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Lexington Park, MD
$1,505after tax and rent
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On a $83,730 household paycheck in Lexington Park.
Modelled metro
So you know: homicide deaths in Lexington Park are under the US rate in this release, 2.6 versus 6.5 per 100,000. CDC via County Health Rankings, CDC NVSS 2017–2023 (CHR 2025 release).
Move Score
50
Each row is 0–100. The Move Score is their weighted average, rounded, and it stops at 99. Rent is only in Housing. Jobs is off when the paycheck is the same in every city. Schools is off when there are no kids.
The 6 rows that are on. Their weighted average is 50.4, and that is the score, rounded, up to 99. Rows that are off stay out. The percent on each row is its weight. Tap a row to see what it measures. How the score is weighted
Example household
Example: $83,730, same pay in every city · One adult, renting a 1-bedroom
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After tax and rent
$1,505
Home city
Not picked
Salary
$83,730
Same everywhere
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Stats
- Rent
- $1,896
- 2 bd median
- Take-home
- $5,118
- Per month
- Tax
- 27%
- Of pay
- Prices
- 2% above
- US, besides rent
Next
$1,505 / mo
The month
One earner. 1 bd.
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- Taxes$1,859
- Rent$1,593
- Other$2,020
- Left$1,505
Pay and tax, per year
- Gross household pay
- $83,730
- Federal income tax
- −$9,591
- Social Security and Medicare
- −$6,405
- State income tax (MD)
- −$3,804
- City / county wage tax
- −$2,512
- Take-home pay
- $61,419
- Effective tax rate
- 26.6%
Living costs, per month
- Rent, 1br
- $1,593
- Groceries
- $408
- Getting around
- $541
- Healthcare
- $459
- Utilities and internet
- $255
- Everything else
- $357
- Total spending
- $3,613
After tax and rent
$1,505 left/mo
County by county
2 counties. Rent in this table is the Census median of what residents pay. The city figure is Zillow asking rent.
| County | People | Median rent | 2-bed rent | Home value | Income | Commute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary's CountyMD | 114k55% | $1,692 | $1,604 | $390,900 | $114,580 | 30 min |
| Calvert CountyMD | 94k45% | $1,701 | $1,441 | $440,200 | $132,059 | 41 min |
Census ACS 2023. “—” is not published.
Working remotely
If the paycheck stays the same
One adult, one bedroom, $120,000 held flat in every city. That leaves $3,394 a month here after tax and rent. One-bedroom rent in that math is $1,593.
- Work from home
- 15.8% of workers
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Home internet
- 81.9% of households
- Cable, fiber optic, or DSL
- Paid to move, remote job
- No open remote grant on this metro
Worked-from-home share is from ACS 2023 5-year. Internet is households with cable, fiber optic, or DSL, from ACS 2023 5-year.
The place
35 min commute. A car per adult.
- Weather
- Not shown for this metro.
- Getting around
- A car per adult
- Average commute
- 35 minutes each way
- Size
- 208k people
- Buying instead
- Median home $414,100. About $2,937/mo with 20% down.
- Taxes
- Maryland income tax tops out at 5.75%, plus a 3.00% city wage tax. Sales tax 6.0%, property tax 0.87%.
Schools
- Students
- 31,754
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
- Districts
- 2
- St. Mary's County Public Schools16,905 students
- Calvert County Public Schools14,849 students
NCES 2024-2025. The district count is every public district in the metro. The names are the largest 2.
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Take-home by job in Lexington Park
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer
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Questions
How is take-home pay in Lexington Park calculated?
Lexington Park is in Maryland, which taxes wage income, plus a local wage tax of 3.00%. Take-home is a local salary minus federal tax, payroll tax, and that state tax. Leftover is what remains after rent and bills.
What does rent cost in Lexington Park?
About $1,593 for a one-bedroom and $1,896 for a two-bedroom in Lexington Park, MD. Lexington Park averages 216 sunny days, a July high of 88°F, and a 35-minute commute.
How do I compare Lexington Park with another city?
Put Lexington Park next to another city on the same job and household. The gap is the tax bill and the rent.
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