Best PlacesTracys Landing, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tracys Landing, 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.
Tracys Landing ranks 4,371st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Tracys Landing
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.
Tracys Landing's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tracys Landing ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$159,520 median, better than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
Where Tracys Landing 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$1,268 a month, better than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.0 minutes each way, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tracys Landing
A household needs to earn about $137,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tracys Landing home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $159,520, 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 Tracys Landing's effective rate of 0.77%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tracys Landing
Tracys Landing runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tracys Landing.
Who works in Tracys Landing, and how
Work in Tracys Landing centers on construction and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Tracys Landing
The coast is about 4 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tracys Landing, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tracys Landing, month by month
Tracys Landing sees roughly 71 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 Tracys Landing
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 25 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 Tracys Landing
Schools across Tracys Landing average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Monarch Global Academy Pcs Laurel CampusC− · 29% proficient
- Deale ElementaryC− · 27% proficient
- Traceys ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Southern MiddleC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Southern HighA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tracys Landing school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tracys Landing 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 Tracys Landing against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tracys Landing
Is Tracys Landing a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tracys Landing ranks 4,371st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and big-city access, 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 Tracys Landing expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $526,270. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $159,520 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Tracys Landing safe?
Yes, Tracys Landing is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Tracys Landing with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tracys Landing. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tracys Landing 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.
Tracys Landing detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tracys Landing: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tracys Landing: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tracys Landing: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tracys Landing: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tracys Landing 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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