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A town settled in 1866, now home to 8,150 people.
Four Corners’s strongest subject is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 98% of the country. With an A+ overall, Four Corners is better than 98% of U.S. towns and ranks 11th of 259 in Maryland. What holds it back is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $620K, 4.9 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Natural hazards are less of a worry than in most U.S. towns (A−). Polychrome Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Four Corners’ median household income is $203,000, where Maryland’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 68% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more here, above both the Maryland town median (42%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Four Corners’ midpoint rent is $2,554 a month, above both Maryland’s towns ($1,809 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · 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.
The share of adults in Four Corners who smoke cigarettes: 6.6%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Four Corners beats Maryland on 25 and trails on 1.
| 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
Two of its 3 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The largest public high school is Montgomery Blair High, with 3,266 students. Public schools: the Montgomery County Public Schools.
| 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 wind through 6 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Northwest Branch Stream Valley Park, 95 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. Four Corners’ trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| 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
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Four Corners than in 79% of U.S. communities. The national flood insurance program has paid 3 claims locally since 2006.
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.
Employers in Four Corners added 275 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,336. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Four Corners’ mean commuting time comes in at 35 minutes. The top destinations are Washington (26%), Bethesda (7%) and Rockville (7%).
| Four Corners | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $203,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| 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
A winter brings about 16 inches of snow, with January nights at 26° and July afternoons at 87°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Four Corners typically sold within 32 days of listing. 89% of households are owner-occupiers locally. Bidding over the asking price: 71% of homes sold locally.
| 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.
The typical home is worth about $620,000, 46% 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.
