Best PlacesRedland, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Redland, 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.
Redland ranks 5,704th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Redland
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.
Redland's strengths and weaknesses
Where Redland ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
Where Redland ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,745 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 4% 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 Redland
A household needs to earn about $162,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Redland home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $146,647; 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 Redland's effective rate of 0.83%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Redland
Redland'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 Redland.
Who works in Redland, and how
Work in Redland centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in Redland
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Redland, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Redland, month by month
Redland sees roughly 61 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs April through June and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 69° | 55° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 58° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Redland
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 20 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 Redland
Schools across Redland average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mill Creek Towne ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Candlewood ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Maryvale ElementaryC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- Earle B. Wood MiddleC · 35% proficient
- Shady Grove MiddleC · 32% proficient
- Redland MiddleD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- Rockville HighA− · 59% proficient
- Col. Zadok Magruder HighB · 48% proficient
- Gaithersburg HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Redland school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Redland 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 Redland against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Redland
Is Redland a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Redland ranks 5,704th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, transit, and an educated workforce, and lowest on taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Redland expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $616,341. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $146,647 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Redland safe?
Redland is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $490 per resident a year.
Compare Redland with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Redland. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Redland 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.
Redland detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Redland: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Redland: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Redland: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Redland: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Redland 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.