Best PlacesStanton Park, Washington, DC Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Stanton Park, Washington, 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.

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Stanton Park, Washington ranks 252nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Stanton Park, Washington

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Stanton Park, Washington area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Stanton Park, Washington's strengths and weaknesses

#252Best US area overall
Top 1%State infrastructure
Top 1%Biking
Top 1%Population health
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Stanton Park, Washington with other neighborhoods.

Where Stanton Park, Washington ranks high

  • State infrastructureBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
  • BikingBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
  • Health outlookBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
  • Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
  • Household income$188,330 median, better than 98% of neighborhoods

Where Stanton Park, Washington ranks low

  • Cheap childcare$2,143 a month, better than only 3% of neighborhoods
  • Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of neighborhoods
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
  • Internet speedBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
  • Crime safetyBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Stanton Park, Washington

A household needs to earn about $270,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Stanton Park, Washington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $188,330, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$270,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$6,299
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $1,044,475 home
Median rent
$2,370
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$5,325
Property tax$626
Homeowners insurance$348

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 Stanton Park, Washington's effective rate of 0.72%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Stanton Park, Washington

Stanton Park, Washington runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
36
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
9%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.0
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1816%
18 to 3432%
35 to 4925%
50 to 6418%
65 and older9%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Stanton Park, Washington.


Who works in Stanton Park, Washington, and how

Work in Stanton Park, Washington centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
34%
above the national average
Unemployment
2.1%
below the national average
Job growth
+2.7%
/y 2019-2023, near the national pace

Largest industries

Public administration26%
Professional & technical23%
Other services16%
Education7%
Information5%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 24%
  • Work from home 34%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 42%

Life in Stanton Park, Washington

The coast is about 25 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Stanton Park, Washington, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
54
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 37.6 per 10,000 residents, more than 58% of neighborhoods
Coffee shops
6
about 4.2 per 10,000 residents, more than 67% of neighborhoods
To the coast
25 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in Stanton Park, Washington, month by month

Stanton Park, Washington sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 49, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January49°38°30°
April72°59°48°
July92°81°73°
October74°63°53°

Flying in and out of Stanton Park, Washington

Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 4 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
DCA
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, about 4 miles
Airport size
Large hub
28th-busiest in the US, 128 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

Stanton Park, Washington 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 Stanton Park, Washington against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in Stanton Park, Washington

Is Stanton Park, Washington a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Stanton Park, Washington ranks 252nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, biking, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Stanton Park, Washington expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $1,044,475. The overall cost of living runs about 46% above the national average. Set against a $188,330 median income, cost of living beats 93% of neighborhoods.

Is Stanton Park, Washington safe?

Stanton Park, Washington is safer than 26% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $934 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Stanton Park, Washington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Stanton Park, Washington 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.

Stanton Park, Washington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Stanton Park, Washington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Stanton Park, Washington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Stanton Park, Washington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Stanton Park, Washington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Stanton Park, Washington detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.