Calvert BeachMD
A town of 1,074.
Is Calvert Beach a good place to live?
Calvert Beach’s best subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A− for schools and health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. On cost of living, just 4 of Maryland’s 328 towns do better. Only 4 of Maryland’s 329 towns score lower on the outdoors. Calvert Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Calvert Beach stand out
Where Calvert Beach beats most towns.
1,074 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Calvert Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Calvert Beach is from typical.
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Moving to Calvert Beach: who provides what
Calvert Beach is unincorporated, so Calvert 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 Calvert Beach.
Calvert Beach faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Calvert Beach are healthier than 78% of U.S. towns
Calvert Beach beats the Maryland average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 18% of adults binge drink in Calvert Beach, where Maryland’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 16%. 19% of adults get no exercise outside work in Calvert Beach.
| Calvert Beach | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 12% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Calvert Beach | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 15.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.5% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Calvert Beach has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Calvert Beach for work: only 0% work in town. At 36 minutes, Calvert Beach’s average trip to work is above both the Maryland town median (32 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). 2.1% of Calvert Beach residents live below the poverty line.
| Calvert Beach | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Calvert Beach has four seasons and pleasant summers
Calvert Beach has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 27° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Calvert Beach sells for about $317K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Northwest Stadium and 55 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Calvert Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest Stadium
30 mi National MonumentGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument72K visitors a year
39 mi Stadium & arenaAudi Field
39 mi Stadium & arenaNationals Park
37 mi Stadium & arenaCareFirst Arena
39 mi LandmarkGeorge Washington Masonic National MemorialPhoto credits
Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Audi Field: Rainclaw7, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nationals Park: Something Original (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · CareFirst Arena: Gregory Koch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George Washington Masonic National Memorial: Joe Ravi (Shutterstock iStock Dreamstime), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Calvert Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Calvert Beach; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Calvert Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
100% of working residents leave Calvert Beach for work
Where Calvert Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Calvert Beach
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Calvert Beach is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 808 as of the 2010 census. Prior to 2010, the community was part of the Calvert Beach-Long Beach CDP.
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- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 46 ft
Questions about Calvert Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Calvert Beach, MD expensive?
Not for the area. That is 2.6 years of the area's median household income ($126,256 across the Lexington Park, MD metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.