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A town of 514, settled in 1870.
31% of residents are 65 or older in Ellerslie, where Maryland’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 18%. Of the 155 Maryland towns we compare, none has a lower typical home value than Ellerslie. Ellerslie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 7 maps from 1898 on.
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Ordered by what stands out in Ellerslie.
A typical home in Ellerslie is worth about $132,000, down 2.4% in a year, 69% below the Maryland typical home. 70% of Ellerslie households live in a home they own.
| Ellerslie | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $830 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 70% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For Ellerslie, the typical journey to work is 29 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 7 miles. The top destinations are Cumberland (26%), Frostburg (5%) and La Vale (5%).
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Ellerslie once, in 2003. 85% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 29 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Ellerslie, just over two in five adults have high blood pressure. No town among the 262 in Maryland we compare has a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Ellerslie. 17% of adults in Ellerslie report frequent physical distress; 35% get no exercise outside work. Only 5 of the 262 Maryland towns we compare have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Ellerslie.
| Ellerslie | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 23% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Ellerslie | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.7% | 5.9% |
| More smokers | 19.4% | 10.9% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.1% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among 249 Maryland towns, just 10 have a lower share of conserved land than Ellerslie. Across 1 park or preserve: 0.5 miles of trail. The town’s concentration of trails stands at 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Ellerslie | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 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. Ellerslie Area Park | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ellerslie. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw23 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
22 mi MountainMount Davis
5 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
36 mi State parkOhiopyle State Park
38 mi Ski areaLaurel Mountain Ski Resort21 runs · 760 ft verticalFallingwater: 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 · Ohiopyle State Park: Hubert Stoffels from Pittsburgh, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Laurel Mountain Ski Resort: jcalz (talk)calzarette, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ellerslie 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.
Where Ellerslie’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 within 15 miles of the center of Ellerslie
About 7 of every 100 Ellerslie residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Ellerslie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 572. Ellerslie is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is named for Elderslie, Scotland, the birthplace of Scottish hero William Wallace.
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Ellerslie has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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