Best PlacesReisterstown, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Reisterstown, 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.
Reisterstown ranks 1,099th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Taxes pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on what local pay buys.
The best neighborhoods in Reisterstown
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.
Reisterstown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Reisterstown ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 84% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 76% of cities
- Household income$119,395 median, better than 75% of cities
Where Reisterstown ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 4% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Reisterstown
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Reisterstown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,395, 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 Reisterstown's effective rate of 1.00%, 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 Reisterstown
Reisterstown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Reisterstown.
Who works in Reisterstown, and how
Work in Reisterstown centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Reisterstown
Reisterstown has more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. The coast is about 32 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Reisterstown and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Reisterstown, month by month
Reisterstown sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 35° | 29° |
| April | 68° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 71° |
| October | 70° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Reisterstown
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 21 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 Reisterstown
Schools across Reisterstown average a C−, better than 17% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Fifth District ElementaryB+ · 52% proficient
- Fort Garrison ElementaryB · 47% proficient
- Mays Chapel ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hereford MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Ridgely MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Shiloh MiddleB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- Westminster HighA · 70% proficient
- Hereford HighB+ · 54% proficient
- Dulaney HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Reisterstown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Reisterstown 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 Reisterstown against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Reisterstown suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 85% of cities and 22% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Reisterstown
Is Reisterstown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Reisterstown ranks 1,099th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on what local pay buys, tree cover, and an educated workforce, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Reisterstown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $443,210. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $119,395 median income, cost of living beats 85% of cities.
Is Reisterstown safe?
Reisterstown is safer than 15% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $440 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Reisterstown?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 29. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 48% of cities.
Is Reisterstown good for families?
Schools beat 17% of cities, crime safety beats 15%, and childcare runs $1,374 a month.
Compare Reisterstown with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Reisterstown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Reisterstown 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.
Reisterstown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Reisterstown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Reisterstown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Reisterstown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Reisterstown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Reisterstown 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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