Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 19/100
F
Median home value$255,400
Washington $579,900
Median rent$1,848/mo
Washington $2,027/mo
Cost-burdened households43%
Washington 31%
Greenbelt
Prince George's County24,678 residentsPrince George'S County Public Schools
45
D
Suburbgrade score
57th of 60 Washington suburbs. Strongest on cost of living, held back by housing & affordability.
45
Washington median 64
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Greenbelt yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 45 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Greenbelt is like to live in, by category
Bars show Greenbelt against Washington. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 36/100
F
Within-state proficiency18th pct
Washington median 78th pct
Student–teacher ratio15.1
Washington median 14.1
Graduation rate79%
Washington median 86%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 80/100
B+
Housing cost index83
Washington 100
Eff. tax rate1.45%
Washington 0.85%
Local sales tax6.00%
Washington median 5.77%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 41/100
D−
Mean commute33.8 min
Washington 32.4 min
Under 30 minutes47%
Washington 47%
Transit stops / sq mi21
Washington median 6.4 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 64/100
C+
Restaurants & cafés36
Washington median 87 · within 2 miles
Groceries4
Washington median 8 · within 2 miles
Parks67
Washington median 85 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 43/100
D
Median household income$85,997
Washington $126,684
Unemployment6.7%
Washington 4.8%
Professional occupations50%
Washington 58%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Greenbelt yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Greenbelt on housing & affordability
Greenbelt's weakest grade is F. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbHousingOverall
McLean17 mi from GreenbeltA 72 B− Potomac17 mi from GreenbeltB+ 67 C+ Bethesda13 mi from GreenbeltB− 73 B North Potomac20 mi from GreenbeltB− 68 B− Olney14 mi from GreenbeltB− 66 C+ West Springfield24 mi from GreenbeltC+ 66 C+ Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Greenbelt
Is Greenbelt, MD a good place to live?
Greenbelt scores 45 out of 100, 57th of 60 Washington suburbs. It is strongest on cost of living and weakest on housing & affordability. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Greenbelt expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B+. The median home is $255,400, 56% below the Washington median, and the effective property tax rate is 1.45%. $1,848/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Greenbelt?
Schools grade F. The districts serving Greenbelt sit at the 18th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 79% graduation rate and a 15.1 student–teacher ratio. Greenbelt is served by Prince George'S County Public Schools. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Greenbelt?
The mean commute is 33.8 min, with 47% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 17% working from home. Transit density is 21 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Greenbelt?
Within two miles there are 4 groceries, 36 restaurants and cafés and 67 parks, which grades C+ on amenities.
Are the homes in Greenbelt old or new?
The median home in Greenbelt was built in 1974 — older than the Washington median of 1983. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 39% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.