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9,236 people live in this town in Maryland.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Hazard risk is its strong suit (A+). Cape St. Claire’s overall B+ puts it 113th of 259 in Maryland. Nationally, it does better than 71% of U.S. towns. The drawback is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $488K, 4.9 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Only 15 of Maryland’s 329 towns score lower on the outdoors. This Maryland town has 4 places on the National Register. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, where Maryland’s towns sit at 42% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Cape St. Claire beats most towns.
Where Cape St. Claire’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Cape St. Claire is from typical.
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Census counts: 8,022 in 2000, 9,179 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1893 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cape St. Claire. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw33 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw35 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw35 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw33 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw24 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 · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Cape St. Claire is unincorporated, so Anne Arundel 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 Cape St. Claire.
Cape St. Claire has less food insecurity than most of Maryland, but it has little public open land.
One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Cape St. Claire households. On expected storm and flood damage, Cape St. Claire sits below 98% of U.S. communities. 44% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 12%. Flood insurance has paid out on 19 claims here since 1978.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its two schools are below. The largest public high school is Broadneck High, with 2,143 students. Public schools: the Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape St. Claire ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 660 | A− |
| Broadneck HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,143 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Maryland is food insecurity: 8.1% of its 6,891 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 3,930 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cape St. Claire’s, it is healthier than 74%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
For adults in Cape St. Claire, the share who have high blood pressure is 32%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Cape St. Claire is ahead of Maryland on 15 and behind on 2. Two figures for adults in the town: 17% get no exercise outside work, 9% have diabetes.
| Cape St. Claire | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 12% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cape St. Claire | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.1% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.6% | 13.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.8% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Half commute less than 17 miles. Jobs in Cape St. Claire grew by 188 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,270. The town’s typical household income is $136,000. The top destinations are Parole (10%), Annapolis (9%) and Baltimore (9%).
| Cape St. Claire | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $136,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.3% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 28° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just 16 of its 1,610 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Cape St. Claire itself; its outdoors grade is C−.
Cape St. Claire has one park or preserve, 8 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cape Saint Claire Recreation Area | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
88% of households live in a home they own in Cape St. Claire. The rent at the middle of the market for Cape St. Claire comes to $2,031 a month. Homes sold in Cape St. Claire spent a median 41 days on the market.
| Cape St. Claire | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,031 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 88% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Cape St. Claire
About 6 of every 100 Cape St. Claire residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Cape St. Claire, a suburb of Annapolis, is a covenanted, unincorporated community as well as a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. While the community of Cape St. Claire lies entirely within the CDP and accounts for approximately 80% of the homes and residents, the CDP also includes the smaller communities of Atlantis, Walnut Ridge, Green Holly, and St. Claire Court. The population of the CDP was 8,747 at the 2010 census. Contained within Cape St. Claire are three marinas, multiple parks and beaches, a shopping center, Broadneck High School, Broadneck Library, Cape St. Claire Elementary School, The Harbour School, and Cape St. Claire Swim Club. Fir…
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One town shares a border with Cape St. Claire.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape St. Claire | #113 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A |
| Arnold | #100 | A− | C− | — | B− | A |
Cape St. Claire and Arnold report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cape St. Claire with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cape St. Claire grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #113 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $488,000, 15% 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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