Best PlacesNottingham, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Nottingham, 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.
Nottingham ranks 22,418th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Nottingham
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.
Nottingham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Nottingham ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
Where Nottingham ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,371 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Nottingham
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Nottingham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,403, 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 Nottingham's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Nottingham
Nottingham'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 Nottingham.
Who works in Nottingham, and how
Work in Nottingham centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Nottingham
Nottingham has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns and more parkland per resident than 86% of towns. The coast is about 14 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Nottingham and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Nottingham, month by month
Nottingham sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 65° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Nottingham
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 17 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 Nottingham
Schools across Nottingham average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Gunpowder ElementaryC+ · 38% proficient
- Perry Hall ElementaryC · 33% proficient
- Fullerton ElementaryC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perry Hall MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Parkville MiddleC− · 31% proficient
- Pine Grove MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Perry Hall HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Parkville HighD− · 17% proficient
- Overlea HighD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Nottingham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Nottingham 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 Nottingham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Nottingham
Is Nottingham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Nottingham ranks 22,418th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Nottingham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $273,724. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $89,403 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is Nottingham safe?
Nottingham is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $445 per resident a year.
Compare Nottingham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Nottingham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Nottingham 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.
Nottingham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Nottingham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Nottingham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Nottingham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Nottingham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Nottingham 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.