Best PlacesNanjemoy, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nanjemoy, 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.
Nanjemoy ranks 30,569th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nanjemoy
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.
Nanjemoy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nanjemoy ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 88% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 86% of towns
Where Nanjemoy ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute48.4 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nanjemoy
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nanjemoy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $95,392; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Nanjemoy's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nanjemoy
Nanjemoy runs older than the country, 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 Nanjemoy.
Who works in Nanjemoy, and how
Work in Nanjemoy centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 91%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Nanjemoy
Nanjemoy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Nanjemoy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nanjemoy, month by month
Nanjemoy sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Nanjemoy
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 29 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 Nanjemoy
Schools across Nanjemoy average a D+, better than 10% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mt Hope/nanjemoy Elementary SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
- Gale-bailey Elementary SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- General Smallwood Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry E. Lackey High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nanjemoy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nanjemoy 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 Nanjemoy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nanjemoy
Is Nanjemoy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nanjemoy ranks 30,569th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, big-city access, and civic engagement, 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 Nanjemoy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $403,537. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $95,392 median income, cost of living beats 53% of towns.
Is Nanjemoy safe?
Nanjemoy is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $515 per resident a year.
Compare Nanjemoy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nanjemoy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nanjemoy 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.
Nanjemoy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nanjemoy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nanjemoy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nanjemoy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nanjemoy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nanjemoy 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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