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A town of 13,615.
Brock Hall's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C+, 187th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. The median household earns $206K and residents are healthier than 76% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its weakest subject is schools: its public schools trail 92% of Maryland towns on state tests and graduation. Brock Hall’s median rent is $3,501 a month, above both Maryland’s towns ($1,809 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Bowieville is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 261 Maryland towns, just 9 have a higher average trip to work than Brock Hall.
Where Brock Hall beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
9,552 counted in 2010 and 13,181 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Brock Hall is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 6 maps from 1900 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brock Hall. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw16 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw18 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw15 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw8 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 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Brock Hall 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 Brock Hall.
Brock Hall sends many workers across the state line to Arlington, has less COPD than most of Maryland and has household incomes well above the Maryland norm.
Its public schools are run by the Prince George's County Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine Foundations at Leeland PCSLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 480 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 19 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Brock Hall.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its widest gap with Maryland is COPD: 3.7% of its 10,032 adults have COPD, against 5.9% statewide. Against the 945 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brock Hall’s, it is less healthy than 95%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Brock Hall. Brock Hall beats the Maryland average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 45% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Brock Hall.
| Brock Hall | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Brock Hall | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.7% | 5.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.9% | 7.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 10.1% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Brock Hall has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
30% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. The average commute for its 5,486 working residents takes 41.6 minutes, against 31.1 across Maryland.
Most working residents leave Brock Hall for work: only 2% work in town. 2.7% of Brock Hall residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Brock Hall grew to 7,392 in 2023, 2,481 more than in 2013.
| Brock Hall | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $206,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $6,775, against $4,093 across Maryland, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of Brock Hall
About 7 of every 100 Brock Hall residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland
Brock Hall is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in eastern Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, located south of Largo and Bowie, and north of Upper Marlboro. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 13,181.
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8 towns share a border with Brock Hall.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Hall | #187 | C+ | C− | — | D | A− |
| Upper Marlboro | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bowie | #173 | C+ | C | C | D | A− |
| Kettering | #184 | C+ | C | — | D | B |
| Marlboro Meadows | #224 | C | C | — | D | B− |
| Marlboro Village | #161 | B− | C | — | D | A− |
| Brown Station | #132 | B | B− | — | D | B+ |
| Queen Anne | — | — | D− | — | D | B+ |
Queen Anne has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Brock Hall, Kettering, Marlboro Meadows, Marlboro Village, Brown Station and Queen Anne report no FBI crime data of their own. Upper Marlboro isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Brock Hall with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Brock Hall grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #187 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A− for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $638,000, 50% 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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