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A town of 3,589, settled in 1888.
Drum Point gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $416K, 3.3 years of the Lexington Park metro’s $126K median household income. It grades A− overall, 81st among Maryland's 259 graded towns. On the plus side, its public schools beat 80% of Maryland towns on state tests and graduation. Drum Point’s average trip to work is 44 minutes, above both the Maryland town median (32 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 14 of Maryland’s 328 towns score lower on walkability.
Where Drum Point beats most towns.
Where Drum Point’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 Drum Point is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 5 maps from 1892 on.
Drum Point 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Drum Point.
Drum Point trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, sends most of its workers to California and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Drum Point.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Drum Point has 69 jobs for its 999 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 43.8 minutes, against 31.1 across Maryland.
Most working residents leave Drum Point for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Drum Point has added 26 jobs, to 69 in 2023. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Drum Point.
| Drum Point | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 3.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,263 U.S. towns with household incomes like Drum Point’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Drum Point beats the Maryland average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 21% of Drum Point adults get no exercise outside work.
| Drum Point | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Drum Point | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.8% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Drum Point has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 28° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 27% of residents (22% statewide). 38% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across Maryland. The median age in Drum Point is 37.3 years.
| Drum Point | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 42% | 29% |
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.4 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Drum Point | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.6% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.3% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.7% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.1% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.7% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.8% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
Homes are within reach (B for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 26 miles.
Drum Point’s median rent is $1,683 a month.
| Drum Point | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,683 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Drum Point. Close and well known come first.
27 mi National MonumentGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument72K visitors a year
19 mi State parkPoint Lookout State Park
15 mi Ancient siteU-1105
4 mi MuseumPatuxent River Naval Air Museum
2 mi MuseumCalvert Marine Museum
39 mi Ancient siteWye HouseGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Point Lookout State Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · U-1105: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calvert Marine Museum: Sampsonsimpson20, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wye House: Historic American Buildings Survey, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Drum Point
About 8 of every 100 Drum Point residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Drum Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern Calvert County, Maryland, United States, at the confluence of the Patuxent River with the Chesapeake Bay. As of the 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 2,731. Prior to 2010 it was part of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates-Drum Point CDP.
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2 towns share a border with Drum Point.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drum Point | #81 | A− | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | #30 | A | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Lusby | #13 | A+ | A− | — | A− | A− |
Drum Point, Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Lusby report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Drum Point with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Drum Point grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #81 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
The typical home is worth about $416,000, 2% 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 B.
