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Ranked · Buying a home · Maryland

Best cities for buying a home in Maryland

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Dundalk, MD66k residents

    75/100

    median home price: $212,700 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: -1.0%

  2. 2.Parkville, MD31k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $260,400 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: -0.3%

  3. 3.Frederick, MD83k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $401,500 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: -1.1%

  4. 4.Waldorf, MD83k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $407,600 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: -1.3%

  5. 5.Glen Burnie, MD73k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $348,900 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: +0.6%

  6. 6.Odenton, MD45k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $435,300 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: +0.1%

  7. 7.Hagerstown, MD44k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $224,500 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: +0.7%

  8. 8.Woodlawn CDP (Baltimore County), MD40k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $294,200 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: —

  9. 9.Pasadena, MD34k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $423,400 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  10. 10.Germantown, MD91k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $422,400 · property tax rate: 1.05% · home price yoy: -2.8%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Maryland?
Dundalk, MD ranks first with a fit score of 75/100, followed by Parkville (72) and Frederick (71), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.