Best PlacesSummerfield, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Summerfield, 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.
Summerfield ranks 38,843rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Summerfield
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.
Summerfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Summerfield ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 93% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of towns
Where Summerfield ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Summerfield
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Summerfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $94,576; 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 Summerfield's effective rate of 0.97%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Summerfield
Summerfield runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Summerfield.
Who works in Summerfield, and how
Work in Summerfield centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Summerfield
Summerfield has more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 29 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Summerfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Summerfield, month by month
Summerfield sees roughly 66 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 47, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47° | 36° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 57° | 44° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 72° | 60° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Summerfield
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 10 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 Summerfield
Schools across Summerfield average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Thomas G. Pullen SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Judith P. Hoyer MontessoriD+ · 25% proficient
- Carmody Hills ElementaryD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kenmoor MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- G. James Gholson MiddleF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighB− · 42% proficient
- Fairmont Heights HighD · 22% proficient
- Central HighD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Summerfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Summerfield 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 Summerfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Summerfield
Is Summerfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Summerfield ranks 38,843rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, transit, and cell coverage, 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 Summerfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,595. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $94,576 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Summerfield safe?
Summerfield is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $691 per resident a year.
Compare Summerfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Summerfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Summerfield 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.
Summerfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Summerfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Summerfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Summerfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Summerfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Summerfield 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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