Largo vs Oxon Hill

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Largo, MD
55
Area Score
Bottom 35% nationally
Oxon Hill, MD
53
Area Score
Bottom 31% nationally

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Largo receives the higher standardized Area Score. That reflects AreaProfile's weighting, not a judgment about which place is better to live in.

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Everyday prices
About the same
Regional price level 109.5 against 109.5 (US = 100). Both places sit in the same price region, so the index cannot tell them apart.
Income to keep the same purchasing power
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A new two-bedroom lease
−$505 a month
HUD benchmarks it at $1,927 in Oxon Hill against $2,432 in Largo.
The median home
7% less
$359,800 in Oxon Hill against $387,800 in Largo.
The weather you would swap
Similar winters
Normal January lows are 30°F in Oxon Hill against 30°F in Largo; July highs are 90°F against 90°F (summers the same).

These are differences between published figures, not a forecast of your budget. Income and sales taxes, commuting, schools, insurance and the job you would actually get are not in them, and a price index describes a metropolitan area, so two places in one metro read the same. HUD’s rent is a benchmark for a new lease, not a listing.

Signals

Largo
Oxon Hill
Opportunity: Largo is the more favorable of the two.
Opportunity
42 · Bottom 20%
vs
38 · Bottom 14%
Growth
25 · Bottom 9%
vs
25 · Bottom 9%
Climate
72 · Top 42%
vs
72 · Top 42%
Physical resilience
76 · Top 30%
vs
76 · Top 30%
Housing affordability
70 · Top 40%
vs
70 · Top 41%
Schools
27 · Bottom 21%
vs
27 · Bottom 21%
Access: Largo is the more favorable of the two.
Access
91 · Bottom 46%
vs
87 · Bottom 33%
Economic stability: Largo is the more favorable of the two.
Economic stability
75 · Top 12%
vs
69 · Top 27%

Measured values

MetricLargoOxon HillSource period
Population12,22917,8932024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income — the two are too close to separate$103,375 ±$8,808$93,252 ±$5,6082024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income$54,435 — more favorable$46,3482024 ACS 5-Year
Population density3,995/sq mi2,779/sq mi2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value$387,800$359,8002024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent$2,180$1,721 — more favorable2024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, two bedroom$2,432$1,927 — more favorableFY2026
Cost of living index109.5109.52023
Homeownership rate63.2%61.5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment rate4.7%4.7%July 2026
Employment change (year over year)−3.6%−3.6%July 2026
Bachelor's degree or higher45.6% — more favorable30.6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate — the two are too close to separate6.3% ±2%6.3% ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units permitted (12 months)1,8731,87312 months ending July 2026
Permits per 1,000 residents2.02.012 months ending July 2026
Permit change (year over year)−29.9%−29.9%12 months ending July 2026
Average July high90°F90°F1991-2020 Normals
Average January low30°F30°F1991-2020 Normals
Annual precipitation41.8"41.8"1991-2020 Normals
Distance to major airport22 mi — more favorable28 miNASR current cycle
Average commute35.9 min — more favorable39.9 min2024 ACS 5-Year
Median age39.645.62024 ACS 5-Year
Students per teacher14.714.72024-25 school year
Math proficiency20.9%20.9%2018-19 school year
Reading proficiency35.8%35.8%2018-19 school year

A bolded value is the more favorable of the two where the metric has a clear direction. Metrics like population and density have no inherent better or worse and are shown unweighted.

2 rows above show both figures with a ± margin and neither in bold. Those come from the American Community Survey, which samples rather than counts, and the gap between the two is smaller than the uncertainty on the figures themselves — so the survey did not find a difference to report, and calling either one the winner would be reading a result out of noise.

The number of units permitted is not marked because the larger place always permits more; the per-resident rate is the fair comparison.

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Largo
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Largo: Your Score
55
Area Score
Oxon Hill
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Oxon Hill: Your Score
53
Area Score

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