Best PlacesPrince Frederick, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prince Frederick, 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.
Prince Frederick ranks 10,131st 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 Prince Frederick
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.
Prince Frederick's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prince Frederick ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- Household income$120,124 median, better than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
Where Prince Frederick 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$1,253 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prince Frederick
A household needs to earn about $120,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prince Frederick home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $120,124, 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 Prince Frederick's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Prince Frederick
Prince Frederick'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 Prince Frederick.
Who works in Prince Frederick, and how
Work in Prince Frederick centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Prince Frederick
Prince Frederick has more restaurants and bars per resident than 91% of towns and more late-night spots per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 9 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Prince Frederick and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Prince Frederick, month by month
Prince Frederick sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 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° | 39° | 30° |
| April | 70° | 59° | 48° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 74° | 63° | 53° |
Flying in and out of Prince Frederick
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 33 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 Prince Frederick
Schools across Prince Frederick average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Huntingtown ElementaryC+ · 39% proficient
- Mutual ElementaryC · 35% proficient
- Lettie Marshall Dent ElemC− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Plum Point MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
- Margaret Brent MiddleC− · 30% proficient
- Calvert MiddleC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Huntingtown High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Chopticon HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Calvert HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prince Frederick school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prince Frederick 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 Prince Frederick against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prince Frederick
Is Prince Frederick a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prince Frederick ranks 10,131st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, what local pay buys, and transit, 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 Prince Frederick expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $460,182. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $120,124 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Prince Frederick safe?
Prince Frederick is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $314 per resident a year.
Compare Prince Frederick with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prince Frederick. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prince Frederick 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.
Prince Frederick detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prince Frederick: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prince Frederick: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prince Frederick: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prince Frederick: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prince Frederick 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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