Best PlacesWarington Hills, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Warington Hills, 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.
Warington Hills ranks 25,422nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Warington Hills
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.
Warington Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Warington Hills ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 86% of towns
- Household income$101,518 median, better than 86% of towns
Where Warington Hills ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 5% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Warington Hills
A household needs to earn about $71,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Warington Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,518, 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 Warington Hills' 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Warington Hills
Warington Hills runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Warington Hills.
Who works in Warington Hills, and how
Work in Warington Hills centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Warington Hills
The coast is about 0 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Warington Hills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Warington Hills, month by month
Warington Hills sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 48, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 72° | 59° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 73° | 62° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Warington Hills
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 21 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 Warington Hills
Schools across Warington Hills average a D, better than 5% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Indian Head Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- General Smallwood Middle SchoolD− · 14% proficient
Top high schools
- Henry E. Lackey High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Warington Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Warington Hills 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 Warington Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Warington Hills
Is Warington Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Warington Hills ranks 25,422nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, big-city access, and a strong job market, and lowest on taxes and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Warington Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $265,800. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $101,518 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Warington Hills safe?
Warington Hills is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $471 per resident a year.
Compare Warington Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Warington Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Warington Hills 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.
Warington Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Warington Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Warington Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Warington Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Warington Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Warington Hills 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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