins PartnershipF · 8% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vanguard Collegiate MiddleF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- The Reach! Partnership SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Monument Street, Baltimore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Monument Street, Baltimore 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 Monument Street, Baltimore against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Monument Street, Baltimore
Is Monument Street, Baltimore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Monument Street, Baltimore ranks 5,729th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, a stable housing market, and tree cover, and lowest on education levels and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Monument Street, Baltimore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $98,036. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $42,686 median income, cost of living beats 13% of neighborhoods.
Is Monument Street, Baltimore safe?
Monument Street, Baltimore is safer than 14% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $748 per resident a year.
Compare Monument Street, Baltimore with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Monument Street, Baltimore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Monument Street, Baltimore 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.
Monument Street, Baltimore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Monument Street, Baltimore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Monument Street, Baltimore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Monument Street, Baltimore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Monument Street, Baltimore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Monument Street, Baltimore 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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