Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,325.
Baden’s best subject grade is an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for schools. 19% of the land in Baden is conserved, where Maryland’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. St. Paul's Parish Church and Grahame House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Baden has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Baden beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Baden’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Baden is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 4 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Baden. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw22 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw23 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw23 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw22 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest StadiumWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Baden is unincorporated, so Prince George's County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 11, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Baden.
Its public schools are run by the Prince George's County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Baden’s only public school teaches 184 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 184 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
On expected storm and flood damage, Baden sits below 95% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town. Expected losses in Baden break down as 38% from inland flooding and 33% from drought.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are Washington (17%), Waldorf (4%) and Lake Arbor (4%). No town among the 262 in Maryland we compare has a higher average trip to work than Baden. In Baden, the middle household income is $151,000, above both Maryland’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Even so, the share of residents in Baden who live below the poverty line: 2.2%.
| Baden | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 46 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $151,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Baden: two in five adults have high blood pressure. Against the Maryland average, Baden comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2.
| Baden | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Baden | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 16.6% | 19.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.3% | 15.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walkers can cover 9.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Spice Creek Natural Resource Management Area, at 644 acres. For Baden, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Spice Creek Natural Resource Management Area | — | 644 |
| 2. Full Mill Branch Natural Resource Management Area | 0.1 mi | 182 |
| 3. Zoeter Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement | — | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Summers in Baden are warm, and winters chilly. Summer afternoons peak near 88° in July, and January nights bottom out around 26°; snowfall runs to about 16 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
90% of households live in a home they own in Baden.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
1 within 15 miles of the center of Baden
About 4 of every 100 Baden residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Baden is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in southeastern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 2,114.
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4 towns share a border with Baden.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baden | — | — | C+ | — | D | B+ |
| Croom | — | — | B+ | — | D | B+ |
| Aquasco | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cedarville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dunkirk | — | — | B | — | A− | A |
Baden, Croom and Dunkirk have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Baden, Croom and Dunkirk report no FBI crime data of their own. Aquasco and Cedarville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Baden with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
The typical home is worth about $590,000, 39% above the Maryland typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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