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Strong across the board. With an A overall, Fountainhead-Orchard Hills sits 55th of 259 in Maryland. That leaves it better than 88% of U.S. towns. It does especially well on incomes — the median household earns $103K. Homes run about $333K for a typical one, 4.2 times the Hagerstown metro’s $79K median household income. Health is another plus: it is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns. 0.6% of the land locally is conserved, against 9.5% in Maryland’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Paradise Manor is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US · National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is from typical.
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Where Fountainhead-Orchard Hills beats most towns.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2000 and 6 maps from 1912 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Where Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Ordered by what stands out in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills draws workers from Hagerstown and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
4,348 jobs are based in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, 1.7 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Just 6% of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s working residents have a job in town. Between 2014 and 2024, jobs locally rose by 526, to 4,348. The average commute here locally is 27 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 9 miles.
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | Typical Maryland town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 6% | 3.1% | 7.9% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Maria Goretti Catholic High School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 155 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
In Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, the FEMA risk score is 7 of 100. 13 flood insurance claims have been paid locally since 1978. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 56% come from inland flooding and 16% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.1 miles of trail. In Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, the trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | Typical Maryland town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 8,067 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills: 13% of adults report frequent physical distress. Of 32 CDC measures, Fountainhead-Orchard Hills beats the Maryland average on 4 and trails it on 3. Two figures for adults here: 81% had a checkup this year, 15% report frequent mental distress.
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | Typical Maryland town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.3% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The range runs from 23° on a January night to 87° on a July afternoon, with about 31 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The share of residents in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills who are 65 or older is 21%. Among adults 25 and older, 39% have a four-year degree or more, against 44% across Maryland. Fountainhead-Orchard Hills’ age of the median resident is recorded as 44.5 years.
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | Typical Maryland town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44.5 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 42% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.8 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.1% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.9% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.8% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.3% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.5% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.7% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.4% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
89% of households live in a home they own in Fountainhead-Orchard Hills. On the market locally: a median 84 days to sell. In Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, the typical sale closed at 98.3% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fountainhead-Orchard Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
13 mi National BattlefieldAntietam National Battlefield161K visitors a year
28 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
27 mi LandmarkGettysburg National Cemetery
11 mi National park siteCatoctin Mountain Park461K visitors a year
25 mi National Military ParkGettysburg National Military Park730K visitors a yearRaven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Gettysburg National Cemetery: Photo: Henryhartley at en.wikipedia Statue: Randolph Rogers (1825-1892), Public domain · Catoctin Mountain Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gettysburg National Military Park: David Dugan, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is unincorporated, so Washington 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.
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fountainhead-Orchard Hills
About 4 of every 100 Fountainhead-Orchard Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
CDP in Maryland, United States
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,861 at the 2000 census.
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3 towns share a border with Fountainhead-Orchard Hills.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Maugansville (A) comes closest.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountainhead-Orchard Hills | #55 | A | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Hagerstown | #244 | D | C+ | D | B | D |
| Maugansville | #71 | A | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Paramount-Long Meadow | #121 | B+ | C | — | B | B− |
Fountainhead-Orchard Hills, Maugansville and Paramount-Long Meadow report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Fountainhead-Orchard Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Fountainhead-Orchard Hills grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #55 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B+ for health and B for schools.
The typical home is worth about $333,000, 22% 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−.
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