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With 3,282 residents, it is a town in Maryland.
Good on most counts; one lags. Its standout strength is health — residents are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Bartonsville grades A overall and ranks 52nd of 259 in Maryland. It comes out better than 90% of U.S. towns. Add incomes to its strengths: the median household earns $157K. The trade-off is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. Cost of living is weaker too: the typical home is worth about $622K, 4.9 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
Where Bartonsville beats most towns.
1,451 counted in 2010 and 2,753 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Bartonsville is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2019 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
Explore the history →Bartonsville is unincorporated, so Frederick County and regional agencies provide most services.
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Ordered by what stands out in Bartonsville.
Bartonsville has less food insecurity than most of Maryland and has household incomes well above the Maryland norm.
Its widest gap with Maryland is food insecurity: 8.6% of its 1,970 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 2,345 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bartonsville’s, it is healthier than 73%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
In Bartonsville, 20% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, close to Maryland’s towns (20%) and below U.S. towns (23%). For adults here, the share who say their health is fair or poor is 12%. Also worth knowing: among 261 Maryland towns, just 8 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Bartonsville. Against the Maryland average, Bartonsville comes out ahead on 20 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2.
| Bartonsville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.6% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Bartonsville | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.6% | 5.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 16.8% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The FEMA hazard score for Bartonsville comes to 4 of 100, below both the Maryland town median (6 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). FEMA puts nearly two thirds of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are Frederick (15%), Ballenger Creek (8%) and Gaithersburg (7%). Only 2% of working residents stay in Bartonsville for work; the rest commute out. Since 2013, Bartonsville has added 288 jobs, to 427 in 2023. Its average commute comes in at 37 minutes.
| Bartonsville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $157,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In July, afternoons reach 87°; in January, nights fall to 24°, and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is Pinecliff Park, at 97 acres. Across 1 park or preserve: 0.3 miles of trail. For Bartonsville, the trail network density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Bartonsville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.2% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pinecliff Park | 0.2 mi | 97 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On the market in Bartonsville: a median 23 days to sell. 95% of households are owner-occupiers here. Bidding over the asking price: 50% of homes sold here.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bartonsville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw38 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw38 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw38 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw24 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
Big draw39 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a yearWhite 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 · Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Bartonsville
About 8 of every 100 Bartonsville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Where Bartonsville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Bartonsville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Frederick County, in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,753. Prior to 2010, the area was part of the Linganore-Bartonsville CDP.
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2 towns share a border with Bartonsville.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonsville | #52 | A | C+ | — | A− | A |
| Spring Ridge | #6 | A+ | B− | — | A− | A+ |
| Linganore | #54 | A | C | — | A− | A+ |
Bartonsville, Spring Ridge and Linganore report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bartonsville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Bartonsville grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #52 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $622,000, 46% 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+.
