Small towns in Maryland
73 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 152 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Maryland outside metro areas, everyday prices run 6.8% below the U.S. average, and housing 24% below.
Closest to a big city
- Eldersburg20 miles to Baltimore
- Sykesville20 miles to Baltimore
- Bel Air21 miles to Baltimore
- Bel Air South22 miles to Baltimore
- Indian Head22 miles to Washington
Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.
Lowest home values
- Westernport$86,300
- Cumberland$123,200
- Crisfield$137,900
- Cresaptown$142,600
- Federalsburg$156,500
Typical value of an owner-occupied home.
Growing fastest
- Trappeup 29% since 2020
- New Windsorup 21% since 2020
- Brunswickup 20% since 2020
- La Plataup 19% since 2020
- Taneytownup 14% since 2020
College towns
- ChestertownWashington College
- FrostburgFrostburg State University
- Princess AnneUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore
Tourist towns
- Ocean City83% vacation homes
- Ocean Pines33% vacation homes
- Rock Hall24% vacation homes
- West Ocean City20% vacation homes
Hospital in town
- Bel AirUmd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
- Bel Air SouthUmd Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
- BerlinAtlantic General Hospital
- ChestertownUniversity of Md Shore Medical Ctr at Chestertown
- CumberlandWestern Maryland Regional Medical Center
- EastonUniversity of Md Shore Medical Center at Easton
- HagerstownMeritus Medical Center
- La PlataUniversity of Md Charles Regional Medical Center
Every town in Maryland
Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.
| Town | People | Since 2020 | Typical home | Household income | Miles to a big city | Miles to an ER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | 18,374 | +12.8% | $261,400 | $74,826 | 28 | 9 |
| Abingdon suburb | 5,019 | $366,200 | $136,833 | 21 | 6 | |
| Accokeek suburb | 14,362 | $560,500 | $150,815 | 16 | In town | |
| Adelphi suburb | 17,395 | $425,200 | $82,137 | 7 | 3 | |
| Annapolis Neck suburb | 12,032 | $739,100 | $173,879 | 26 | 4 | |
| Ashton-Sandy Spring suburb | 5,630 | $809,200 | $174,063 | 17 | 3 | |
| Baltimore Highlands suburb | 8,206 | $267,200 | $62,304 | 5 | 3 | |
| Bartonsville suburb | 3,282 | $621,800 | $156,979 | 38 | 4 | |
| Bel Air | 10,507 | -1.7% | $318,400 | $74,605 | 21 | In town |
| Bel Air South | 58,137 | $405,900 | $123,653 | 22 | In town | |
| Beltsville suburb | 19,176 | $416,500 | $99,642 | 11 | 5 | |
| Bensville suburb | 15,848 | $521,300 | $170,072 | 20 | 6 | |
| Berlin | 5,335 | +5.3% | $423,500 | $81,438 | 101 | In town |
| Berwyn Heights suburb | 3,338 | +0% | $429,800 | $146,591 | 8 | 3 |
| Bladensburg suburb | 9,671 | +0.3% | $336,100 | $63,179 | 6 | 4 |
| Boonsboro | 3,867 | +2% | $352,400 | 54 | 8 | |
| Bowleys Quarters suburb | 7,006 | $400,100 | $99,534 | 12 | 6 | |
| Braddock Heights suburb | 2,892 | $537,700 | $124,000 | 43 | 4 | |
| Brandywine suburb | 12,160 | $551,000 | $157,587 | 17 | 5 | |
| Brentwood suburb | 3,828 | +0% | $412,500 | $69,572 | 4 | 3 |
| Brock Hall suburb | 13,615 | $637,900 | $206,451 | 15 | 6 | |
| Brooklyn Park suburb | 16,067 | $284,300 | $87,989 | 6 | 4 | |
| Brookmont suburb | 3,671 | $1,361,100 | $247,150 | 7 | 2 | |
| Brown Station suburb | 3,451 | $470,300 | $168,848 | 12 | 4 | |
| Brunswick | 9,380 | +20.2% | $374,500 | $118,025 | 43 | 13 |
| Bryans Road suburb | 9,371 | $377,300 | $118,361 | 21 | 8 | |
| Burnt Mills suburb | 3,751 | $574,300 | $113,463 | 9 | 3 | |
| Burtonsville suburb | 10,203 | $488,800 | $134,276 | 16 | 7 | |
| California | 13,136 | $346,800 | $119,855 | 51 | 8 | |
| Calverton suburb | 17,624 | $477,100 | $107,381 | 11 | 5 | |
| Cambridge | 13,457 | +2.8% | $257,900 | $47,323 | 56 | 15 |
| Cape St. Claire suburb | 9,236 | $488,200 | $136,111 | 20 | 6 | |
| Capitol Heights suburb | 4,044 | +0.3% | $331,900 | $97,155 | 6 | 4 |
| Centreville | 4,782 | +1.2% | $449,900 | $89,602 | 34 | 12 |
| Charlestown suburb | 1,553 | +2.9% | $378,400 | $122,125 | 39 | 18 |
| Chesapeake Beach | 6,466 | +1.7% | $444,600 | $138,895 | 29 | 9 |
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | 9,241 | $286,700 | $102,669 | 50 | 13 | |
| Chester | 4,797 | $487,400 | $102,399 | 29 | 13 | |
| Chestertown | 5,658 | +2.6% | $344,000 | $54,346 | 29 | In town |
| Cheverly suburb | 6,164 | +0% | $470,700 | $123,535 | 6 | 4 |
| Chevy Chase suburb | 2,804 | -3% | $1,670,600 | $250,000 or more | 6 | 2 |
| Chevy Chase (Montgomery County) suburb | 9,445 | $1,245,000 | $211,765 | 7 | 2 | |
| Chevy Chase Village suburb | 1,978 | -2.9% | $2,000,000 or more | $250,000 or more | 6 | 3 |
| Cloverly suburb | 16,646 | $665,300 | $152,083 | 14 | 5 | |
| Colesville suburb | 14,519 | $616,800 | $130,682 | 12 | 5 | |
| Colmar Manor suburb | 1,590 | -0.1% | $370,900 | $122,794 | 4 | 4 |
| Coral Hills suburb | 9,756 | $339,200 | $68,603 | 6 | 4 | |
| Cottage City suburb | 1,329 | -0.1% | $343,100 | $80,795 | 4 | 3 |
| Cresaptown | 5,121 | $142,600 | $68,370 | 84 | 7 | |
| Crisfield | 2,555 | +1.8% | $137,900 | $50,139 | 83 | 20 |
| Cumberland | 18,799 | -1.2% | $123,200 | $48,162 | 84 | In town |
| Damascus suburb | 17,640 | $528,400 | $158,883 | 27 | 7 | |
| Darnestown suburb | 7,051 | $958,200 | $232,135 | 20 | 6 | |
| Deale | 5,333 | $431,400 | $125,510 | 27 | 14 | |
| Delmar suburb | 4,896 | +26% | $226,500 | $85,174 | 82 | 6 |
| Denton | 5,075 | +4.8% | $234,600 | $66,510 | 51 | 16 |
| District Heights suburb | 5,938 | +0.2% | $339,200 | $86,955 | 8 | 4 |
| Drum Point suburb | 3,589 | $415,800 | 51 | 11 | ||
| East Riverdale suburb | 18,336 | $361,400 | $81,831 | 7 | 3 | |
| Easton | 17,293 | +1.1% | $358,900 | $74,653 | 46 | In town |
| Edgemere suburb | 9,061 | $372,600 | $103,165 | 10 | 7 | |
| Edgewater suburb | 8,519 | $454,100 | $114,365 | 25 | 4 | |
| Edmonston suburb | 1,621 | -0.1% | $404,600 | $78,333 | 6 | 4 |
| Eldersburg | 31,695 | $494,300 | $142,954 | 20 | 10 | |
| Elkton suburb | 16,670 | +5.5% | $293,400 | $58,640 | 46 | 10 |
| Emmitsburg | 2,910 | +5.2% | $324,300 | $81,250 | 47 | 9 |
| Fairmount Heights suburb | 1,528 | +0.3% | $396,800 | $78,516 | 5 | 4 |
| Fairwood suburb | 7,526 | $713,700 | $181,458 | 13 | 5 | |
| Fallston suburb | 10,013 | $562,300 | $154,688 | 19 | 5 | |
| Federalsburg | 2,864 | +1.1% | $156,500 | $33,571 | 62 | 10 |
| Ferndale suburb | 17,529 | $327,600 | $94,948 | 8 | 3 | |
| Flower Hill suburb | 13,794 | $463,500 | $112,975 | 20 | 3 | |
| Forest Glen suburb | 6,840 | $606,100 | $127,820 | 8 | 2 | |
| Forest Heights suburb | 2,618 | -0.1% | $371,700 | $98,734 | 7 | 3 |
| Forestville suburb | 10,495 | $339,000 | $70,579 | 9 | 4 | |
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills suburb | 6,567 | $333,000 | $103,340 | 65 | 5 | |
| Four Corners suburb | 8,150 | $620,400 | $203,125 | 8 | 2 | |
| Friendly suburb | 11,119 | $437,800 | $127,670 | 10 | 3 | |
| Friendship Heights Village suburb | 4,002 | $484,300 | $119,384 | 6 | 2 | |
| Frostburg | 6,979 | -0.3% | $181,700 | $52,977 | 78 | 10 |
| Fruitland suburb | 6,007 | +8.6% | $227,200 | $64,004 | 85 | 3 |
| Fulton suburb | 5,677 | $913,100 | $222,039 | 18 | 5 | |
| Gambrills suburb | 2,830 | $584,800 | $148,594 | 14 | 4 | |
| Garrison suburb | 9,469 | $331,600 | $102,423 | 10 | 3 | |
| Glassmanor suburb | 16,981 | $351,000 | $66,327 | 6 | In town | |
| Glenarden suburb | 6,422 | +0.5% | $409,700 | $106,414 | 9 | 2 |
| Glenmont suburb | 17,208 | $571,200 | $126,542 | 12 | 5 | |
| Glenn Dale suburb | 13,772 | $542,000 | $134,333 | 13 | 4 | |
| Golden Beach | 3,830 | $382,700 | $133,194 | 33 | 7 | |
| Grasonville | 3,564 | $459,600 | $120,676 | 32 | 15 | |
| Green Valley suburb | 13,602 | $594,300 | $171,707 | 33 | 11 | |
| Greensboro | 1,962 | +2.7% | $251,100 | $53,611 | 48 | 20 |
| Hagerstown | 44,228 | +1.6% | $224,500 | $52,221 | 63 | In town |
| Halfway suburb | 10,849 | $253,300 | $71,036 | 64 | 5 | |
| Hampstead | 6,281 | +0.7% | $333,000 | $97,871 | 25 | 8 |
| Hampton suburb | 5,372 | $615,300 | $170,688 | 9 | 4 | |
| Hancock | 1,581 | +2.2% | $190,900 | $34,886 | 83 | 11 |
| Havre de Grace suburb | 15,630 | +5.3% | $392,900 | $105,817 | 32 | 13 |
| Hebron | 1,119 | +1.5% | $235,300 | $97,841 | 78 | 6 |
| Hillandale suburb | 5,060 | $520,300 | $164,871 | 9 | 3 | |
| Hillcrest Heights suburb | 16,063 | $364,000 | $82,785 | 5 | In town | |
| Honeygo suburb | 12,250 | $484,100 | $146,384 | 12 | 5 | |
| Huntingtown | 2,689 | $589,900 | $185,313 | 29 | 4 | |
| Hurlock | 2,123 | +2.5% | $202,700 | $58,511 | 61 | 14 |
| Indian Head | 4,202 | +8% | $303,700 | $89,063 | 22 | 8 |
| Jarrettsville | 2,560 | $476,800 | $146,635 | 22 | 9 | |
| Jefferson | 3,314 | $533,100 | $150,854 | 42 | 8 | |
| Jessup suburb | 9,931 | $462,000 | $128,851 | 14 | 8 | |
| Joppatowne suburb | 14,237 | $342,300 | $117,881 | 16 | 7 | |
| Keedysville | 1,225 | +2.3% | $415,300 | $149,545 | 54 | 9 |
| Kemp Mill suburb | 13,042 | $596,600 | $146,354 | 9 | 3 | |
| Kensington suburb | 2,652 | +25.7% | $943,500 | $152,284 | 9 | 3 |
| Kettering suburb | 14,014 | $418,500 | $126,938 | 12 | 3 | |
| Kingsville suburb | 4,687 | $567,400 | $128,563 | 14 | 6 | |
| Konterra suburb | 3,641 | $459,700 | $130,000 | 14 | 7 | |
| La Plata | 12,137 | +18.9% | $428,400 | $121,208 | 25 | In town |
| La Vale | 4,196 | $170,800 | $77,500 | 81 | 5 | |
| Lake Arbor suburb | 14,335 | $460,600 | $121,211 | 10 | In town | |
| Lake Shore suburb | 18,249 | $473,600 | $130,689 | 16 | 7 | |
| Landover Hills suburb | 1,811 | -0.2% | $351,900 | $92,500 | 7 | 3 |
| Lanham suburb | 11,433 | $436,900 | $103,556 | 10 | 2 | |
| Lansdowne suburb | 7,876 | $214,000 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Largo suburb | 12,229 | $387,800 | $103,375 | 10 | In town | |
| Layhill suburb | 5,497 | $608,000 | $146,308 | 13 | 5 | |
| Leisure World suburb | 8,882 | $274,800 | $62,011 | 14 | 4 | |
| Leonardtown | 5,033 | +10.8% | $575,300 | $153,819 | 46 | In town |
| Lexington Park | 13,252 | $309,700 | $94,799 | 55 | 11 | |
| Linganore suburb | 14,444 | $533,500 | $175,833 | 38 | 6 | |
| Linthicum suburb | 11,313 | $401,600 | $134,673 | 7 | 4 | |
| Lusby suburb | 2,595 | $423,800 | $151,711 | 49 | 12 | |
| Lutherville suburb | 6,574 | $443,900 | $113,563 | 9 | 2 | |
| Manchester | 5,426 | +0.4% | $376,400 | $121,676 | 29 | 9 |
| Marlboro Meadows suburb | 3,929 | $408,400 | $111,313 | 17 | 8 | |
| Marlboro Village suburb | 9,382 | $382,600 | $122,856 | 14 | 6 | |
| Marlow Heights suburb | 5,456 | $387,600 | $55,502 | 7 | 2 | |
| Marlton suburb | 10,222 | $415,700 | $109,328 | 16 | 5 | |
| Maryland City suburb | 19,186 | $424,900 | $117,337 | 17 | 9 | |
| Maugansville suburb | 3,624 | $321,800 | $79,019 | 66 | 6 | |
| Mayo suburb | 8,694 | $604,900 | $155,300 | 27 | 6 | |
| Mays Chapel suburb | 16,066 | $464,800 | $126,996 | 10 | 4 | |
| Melwood suburb | 3,401 | $397,800 | $81,364 | 12 | 4 | |
| Middletown suburb | 5,056 | +2.2% | $554,800 | $173,333 | 46 | 7 |
| Mitchellville suburb | 11,359 | $512,100 | $149,347 | 11 | 3 | |
| Monrovia | 3,568 | $805,100 | $207,153 | 34 | 9 | |
| Morningside suburb | 1,232 | -0.1% | $296,700 | 9 | 5 | |
| Mount Airy suburb | 9,857 | +2.2% | $487,400 | $151,324 | 29 | 14 |
| Mount Rainier suburb | 8,307 | +0% | $529,600 | $68,505 | 4 | 3 |
| Mountain Lake Park | 2,101 | -2.1% | $216,100 | $60,875 | 78 | In town |
| Myersville | 1,885 | +4.4% | $525,700 | $149,726 | 51 | 10 |
| National Harbor suburb | 4,454 | $472,500 | $109,707 | 8 | 4 | |
| New Carrollton suburb | 13,644 | +0.2% | $394,900 | $81,509 | 9 | In town |
| New Market suburb | 1,609 | +5.6% | $639,100 | $202,872 | 36 | 8 |
| New Windsor | 1,749 | +20.5% | $374,000 | $111,250 | 31 | 6 |
| North Beach | 2,179 | +1.5% | $394,000 | $83,933 | 29 | 11 |
| North East suburb | 4,237 | +2.9% | $292,300 | $91,603 | 42 | 16 |
| North Kensington suburb | 8,954 | $576,700 | $135,040 | 10 | 4 | |
| Oakland | 1,808 | -1.9% | $244,400 | 77 | In town | |
| Ocean City | 6,840 | -0.1% | $429,000 | $77,750 | 104 | 9 |
| Ocean Pines | 12,351 | $380,100 | $91,824 | 101 | 5 | |
| Overlea suburb | 13,035 | $263,900 | $88,841 | 7 | 2 | |
| Owings | 2,643 | $602,900 | $176,378 | 26 | 11 | |
| Oxon Hill suburb | 17,893 | $359,800 | $93,252 | 8 | 3 | |
| Paramount-Long Meadow suburb | 2,569 | $374,200 | $122,262 | 63 | 4 | |
| Parole suburb | 17,229 | $533,500 | $120,361 | 22 | In town | |
| Peppermill Village suburb | 5,238 | $345,900 | $85,685 | 7 | 3 | |
| Perryville suburb | 4,592 | +2.7% | $295,200 | $77,733 | 35 | 16 |
| Pittsville | 1,659 | +2% | $208,900 | $73,682 | 90 | 11 |
| Pleasant Hills suburb | 3,836 | $532,900 | $166,339 | 17 | 3 | |
| Pocomoke City | 4,421 | +2.6% | $199,000 | 92 | 21 | |
| Poolesville | 5,942 | +2.8% | $752,300 | $205,919 | 27 | 6 |
| Prince Frederick | 2,955 | $404,400 | $80,391 | 34 | In town | |
| Princess Anne | 3,642 | +4.5% | $231,900 | $69,116 | 86 | 12 |
| Redland suburb | 18,665 | $540,200 | $132,153 | 17 | 4 | |
| Ridgely | 1,630 | +1.2% | $276,700 | $62,048 | 46 | 16 |
| Rising Sun | 2,761 | +0.4% | $309,100 | $85,563 | 40 | 20 |
| Riva suburb | 4,976 | $644,500 | $176,094 | 23 | 4 | |
| Riverdale Park suburb | 7,343 | +0% | $475,800 | $120,043 | 6 | 3 |
| Riverside suburb | 6,585 | $246,100 | $105,785 | 23 | 6 | |
| Riviera Beach suburb | 12,192 | $350,300 | $112,672 | 10 | 5 | |
| Robinwood suburb | 8,042 | $341,300 | $90,840 | 60 | In town | |
| Rock Hall | 1,208 | +1.7% | $262,000 | $74,597 | 23 | 11 |
| Rosaryville suburb | 12,883 | $478,700 | $158,923 | 14 | 3 | |
| Rossville suburb | 16,059 | $317,000 | $90,000 | 8 | In town | |
| Salisbury | 33,845 | +2.7% | $227,300 | $58,576 | 84 | In town |
| Savage suburb | 8,239 | $424,300 | $116,895 | 16 | 6 | |
| Scaggsville suburb | 10,564 | $668,500 | $207,220 | 18 | 5 | |
| Seabrook suburb | 18,317 | $412,100 | $98,157 | 10 | In town | |
| Seat Pleasant suburb | 4,524 | +0% | $326,900 | 6 | 3 | |
| Shady Side | 4,727 | $503,500 | $153,661 | 27 | 11 | |
| Silver Hill suburb | 5,193 | $323,200 | $60,625 | 6 | 3 | |
| Smithsburg suburb | 3,212 | +7.4% | $337,500 | $100,673 | 57 | 6 |
| Snow Hill | 2,237 | +4.3% | $222,900 | $48,382 | 101 | 15 |
| Somerset suburb | 1,151 | -3.3% | $1,775,000 | $250,000 or more | 6 | 2 |
| South Kensington suburb | 8,148 | $919,800 | $210,953 | 8 | 3 | |
| Spring Ridge suburb | 5,922 | $489,000 | $145,625 | 39 | 4 | |
| Springdale suburb | 5,226 | $474,200 | $162,171 | 10 | 3 | |
| St. James suburb | 4,824 | $409,000 | $97,361 | 61 | 5 | |
| St. Michaels | 1,083 | +3% | $565,600 | $78,265 | 41 | 8 |
| Stevensville | 8,802 | $481,200 | $115,357 | 27 | 12 | |
| Summerfield suburb | 15,065 | $348,100 | $91,007 | 8 | In town | |
| Sykesville | 4,602 | +6.4% | $453,400 | $139,556 | 20 | 10 |
| Takoma Park suburb | 17,260 | -1.8% | $749,200 | $108,136 | 5 | 2 |
| Taneytown | 8,259 | +13.6% | $338,400 | $87,621 | 39 | 12 |
| Temple Hills suburb | 8,969 | $366,200 | $66,841 | 7 | 3 | |
| Thurmont | 6,337 | +2.1% | $364,700 | $98,125 | 48 | 13 |
| Timonium suburb | 10,304 | $480,800 | $119,863 | 10 | 4 | |
| Trappe | 1,517 | +28.9% | $242,600 | $60,917 | 53 | 8 |
| Travilah suburb | 11,721 | $1,325,100 | $250,000 or more | 17 | 4 | |
| University Park suburb | 2,440 | -0.2% | $635,100 | $207,500 | 6 | 4 |
| Urbana | 14,260 | $640,100 | $182,500 | 34 | 8 | |
| Walker Mill suburb | 10,931 | $379,100 | $88,333 | 7 | 3 | |
| Walkersville suburb | 6,501 | +5.5% | $488,300 | $130,893 | 42 | 4 |
| West Laurel suburb | 4,428 | $541,000 | $164,688 | 16 | 7 | |
| West Ocean City | 5,198 | $423,700 | $97,165 | 104 | 5 | |
| Westernport | 1,759 | -2.1% | $86,300 | $47,688 | 82 | 6 |
| Westminster | 20,589 | +2.2% | $337,600 | $86,219 | 29 | In town |
| Westphalia suburb | 13,228 | $531,000 | $164,197 | 11 | 4 | |
| White Marsh suburb | 10,932 | $369,200 | $117,426 | 10 | 3 | |
| White Oak suburb | 17,329 | $574,000 | $83,370 | 10 | 3 | |
| Wildewood suburb | 7,552 | $383,400 | $126,890 | 49 | 5 | |
| Willards | 1,018 | +5.5% | $216,100 | $75,333 | 92 | 9 |
| Williamsport suburb | 2,112 | +1.4% | $227,900 | $61,607 | 64 | 8 |
| Woodlawn suburb | 7,750 | $358,700 | $93,438 | 7 | 3 | |
| Woodmore suburb | 4,613 | $604,600 | $184,286 | 13 | 4 | |
| Woodsboro | 1,136 | +4.3% | $472,000 | $116,964 | 41 | 9 |
Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.