Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Cresaptown gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $143K for a typical one, or 2.3 years of the Cumberland area’s $62K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 120th of 259 graded towns in Maryland. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. 10% of residents are under 18 in Cresaptown, where Maryland’s towns sit at 23% and U.S. towns at 22%. Only 7 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a lower January low than Cresaptown. The biggest park or preserve is Crespatown Area Park, at 32 acres.
Where Cresaptown beats most towns.
4,592 counted in 2010 and 5,442 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Cresaptown is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 12%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 4 maps from 1898 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cresaptown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw31 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
23 mi MountainMount Davis
4 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
30 mi LakeDeep Creek Lake
5 mi LandmarkFort CumberlandFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Cumberland: Unknown, Public domain
Cresaptown is unincorporated, so Allegany 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 Cresaptown.
Cresaptown has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Cumberland and other neighbors.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Allegany County Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Center for Career & Technical Education, with 300 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cresaptown ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 268 | C |
| Center for Career & Technical EducationLargest public high schoolGrades 11–12 | Grades 11–12 | 300 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
50% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Cresaptown. Among 261 Maryland towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Cresaptown. 16% of adults binge drink in Cresaptown.
| Cresaptown | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 38% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 23% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cresaptown | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 33.6% | 38.1% |
| More smokers | 22.4% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Cresaptown | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crespatown Area Park | — | 32 |
| 2. Liberty Christian Fellowship | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cresaptown has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cresaptown has about as many jobs (1,342) as working residents, but only 65 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 20.7 minutes, against 31.1 across Maryland.
Most working residents leave Cresaptown for work: only 5% work in town. Cresaptown’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Cumberland (25%), Baltimore (4%) and Frostburg (4%).
| Cresaptown | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 2.3 years of the Cumberland area’s $62K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 97% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $1,360, against $4,093 across Maryland, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
94% of Cresaptown households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Cresaptown
About 1 of every 100 Cresaptown residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Cresaptown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 6,247. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Cresaptown-Bel Air CDP. Cresaptown's post office was established December 22, 1800. Cresaptown is located 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Cumberland.
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2 towns share a border with Cresaptown.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cresaptown | #120 | B+ | A | — | C+ | D |
| Bel Air | — | — | A | — | C+ | D |
| Potomac Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bel Air has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cresaptown and Bel Air report no FBI crime data of their own. Potomac Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Cresaptown with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Cresaptown grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #120 of 259 in Maryland. It grades D for health and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $143,000, 66% below 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 A.
