Best PlacesNew Windsor, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around New Windsor, 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.
New Windsor ranks 10,479th 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 New Windsor
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.
New Windsor's strengths and weaknesses
Where New Windsor ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$127,075 median, better than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 88% of towns
Where New Windsor ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute40.5 minutes each way, better than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,260 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in New Windsor
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median New Windsor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $127,075, 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 New Windsor's effective rate of 0.89%, 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 New Windsor
New Windsor runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for New Windsor.
Who works in New Windsor, and how
Work in New Windsor centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in New Windsor
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across New Windsor.
What the weather is like in New Windsor, month by month
New Windsor sees roughly 67 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of New Windsor
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 33 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 New Windsor
Schools across New Windsor average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Winfield ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Friendship Valley ElementaryB− · 42% proficient
- Twin Ridge ElementaryC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Windsor Knolls MiddleB · 43% proficient
- New Market MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Mount Airy MiddleC+ · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Linganore HighA+ · 82% proficient
- Westminster HighA · 70% proficient
- South Carroll HighA− · 66% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every New Windsor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
New Windsor 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 New Windsor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in New Windsor
Is New Windsor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, New Windsor ranks 10,479th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and what local pay buys, 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 New Windsor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $459,996. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $127,075 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is New Windsor safe?
New Windsor is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $316 per resident a year.
Compare New Windsor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to New Windsor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in New Windsor 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.
New Windsor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for New Windsor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in New Windsor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of New Windsor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in New Windsor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
New Windsor 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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