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%

Largo$2,380/mo

Typical home $388K (Census) · tax rate 1.08% · or rent about $2,180/mo · Housing →

Kettering$2,570/mo

Typical home $419K (Census) · tax rate 1.09% · or rent about $2,297/mo · Housing →

The difference: $190 a month, about $2,300 a year, between Kettering and Largo.

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.

Where they are

Largo and Kettering share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LargoKettering

Largo ↔ Kettering2.2 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Largo places higher on 10 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

DLargoBetter than 8% of districts in the state DKetteringBetter than 8% of districts in the state

Health

B+LargoHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns BKetteringHealthier than 64% of U.S. towns

10Largo

7Kettering

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #184#21 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #72#188 Shortest commuteGetting around · 262 towns #158#248 Most remote workersWork · 256 towns #43#125 Highest incomeIncome · 262 towns #146#93 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #112#68 Fastest growingGrowth · 250 towns #104#74 Fewest smokersHealth · 262 towns #63#34

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

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

LargoKettering

Snow a year16″16″

January low25°F 25°F

July high88°F 88°F

Growing season (days)203d 203d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)8th 15th

Outdoors & history

LargoKettering

Trails1 mi 8 mi

Conserved land5.3%24.2%

National Register places1 —

Community

LargoKettering

Library hours a week44 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

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

LargoKettering

People

Population 12,229Lowest 14,014Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.4%Lowest MD: +7% +12.8%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 39.6±3.5Lowest about the MD average 49.4±3.5Highest 25% above MD

Kids under 18 18.9%±4.8Highest MD: 22.2% 17.1%±3.2Lowest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 14.8%±1.9Lowest MD: 16.7% 25%±2.9Highest MD: 16.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 45.6%Highest MD: 43.4% 41.6%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7%±2.5Highest MD: 6.9% 6.5%±1.8Lowest MD: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $103,375±$9kLowest about the MD average $126,938±$14kHighest 22% above MD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $387,800±$35kLowest 8% below MD $418,500±$25kHighest about the MD average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,180±$117Lowest 28% above MD $2,297±$150Highest 35% above MD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,186Lowest about the MD average $4,541Highest 11% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53%±15Highest MD: 51.5% 29.1%±17.2Lowest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 7.2%Lowest MD: 9.4% 8.7%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.2%Lowest MD: 67.6% 85.6%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Lowest 4 yrs newer than MD 1989Highest 10 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minLowest 6% above MD 41 minHighest 31% above MD

Work from home 26.9%±6.4Highest MD: 19.3% 17.9%±5.8Lowest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.8%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.37Highest 0.25Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (30%)Washington (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KetteringFew work in Largo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.3%Lowest 24.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 8.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 79.1Lowest 81.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #72 of 235 in MD #188 of 235 in MD

School district Prince George's County Public SchoolsPrince George's County Public Schools

High school in town Largo HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3 —

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.

Largo vs Kettering

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $190 more a month in Kettering

Largo and Kettering share a border

Largo places higher on 10 of 19 MD lists

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