BierMD
A town of 118, settled in 1889.
Is Bier a good place to live?
Bier’s trail network density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both the Maryland town median (0.6) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Bier has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Bier stand out
Where Bier beats most towns.
118 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Fallingwater and 13 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bier. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw33 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
23 mi MountainMount Davis
6 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
28 mi LakeDeep Creek Lake
9 mi LandmarkFort CumberlandPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Cumberland: Unknown, Public domain
Moving to Bier: who provides what
Bier is unincorporated, so Allegany 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bier.
More young adults than Maryland overall
Just over a third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Bier. Adults 18 to 34 are 58% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 14% of residents (40% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 33% and 55% women
The Census survey reached too few of Bier’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.8 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Bier | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 0% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 16.9% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 41.5% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 0% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 0% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.6% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.6% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 56.1% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 0% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 7.1% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 26.5% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
A job hub: Bier has 6.0 jobs for every working resident and draws in 422 commuters
The top destinations are Cumberland (15%), La Vale (8%) and Baltimore (7%). For most workers, Bier is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Bier grew to 423 in 2023, 410 more than in 2013. Its average trip to work comes in at 30 minutes.
| Bier | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 3.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in Bier is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
On expected storm and flood damage, Bier sits below 97% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 54% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 12% to heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Bier
The July high for Bier comes to 88°F, against 88°F in Maryland’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults in Bier smoke cigarettes than in the typical Maryland or U.S. town
Bier: 12% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Only 2 of the 262 Maryland towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Bier.
| Bier | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 20% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Bier | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 21.7% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 5.9% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.4% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Bier
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Bier
College town 25 of every 100 Bier residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Every workday, about 422 people come to Bier for work
Where Bier’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Bier
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Bier is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 173. It is located along U.S. Route 220, 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Cumberland and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Keyser, West Virginia.
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- Area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 751 ft
Questions about Bier
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Bier, MD a good place to live?
Bier has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.