Many neighborhoods are a five-to-fifteen-minute drive, among the shortest commutes available in St. Mary's County.
St. Mary's County · Home of NAS Patuxent River
Lexington Park is the unincorporated community that sits right at the front gate of NAS Patuxent River, making it the highest-demand address in St. Mary's County for military families, NAVAIR employees, and contractors working on base. It's also generally the most affordable place to buy in the county, with a high concentration of military households and a fast-moving rental and resale market tied directly to the base's PCS cycle.
Whether you're PCSing in on orders, working the base as a civilian contractor, or looking for a rental-ready investment property, Nicole Gantt helps buyers and sellers navigate Lexington Park with local expertise and a plan that fits your timeline.
Tell Me What You're Looking For Contact Nicole TodayLexington Park offers a mix of single-family homes, townhomes, and apartment/rental communities, generally at a lower price point than nearby Leonardtown or California, MD. It's a popular starter-home and investment-property market given the steady rental demand from incoming and departing military families. For current pricing on a specific home, get a free valuation or contact Nicole directly, listing prices shift too often for a static range to stay accurate.
Life in Lexington Park revolves around the base and the Three Notch Road corridor, the area's main commercial strip for shopping, dining, and everyday errands. NAVAIR headquarters and the Naval Test Pilot School are both here, giving the town an unusually technical workforce for its size, St. Mary's County has one of the highest concentrations of STEM jobs of any local economy in the country. The town has also invested visibly in its own identity: the United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue downtown tells a piece of local Civil War history, John G. Lancaster Park and the newer Lexington Manor Passive Park (a 35-acre arts space) give it real green space, and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum nearby is worth a visit even if you're not in uniform. It's a practical, welcoming town more than a picturesque one, which for a lot of PCS families on a deadline is exactly the point.
Lexington Park is served by St. Mary's County Public Schools, with Great Mills High School serving much of the area. Exact elementary and middle school assignments depend on your specific address, so verify current attendance boundaries with St. Mary's County Public Schools (smcps.org) before you buy.
Lexington Park sits immediately adjacent to NAS Patuxent River's main gate; many neighborhoods are a five-to-fifteen-minute drive, among the shortest commutes available in St. Mary's County. It's roughly an hour to Waldorf and the DC suburbs, and about 20-30 minutes to Leonardtown.
Many neighborhoods are a five-to-fifteen-minute drive, among the shortest commutes available in St. Mary's County.
Great Mills High School serves much of the area; verify your specific address against the current St. Mary's County Public Schools boundary map.
Yes, its proximity to the base and familiarity with military move timelines make it one of the most straightforward relocations in the county.
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