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A town of 8,150, settled in 1866.
Because it does well by almost any measure. Four Corners earns an A+, 11th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 98% of the country, the median household earns $203K, and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 97% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. Four Corners’ median household income is $203,000, where Maryland’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Polychrome Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Four Corners beats most towns.
Where Four Corners’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 Four Corners is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 4 maps from 1945 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Four Corners. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw9 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw11 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw10 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw9 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M visitors a yearWhite 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
Four Corners 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Four Corners.
Four Corners sends many workers across the state line to Arlington, has less tooth loss than most of Maryland and has household incomes well above the Maryland norm.
Its widest gap with Maryland is tooth loss: 4.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.9% statewide. Against the 1,004 U.S. towns with household incomes like Four Corners’s, it is healthier than 63%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
26% of adults have obesity in Four Corners. Four Corners beats the Maryland average on 25 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 12% of adults report frequent mental distress in Four Corners.
| Four Corners | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.6% | 11% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Four Corners | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.9% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults getting a yearly checkup | 76.9% | 79.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Montgomery County Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Montgomery Blair High, with 3,266 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Crest ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 493 | A− |
| Montgomery Blair HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 3,266 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
1.4 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Four Corners’ trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, 95 acres with 1.1 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park | 1.1 mi | 95 |
| 2. North Four Corners Local Park | — | 14 |
| 3. Blair Local Park | 0.1 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 2006, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Four Corners.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
21% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. 35.4% of workers work from home, against 19.3% across Maryland.
Most working residents leave Four Corners for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Four Corners is 35 minutes. Since 2013, Four Corners has added 275 jobs, to 1,336 in 2023.
| Four Corners | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four Corners has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
89% of Four Corners households own their home.
| Four Corners | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,554 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 89% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
37 within 15 miles of the center of Four Corners
About 4 of every 100 Four Corners residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Neighborhood in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Four Corners is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Many residents consider the neighborhood a part of Silver Spring, to whose CDP it belonged until 2010. It had a population of 8,316 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Four Corners.
At #11 in MD, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Kemp Mill (A) comes closest.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | #11 | A+ | C | — | B+ | A+ |
| Kemp Mill | #46 | A | C | — | B+ | A |
| Burnt Mills | #111 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A− |
| Silver Spring | #76 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Hillandale | #118 | B+ | C | — | C | B |
Four Corners, Kemp Mill, Burnt Mills, Silver Spring and Hillandale report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Four Corners with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Four Corners grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #11 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools.
That is 4.9 years of the area's median household income ($126,684 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
