Best places to live in Maryland
1 Maryland metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in Maryland
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked Maryland metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.2%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 8.1%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 28.4%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 5.9%
- Other or two or more
- 5.4%
Diversity index 79/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore | 53.0 | #42 of 103 | $405k | 29 | 29 | 26° / 88° | 79 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.