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A town of 17,624.
Calverton's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B−, 159th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. It is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns and 11% of its land is conserved. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $477K for a typical one and 3.8 times the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Calverton’s median rent is $2,164 a month, above both Maryland’s towns ($1,809 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On history, just 23 of Maryland’s 329 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Paint Branch Stream Valley Park, at 74 acres.
Where Calverton beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Calverton is from typical.
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Census counts: 12,610 in 2000, 17,316 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 8 maps from 1892 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Calverton. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw12 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw14 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw13 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw12 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw13 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M 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 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Calverton is unincorporated, so Montgomery 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 Calverton.
Calverton sends many workers across the state line and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 95% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Calverton since 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Prince George's County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calverton ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 767 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
3.7 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The trail density in Calverton is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Calverton Park | 0.4 mi | 10 |
| 2. Paint Branch Stream Valley Park | 0.1 mi | 74 |
| 3. Little Paint Branch Stream Valley Park | — | 68 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 7,565 U.S. towns with household incomes like Calverton’s, it is healthier than 55%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Calverton beats the Maryland average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 15% of Calverton adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Calverton | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.6% | 11% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 12% | 12% |
| What stands out | Calverton | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 15% | 19.4% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.1% | 14.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 11.2% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Calverton has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
28% of working residents cross a state line to work. Calverton has about as many jobs (8,235) as working residents, but only 231 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Calverton for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Calverton fell to 8,235 in 2023, 977 fewer than in 2013. Calverton’s average trip to work is 31 minutes.
| Calverton | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 3.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). 43% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Calverton.
| Calverton | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 42% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 23% | 23% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Calverton | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.1% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.8% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.6% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.8% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.2% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.1% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 23.3% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
71.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.5% across Maryland.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
33 within 15 miles of the center of Calverton
About 7 of every 100 Calverton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Calverton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place located on the boundary between Montgomery and Prince George's counties, Maryland, in the United States. as of the 2020 census, it had a population of 17,316.
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4 towns share a border with Calverton.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calverton | #159 | B− | C− | — | C | B+ |
| Fairland | #72 | A− | C | — | B+ | A− |
| White Oak | #125 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Beltsville | #203 | C | C | — | D | B |
| Konterra | #213 | C | C− | — | D | B+ |
Calverton, Fairland, White Oak, Beltsville and Konterra report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Calverton with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Calverton grades B− overall, better than 53% of U.S. towns and #159 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B+ for health and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $477,000, 12% 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−.
