CrellinMD
The town, settled in 1892, counts 165 residents.
Is Crellin a good place to live?
8.9% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Crellin, below both Maryland’s towns (42%) and U.S. towns (29%). No town among the 262 in Maryland we compare has a lower July high than Crellin. Crellin has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
165 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Crellin: who provides what
Crellin is unincorporated, so Garrett 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 Crellin.
The schools Crellin’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Crellin’s public school: 152 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crellin ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 152 | C |
NCES · EDFacts
The biggest natural risk in Crellin is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
On expected storm and flood damage, Crellin sits below 86% of U.S. communities. 67% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 7%.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Crellin has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most people who work leave Crellin to do it: just 1% work in town. The top destinations are Oakland (26%), Mountain Lake Park (3%) and Grantsville (2%). Just over a tenth of Crellin residents live below the poverty line.
| Crellin | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 3.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Crellin is
For adults in Crellin, the share who report frequent mental distress is 17%. Against the Maryland average, Crellin comes out ahead on 5 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2. In Crellin, 9.7% of adults worry about having enough food, and 32% feel lonely.
| Crellin | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 14% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Crellin | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.4% | 8.4% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.1% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fallingwater and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crellin. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi MuseumFallingwater
28 mi Park & preserveDolly Sods Wilderness
9 mi LakeDeep Creek Lake
32 mi Stadium & arenaMountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
32 mi MountainMount Davis
29 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Dolly Sods Wilderness: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0
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Everything we know about Crellin
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crellin
About 0 of every 100 Crellin residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
99% of working residents leave Crellin for work
Where Crellin’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Crellin
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Crellin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Garrett County, Maryland, United States, with a population of 264 as of the 2010 census. Crellin was built as a company town, having been home to a large coal mining and lumber operation at the turn of the 20th century. The Preston Railroad, which had been named for Preston County, West Virginia, which the railroad crossed into several times along its route, was also headquartered in Crellin, but closed down in the late 1950s. While the town survives today, very little remains to show that the original lumbering, mining, and railroad operations ever existed. Crellin is located in western Garrett County, just 1 mile …
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,395 ft
Questions about Crellin
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crellin, MD a good place to live?
Crellin has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.