A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Lansdowne$1,360/mo

Typical home $214K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,427/mo · Housing →

Linthicum$2,380/mo

Typical home $402K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · or rent about $2,066/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,030 a month, about $12,300 a year, between Linthicum and Lansdowne.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Linthicum places higher on 12 of 19 MD lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Maryland ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

CLansdowneBetter than 32% of districts in the state BLinthicumBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

C−LansdowneHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns ALinthicumHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

6Lansdowne

12Linthicum

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #243#35 Most activeHealth · 262 towns #250#51 HealthiestHealth · 262 towns #243#64 Highest incomeIncome · 262 towns #249#73 Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #57#175 Fewest smokersHealth · 262 towns #247#127 Most educatedPeople · 262 towns #258#138 Most affordableCost of living · 259 towns #9#111

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Lansdowne’s rankings →

Where they are

Lansdowne and Linthicum share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

LansdowneLinthicum

Lansdowne ↔ Linthicum1.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

116 Lansdowne residents work in Linthicum (3.4% of its workers)

Work & commute in Lansdowne →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

LansdowneLinthicum

Snow a year19″19″

January low25°F 25°F

July high89°F 89°F

Growing season (days)204d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)3rd 2nd

Outdoors & history

LansdowneLinthicum

Trails7 mi 1 mi

Conserved land7.2%3.8%

Settled1892 1908

National Register places1 3

Community

LansdowneLinthicum

Library hours a week59 hrs 55 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Maryland average

LansdowneLinthicum

People

Population 7,876Lowest 11,313Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.1%Lowest MD: +7% +8.4%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 40.1±4.9Highest about the MD average 37.7±3Lowest 4% below MD

Lansdowne and Linthicum are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.9%±4.3Lowest MD: 22.2% 22.5%±3.3Highest MD: 22.2%

Linthicum and Lansdowne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 18%±3.5Highest MD: 16.7% 16.5%±1.7Lowest MD: 16.7%

Lansdowne and Linthicum are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.9%Lowest MD: 43.4% 41%Highest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±1.6Lowest MD: 6.9% 5.5%±1.9Highest MD: 6.9%

Linthicum and Lansdowne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,605±$32kLowest 43% below MD $134,673±$11kHighest 30% above MD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $214,000±$30kLowest 49% below MD $401,600±$17kHighest 4% below MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,427±$630Lowest 16% below MD $2,066±$158Highest 21% above MD

Linthicum and Lansdowne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,818Lowest 31% below MD $3,328Highest 19% below MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.5%±25.6Highest MD: 51.5% 30.2%±14.9Lowest MD: 51.5%

Lansdowne and Linthicum are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 21.7%Highest MD: 9.4% 3.3%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57%Lowest MD: 67.6% 83.4%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959 20 yrs older than MD 1959 20 yrs older than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 7% below MD 23 minLowest 25% below MD

Work from home 14%±6.7Lowest MD: 19.3% 17.3%±3.2Highest MD: 19.3%

Linthicum and Lansdowne are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.8%Lowest 7.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 mi 8.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.30Lowest 4.69Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Baltimore (20%)Baltimore (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in LinthicumFew work in Lansdowne

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.2%Highest 3.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.7 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.8 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 61.1Highest 55.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #212 of 235 in MD #135 of 235 in MD

School district Baltimore County Public SchoolsAnne Arundel County Public Schools

High school in town Lansdowne HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 14.6 —

Maryland average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Lansdowne vs Linthicum

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,030 more a month in Linthicum

Linthicum places higher on 12 of 19 MD lists

Lansdowne and Linthicum share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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