Best PlacesSolomons, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Solomons, 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.
Solomons ranks 5,336th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Solomons
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.
Solomons' strengths and weaknesses
Where Solomons ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$140,832 median, better than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
Where Solomons ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% 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
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Solomons
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Solomons home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $140,832, 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 Solomons' effective rate of 0.82%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Solomons
Solomons runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Solomons.
Who works in Solomons, and how
Work in Solomons centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Solomons
Solomons has more restaurants and bars per resident than 96% of towns. The coast is about 8 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Solomons and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Solomons, month by month
Solomons 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 Solomons
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 47 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 Solomons
Schools across Solomons average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dowell ElementaryC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mill Creek MiddleD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Patuxent HighA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Solomons school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Solomons 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 Solomons against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Solomons
Is Solomons a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Solomons ranks 5,336th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, biking, and what local pay buys, 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 Solomons expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $376,783. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $140,832 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Solomons safe?
Solomons is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $315 per resident a year.
Compare Solomons with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Solomons. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Solomons 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.
Solomons detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Solomons: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Solomons: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Solomons: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Solomons: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Solomons 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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