Lexington Park, MD
Lexington Park, MD Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Lexington Park, MD Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Lexington Park ranks 1st for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 4th for income. A household earns $122,406 a year while median rent runs $1,733/mo, making it comfortably affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 1% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is affordability (1st of 300), while commute is the soft spot (298th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 256th and home prices 245th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Lexington Park, your take-home is worth about $57,495 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 4th of 300$122,406
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 235th of 300101 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $121,483
- Per-capita income
- $55,767
- Full-time pay
- $70,026
Housing
- Median rent
- 256th of 300$1,733/mo
- Home value
- 245th of 300$451,000
- Property tax
- $3,566/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 6.00%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 26th of 3002.9%
- Bachelor's+
- 101st of 30037.7%
- Avg commute
- 298th of 30034.6 min
People
- Population
- 211,382
- Median age
- 38.8 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 4.4%
- Broadband
- 96.7%
Environment & risk
- Natural-hazard loss
- 11th of 300$7/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 34th of 30015.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 7.4%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Job market
- + Hazard safety
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — patuxent river nas.
What jobs pay in Lexington Park
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $164,330
- Lawyers
- $143,760
- Financial managers
- $139,100
- Pharmacists
- $133,340
- Software developers
- $132,850
- General & operations managers
- $106,250
- Civil engineers
- $98,390
- Registered nurses
- $94,780
- Accountants & auditors
- $91,240
- Secondary school teachers
- $81,050
- Police officers
- $79,900
- Elementary school teachers
- $76,170
- Carpenters
- $62,880
- Electricians
- $61,550
- Plumbers
- $57,700
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $56,250
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $52,110
- Construction laborers
- $45,500
- Janitors
- $41,990
- Customer service reps
- $36,460
- Waiters & waitresses
- $35,550
- Retail salespersons
- $34,360
- Cashiers
- $33,180
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Lexington Park metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Maryland are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Virginia817
- Florida406
- California343
- Pennsylvania330
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Lexington Park metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Lexington Park metro?
- Median gross rent across the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area is $1,733 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Lexington Park.
- What is the median household income in the Lexington Park metro?
- A typical household in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area earns $122,406 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Lexington Park expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area runs about 1% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Lexington Park metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $121,483 (versus its face value of $122,406). CityLedger rates the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area comfortably affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Lexington Park metro?
- The median home value across the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area is $451,000 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Lexington Park metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Lexington Park, MD Metro Area is 2.9% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).