Flower HillMD
Population 13,794: a town in Maryland.
What should you know before moving to Flower Hill?
Walkability is where it shines — it is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. Flower Hill grades A overall and ranks 58th of 259 in Maryland. That leaves it better than 88% of U.S. towns. Add health to its strengths — CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $464K, 3.7 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. 17% of the land here is conserved, above both the Maryland town median (9.5%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 26 of Maryland’s 329 towns score lower on history. The biggest park or preserve is Hunters Woods Neighborhood Conservation Area, at 29 acres.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places · OpenStreetMap.
What makes Flower Hill stand out
Where Flower Hill beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Flower Hill for work
Where Flower Hill’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Flower Hill grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Flower Hill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
White House and 287 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Flower Hill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw21 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw21 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw21 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw21 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw21 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M visitors a yearPhoto credits
White 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 · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Moving to Flower Hill: who provides what
Flower Hill is unincorporated, so Montgomery 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 Flower Hill.
Flower Hill sends most of its workers to Rockville and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
16.5% of the land in Flower Hill is protected from building
Trails run 2.4 miles in 8 parks and preserves. Flower Hill’s trail density stands at 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Centerway Local Park | 0.7 mi | 20 |
| 2. Nike Missile Local Park | 0.4 mi | 23 |
| 3. Hunters Woods Neighborhood Conservation Area | — | 29 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Flower Hill’s schools rank ahead of 72% of Maryland districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: the Montgomery County Public Schools. The 2 public schools in Flower Hill teach 902 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Hill ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 454 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Flower Hill has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected losses in Flower Hill break down as 55% from inland flooding and 13% from heat waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Flower Hill sits below 95% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims here since 2003: one.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Flower Hill earns an A− for health
Against the 6,753 U.S. towns with household incomes like Flower Hill’s, it is healthier than 56%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
14% of Flower Hill adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. This Maryland town beats the Maryland average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. In Flower Hill, 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 75% had a checkup this year.
| Flower Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 8% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Flower Hill | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 20% | 25.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 13.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents commute out of Flower Hill
Flower Hill has 480 jobs for its 6,041 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 749 in 2013 to 480.
In Flower Hill, 1.2% of working residents work locally. Jobs based in the town fell to 480 in 2023, 269 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work here is 32 minutes. The top destinations are Rockville (13%), Gaithersburg (10%) and Washington (7%).
| Flower Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $113,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 3.2% | 8% |
| Work from home | 13% | 18% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Flower Hill
In July, afternoons reach 86°; in January, nights fall to 25°, and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Ages in Flower Hill track Maryland closely
For residents in Flower Hill, the share who are 65 or older is 15%. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the Maryland average. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 42%, against 44% across Maryland. The median age for Flower Hill comes to 36.3 years.
| Flower Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 36.3 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 42% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.7 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women. Median age: women 35.4, men 37.1.
| Flower Hill | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.4% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.2% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.3% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.9% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.4% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.9% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.4% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Homes in Flower Hill sell for about $427K
Homes sold in Flower Hill spent a median 36 days on the market. For Flower Hill, the typical rent is $2,137 a month. Nearly a third of the homes sold in Flower Hill went for more than their asking price.
| Flower Hill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,137 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 78% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Flower Hill
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Flower Hill
About 8 of every 100 Flower Hill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
About Flower Hill
Census-designated place in Maryland
Flower Hill is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It has a population of 14,108 as of its first recording in the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 466 ft
Flower Hill’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Flower Hill.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flower Hill | #58 | A | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Gaithersburg | #91 | A− | C− | C+ | B+ | A |
| Montgomery Village | #53 | A | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Redland | #26 | A | C− | — | B+ | A |
Flower Hill, Montgomery Village and Redland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Flower Hill with a neighbor →
Questions about Flower Hill
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Flower Hill, MD a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Flower Hill grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #58 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools.
Is Flower Hill, MD expensive?
The typical home is worth about $464,000, 9% 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+.