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A town of 13,615 in Maryland.
Brock Hall’s lowest grade is for schools: its public schools trail 92% of Maryland towns on state tests and graduation. Incomes are where it shines: the median household earns $206K. At about $638K, a typical home costs 5 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, ranking 187th of 259 in Maryland. On that grade it does better than 38% of U.S. towns. Bowieville is on the National Register of Historic Places. Its median rent is $3,501 a month, above both Maryland’s towns ($1,809 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). This Maryland town has 1 place on the National Register.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
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.
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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 one school is below. 480 students attend Brock Hall’s public school.
| 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
Of the losses FEMA expects in Brock Hall, 65% come from inland flooding and 9% from hurricanes. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 92% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 19 claims locally since 1979.
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.
For adults in Brock Hall, the share who report frequent mental distress is 13%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Brock Hall beats Maryland on 17 and trails on 5. Only 10 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than 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
A winter brings about 16 inches of snow, with January nights at 26° and July afternoons at 88°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.5 miles of trail. Brock Hall’s trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
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.
Among 261 Maryland towns, just 9 have a higher average trip to work than Brock Hall. Most working residents leave Brock Hall for work: only 2% work in town. Also worth knowing: jobs based in Brock Hall grew to 7,392 in 2023, 2,481 more than in 2013. Brock Hall: 2.7% of residents live below the poverty line.
| Brock Hall | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| 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.
On the market in Brock Hall: a median 52 days to sell. The median sale price was $759,000 in September 2026. 96% of households own their home locally.
| Brock Hall | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 96% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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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