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Maryland's 200 Best Places To Live For 2020 Ranked
Niche.com has compiled one of its most popular annual reports: The 200 best places to live in Maryland.
BALTIMORE, MD ā According to Niche.com, if you want to live among the best places in Maryland, then you should consider moving to Montgomery County if you don't already call it home. Eight of the top 10 spots were held by Montgomery County communities, with Ellicott City and Columbia in Howard County nabbing the other two top spots.
For 2020, Niche.com data crunchers, say they have determined South Kensington is our No. 1 best place to live in Maryland.
To arrive at the rankings, Niche took several factors into consideration, such as the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities.
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Niche.com ranks more than 200 places in its new report and you'll notice when you read the full rankings below that many Baltimore neighborhoods or sections of the city made the top 200 as well.
Here are the top 200 Maryland places to live:
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- South Kensington
- North Potomac
- North Bethesda
- Ellicott City
- Bethesda
- Chevy Chase
- Potomac
- Rockville
- Garrett Park
- Columbia
- Travilah
- Urbana
- Ilchester
- Darnestown
- Forest Glen
- Derwood
- Takoma Park
- Scaggsville
- Clarksburg
- Highland
- Somerset
- Brookmont
- Kensington
- Olney
- Fulton
- Four Corners
- Towson
- Lutherville
- North Kensington
- Chevy Chase Town
- Chevy Chase Village
- Cabin John
- Silver Spring
- Mays Chapel
- Elkridge
- Cloverly
- Gaithersburg
- North Laurel
- Hampton
- Butcher's Hill
- Germantown
- Colesville
- Crofton
- Redland
- Spring Ridge
- Poolesville
- Wyman Park
- Mid-Town Belvedere
- Upper Fells Point
- Pikesville
- Timonium
- Guilford
- Kemp Mill
- Downtown Baltimore
- Canton
- University Park
- Hillandale
- Federal Hill
- Burtonsville
- Mount Vernon
- Damascus
- South Baltimore
- Catonsville
- Riverside
- Roland Park
- Severna Park
- Locust Point
- Oakenshawe
- Inner Harbor
- Tuscany-Canterbury
- Ballenger Creek
- Savage
- Odenton
- Sykesville
- Arnold
- Fairland
- Hampden
- Cockeysville
- Brewers Hill
- Montgomery Village
- Perry Hall
- Middletown
- Homeland
- Fells Point
- Patterson Place
- White Marsh
- Frederick
- Braddock Heights
- Fallston
- Eldersburg
- New Market
- Annapolis
- Bel Air
- Cape St. Claire
- Otterbein
- West Laurel
- Crownsville
- Aspen Hill
- Calverton
- Pleasant Hill
- Wheaton
- Severn
- Owings Mills
- Bartonsville
- Parole
- Fairwood
- Herald Harbor
- Medfield
- Mount Washington
- Riverside
- Glenmont
- Riva
- California
- North Roland Park/Poplar Hill
- Spencerville
- Maryland City
- Gambrills
- Garrison
- Hampstead
- Bowie
- Layhill
- Charles Village
- Arcadia
- Havre de Grace
- Patterson Park Neighborhood
- Cheswolde
- Jefferson
- Mayo
- Arbutus
- Parkville
- Greenbelt
- Bolton Hill
- Berlin
- Berwyn Heights
- Remington
- Cheverly
- White Oak
- Brunswick
- Leonardtown
- Owings
- Ocean City
- Linthicum
- Original Northwood
- Reisterstown
- Carney
- Stevensville
- Chesapeake Beach
- Mount Airy
- Arden on the Severn
- Highlandtown
- Greenmount West
- Manchester
- Woodmore
- Laurel
- Overlea
- Glenn Dale
- Huntingtown
- Rossville
- Westminster
- Hollins Market
- Edgewood
- Robinwood
- Edgewater
- College Park
- Washington Village/Pigtown
- Walkersville
- Kingstown
- Halfway
- Lake Walker
- West Ocean City
- Woodsboro
- Joppatowne
- Hyattsville
- Kingsville
- Rosedale
- Dunkirk
- La Plata
- Centreville
- Randallstown
- CARE
- Idlewood
- Charles North
- Westfield
- Pimlico Good Neighbors
- Long Beach
- Pocomoke City
- Delmar
- Pasadena
- St. James
- Lauraville
- Lonaconing
- Smithsburg
- South Laurel
- Lexington Park
- Waldorf
- Woodlawn
- North Beach
- Deale
- La Vale
- Harwood
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