Best PlacesOxon Hill, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oxon Hill, 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.
Oxon Hill ranks 35,501st 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 Oxon Hill
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.
Oxon Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oxon Hill ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Oxon Hill ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% 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 Oxon Hill
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oxon Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $101,594; 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 Oxon Hill's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Oxon Hill.
Who works in Oxon Hill, and how
Work in Oxon Hill centers on construction and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Oxon Hill
Oxon Hill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of towns and more parkland per resident than 91% of towns. The coast is about 24 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Oxon Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oxon Hill, month by month
Oxon Hill sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49° | 38° | 30° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Oxon Hill
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 5 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 Oxon Hill
Schools across Oxon Hill average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- John Hanson MontessoriD+ · 22% proficient
- Fort Foote ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Oxon Hill MiddleD− · 14% proficient
- Isaac J. Gourdine MiddleF · 12% proficient
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolF · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Oxon Hill HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Friendly HighD+ · 25% proficient
- Crossland HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oxon Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oxon Hill 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 Oxon Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Oxon Hill suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Oxon Hill
Is Oxon Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oxon Hill ranks 35,501st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and biking, 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 Oxon Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $386,785. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $101,594 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Oxon Hill safe?
Oxon Hill is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $705 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Oxon Hill?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 49 with lows near 30. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 14% of towns.
Is Oxon Hill good for families?
Schools beat 14% of towns, crime safety beats 6%, and childcare runs $1,268 a month.
Compare Oxon Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oxon Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oxon Hill 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.
Oxon Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oxon Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oxon Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oxon Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oxon Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oxon Hill 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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