Best PlacesPark Heights, Baltimore, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Park Heights, Baltimore, 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.
Park Heights, Baltimore ranks 5,561st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. The schools pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on transit.
The best neighborhoods in Park Heights, Baltimore
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.
Park Heights, Baltimore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Park Heights, Baltimore ranks high
- TransitBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 66% of neighborhoods
Where Park Heights, Baltimore ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 2% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Park Heights, Baltimore
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Park Heights, Baltimore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,133, 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 Park Heights, Baltimore's effective rate of 1.30%, 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 Park Heights, Baltimore
Park Heights, Baltimore runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Park Heights, Baltimore.
Who works in Park Heights, Baltimore, and how
Work in Park Heights, Baltimore centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Park Heights, Baltimore
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Park Heights, Baltimore, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Park Heights, Baltimore, month by month
Park Heights, Baltimore sees roughly 97 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 Park Heights, Baltimore
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 11 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 Park Heights, Baltimore
Schools across Park Heights, Baltimore average an F, better than 2% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Creative City Public Charter SchoolD− · 13% proficient
- Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins PartnershipF · 8% proficient
- Callaway ElementaryF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vanguard Collegiate MiddleF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- Forest Park HighF · 5% proficient
- The Reach! Partnership SchoolF · 4% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Park Heights, Baltimore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Park Heights, Baltimore 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 Park Heights, Baltimore against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Park Heights, Baltimore suits
Retirees
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Common questions about living in Park Heights, Baltimore
Is Park Heights, Baltimore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Park Heights, Baltimore ranks 5,561st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, big-city access, and biking, and lowest on the schools and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Park Heights, Baltimore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $194,363. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $55,133 median income, cost of living beats 29% of neighborhoods.
Is Park Heights, Baltimore safe?
Park Heights, Baltimore is safer than 15% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $819 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Park Heights, Baltimore?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 33. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 51% of neighborhoods.
Is Park Heights, Baltimore good for families?
Schools beat 2% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 15%, and childcare runs $1,097 a month.
Compare Park Heights, Baltimore with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Park Heights, Baltimore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Park Heights, Baltimore 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.
Park Heights, Baltimore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Park Heights, Baltimore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Park Heights, Baltimore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Park Heights, Baltimore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Park Heights, Baltimore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Park Heights, Baltimore 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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