Best PlacesNorwood Park, Dundalk, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Norwood Park, Dundalk, 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.
Norwood Park, Dundalk ranks 4,675th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in Norwood Park, Dundalk
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.
Norwood Park, Dundalk's strengths and weaknesses
Where Norwood Park, Dundalk ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 70% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
Where Norwood Park, Dundalk ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Norwood Park, Dundalk
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Norwood Park, Dundalk home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $62,363, 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 Norwood Park, Dundalk's effective rate of 1.11%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Norwood Park, Dundalk
Norwood Park, Dundalk's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Norwood Park, Dundalk.
Who works in Norwood Park, Dundalk, and how
Work in Norwood Park, Dundalk centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Norwood Park, Dundalk
Norwood Park, Dundalk has more parkland per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 7 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Norwood Park, Dundalk and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Norwood Park, Dundalk, month by month
Norwood Park, Dundalk 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 Norwood Park, Dundalk
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 10 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 Norwood Park, Dundalk
Schools across Norwood Park, Dundalk average a D−, better than 6% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Berkshire ElementaryD · 17% proficient
- Dundalk ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
- Norwood ElementaryF · 3% proficient
Top middle schools
- Holabird MiddleD− · 15% proficient
- Dundalk MiddleF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Dundalk HighD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Norwood Park, Dundalk school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Norwood Park, Dundalk 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 Norwood Park, Dundalk against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Norwood Park, Dundalk
Is Norwood Park, Dundalk a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Norwood Park, Dundalk ranks 4,675th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, big-city access, and a strong job market, and lowest on state infrastructure and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Norwood Park, Dundalk expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $217,601. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $62,363 median income, cost of living beats 34% of neighborhoods.
Is Norwood Park, Dundalk safe?
Norwood Park, Dundalk is safer than 28% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $564 per resident a year.
Compare Norwood Park, Dundalk with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Norwood Park, Dundalk. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Norwood Park, Dundalk 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.
Norwood Park, Dundalk detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Norwood Park, Dundalk: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Norwood Park, Dundalk: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Norwood Park, Dundalk: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Norwood Park, Dundalk: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Norwood Park, Dundalk 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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