Best PlacesWindsor Mill, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Windsor Mill, 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.
Windsor Mill ranks 7,035th 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 Windsor Mill
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.
Windsor Mill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Windsor Mill ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$138,906 median, better than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
Where Windsor Mill ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,377 a month, better than only 7% 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 Windsor Mill
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Windsor Mill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $138,906; 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 Windsor Mill's effective rate of 0.78%, 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.
Who lives in Windsor Mill
Windsor Mill runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Windsor Mill.
Who works in Windsor Mill, and how
Work in Windsor Mill centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Windsor Mill
The coast is about 26 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Windsor Mill, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Windsor Mill, month by month
Windsor Mill sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 39° | 33° |
| April | 68° | 59° | 51° |
| July | 91° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 71° | 63° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Windsor Mill
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall sits about 13 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 Windsor Mill
Schools across Windsor Mill average a D−, better than 3% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hollifield Station ElementaryB− · 41% proficient
- Winfield ElementaryD− · 14% proficient
- Dogwood ElementaryD− · 13% proficient
Top middle schools
- Patapsco MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Windsor Mill MiddleD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Mount Hebron HighA · 74% proficient
- Randallstown HighD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Windsor Mill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Windsor Mill 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 Windsor Mill against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Windsor Mill
Is Windsor Mill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Windsor Mill ranks 7,035th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, big-city access, and high incomes, 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 Windsor Mill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $573,000. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $138,906 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Windsor Mill safe?
Windsor Mill is safer than 53% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Windsor Mill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Windsor Mill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Windsor Mill 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.
Windsor Mill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Windsor Mill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Windsor Mill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Windsor Mill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Windsor Mill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Windsor Mill 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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