Best PlacesWhite Marsh, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around White Marsh, 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.
White Marsh ranks 5,524th 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 White Marsh
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.
White Marsh's strengths and weaknesses
Where White Marsh ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Household income$137,090 median, better than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 95% of towns
Where White Marsh ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,377 a month, better than only 7% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in White Marsh
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median White Marsh home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,090, 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 White Marsh's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in White Marsh
White Marsh runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for White Marsh.
Who works in White Marsh, and how
Work in White Marsh centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in White Marsh
White Marsh has more restaurants and bars per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 13 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of White Marsh and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in White Marsh, month by month
White Marsh sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 36° | 30° |
| April | 65° | 56° | 47° |
| July | 88° | 80° | 72° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of White Marsh
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 19 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.3 million passengers in 2025, with 114 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around White Marsh
Schools across White Marsh average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chapel Hill ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
- Kingsville ElementaryB · 48% proficient
- Joppa View ElementaryB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Perry Hall MiddleC+ · 36% proficient
- Parkville MiddleC− · 31% proficient
- Middle River MiddleD · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Perry Hall HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Overlea HighD− · 13% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every White Marsh school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
White Marsh 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 White Marsh against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in White Marsh
Is White Marsh a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, White Marsh ranks 5,524th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, big-city access, and high incomes, and lowest on taxes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is White Marsh expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $434,462. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $137,090 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is White Marsh safe?
White Marsh is safer than 36% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $418 per resident a year.
Compare White Marsh with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to White Marsh. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in White Marsh 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.
White Marsh detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for White Marsh: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in White Marsh: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of White Marsh: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in White Marsh: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
White Marsh 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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