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Glen Burnie's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades B, ranked 138th of 259 in Maryland. It is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Glen Burnie has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Freetown Rosenwald School and First Avenue School. Among 261 Maryland towns, just 6 have a higher January low than Glen Burnie. The biggest park or preserve is Bachman Sports Complex, at 61 acres.
Where Glen Burnie beats most towns.
Freetown Rosenwald SchoolEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Glen Burnie is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 38,922 in 2000, 72,891 in 2020. The archive holds 3 maps from 1894 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Glen Burnie. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw29 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw31 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw31 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw29 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank StadiumWhite 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 · M&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain
Glen Burnie is unincorporated, so Anne Arundel 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 Glen Burnie.
Glen Burnie is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Maryland; it also has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Flood insurance has paid out on 27 claims in the town since 1979. Glen Burnie’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 2 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 39% come from inland flooding and 12% from heat waves. One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Glen Burnie households.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Of its 23 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. Public schools: the Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Mill Middle SouthLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,173 | B+ |
| Glen Burnie HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,226 | A− |
| Old Mill HighTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,832 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expect July afternoons of 89° and January nights of 28°, with about 19 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here fell from 35,438 in 2013 to 26,436.
Only 9% of working residents stay in Glen Burnie for work; the rest commute out. Glen Burnie’s income of the median household is $88,000, against $113,000 in Maryland’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Jobs based here fell to 26,436 in 2023, 9,002 fewer than in 2013. Its average commute comes in at 27 minutes.
| Glen Burnie | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $88,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 12% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.7% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Glen Burnie, 64% of households live in a home they own, where Maryland’s towns sit at 74% and U.S. towns at 73%. Glen Burnie’s median rent stands at $1,648 a month. Also worth knowing: homes sold in Glen Burnie spent a median 26 days on the market.
| Glen Burnie | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,648 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Within Maryland it is less healthy than 72% of the 261 graded towns: Maryland sets a high bar.
17% of adults worry about having enough food in Glen Burnie. Of 32 CDC measures, Glen Burnie beats the Maryland average on 1 and trails it on 6.
| Glen Burnie | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Glen Burnie | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 34.4% | 38.1% |
| More smokers | 13.7% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trails total 3.4 miles in 13 parks and preserves. In Glen Burnie, the trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Glen Burnie | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Arundel Aquatic Center | 0.6 mi | 24 |
| 2. Cedar/ Morris Hills Park | 0.5 mi | 7 |
| 3. Bachman Sports Complex | 0.2 mi | 61 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
16 within 15 miles of the center of Glen Burnie
About 6 of every 100 Glen Burnie residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
3 places in Glen Burnie on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Glen Burnie.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Glen Burnie is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore. The population was 72,891 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Glen Burnie.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Burnie | #138 | B | C | — | B− | B− |
| Pasadena | #123 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Ferndale | #128 | B | C | — | B− | B+ |
| Severna Park | #79 | A− | C− | — | B− | A |
| Severn | #116 | B+ | D | — | B− | A− |
| Brooklyn Park | #94 | A− | B | — | B− | B− |
| Baltimore | #251 | D | B− | D− | D− | C |
Glen Burnie, Pasadena, Ferndale, Severna Park, Severn and Brooklyn Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Glen Burnie with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Glen Burnie grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #138 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($99,470 across the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 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.
4 notable people were born here, including Gillberg and Bill Currier.
