Best PlacesRandallstown, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Randallstown, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Distance to the water drives a lot of the difference between one part and the next. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Randallstown ranks 1,708th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Randallstown
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.
The best areas in Randallstown
The parts of Randallstown, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Foxridge & The Villages at Woodholme
The Woodlands & Twelve Trees
Belle Farm Estates
Pikeswood
Carriage Hill
Scores across Randallstown run from about the 8th to the 59th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Randallstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Randallstown ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of cities
- QuietBetter than 79% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 77% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of cities
- TransitBetter than 60% of cities
Where Randallstown ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Randallstown
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Randallstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,714, 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 Randallstown's effective rate of 1.03%, 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 Randallstown
Randallstown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Randallstown.
Who works in Randallstown, and how
Work in Randallstown centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Randallstown
Randallstown has more parkland per resident than 82% of cities. The coast is about 26 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Randallstown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Randallstown, month by month
Randallstown 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 Randallstown
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 15 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 Randallstown
Schools across Randallstown average a D, better than 4% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lyons Mill ElementaryD+ · 25% proficient
- New Town ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Deer Park ElementaryD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pikesville MiddleD+ · 24% proficient
- Deer Park Middle Magnet SchoolD · 21% proficient
- Northwest Academy Of Health SciencesD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Pikesville HighC+ · 38% proficient
- New Town HighD− · 15% proficient
- Randallstown HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Randallstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Randallstown 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 Randallstown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Randallstown suits
Common questions about living in Randallstown
Is Randallstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Randallstown ranks 1,708th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, quiet, and big-city access, and lowest on taxes and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Randallstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $324,526. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $90,714 median income, cost of living beats 57% of cities.
Is Randallstown safe?
Randallstown is safer than 12% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $465 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Randallstown?
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 58% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Randallstown?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Foxridge & The Villages at Woodholme, The Woodlands & Twelve Trees, and Belle Farm Estates. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Randallstown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Randallstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Randallstown 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.
Randallstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Randallstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Randallstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Randallstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Randallstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Randallstown 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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