GrahamtownMD
A town of 537.
Is Grahamtown a good place to live?
Grahamtown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
537 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Fallingwater and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grahamtown. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw27 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
17 mi MountainMount Davis
27 mi LakeDeep Creek Lake
36 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a year
8 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0
Moving to Grahamtown: who provides what
Grahamtown is unincorporated, so Allegany 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 Grahamtown.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Grahamtown, mostly inland flooding
Grahamtown’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 4 of 100. Expected losses in Grahamtown break down as 65% from inland flooding and 10% from strong winds.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Grahamtown’s workers commute out: the town has 0.0 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Cumberland (21%), Frostburg (15%) and Oakland (5%). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Grahamtown dropped by 130, to 6. For half of commuters, work is under 10 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Grahamtown stands out in Maryland and nationally: a typical July afternoon there is cooler
Winters in Grahamtown are chilly, snowy and summers pleasant. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 20° and about 72 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Maryland and the rest of the country, more of Grahamtown’s adults smoke cigarettes
Among adults in Grahamtown, 19% report frequent mental distress, where Maryland’s towns sit at 15% and U.S. towns at 17%. The share of adults in Grahamtown who get no exercise outside work: 33%. No town among the 262 in Maryland we compare has a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Grahamtown. The town beats the Maryland average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Grahamtown | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Grahamtown | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.5% | 76.6% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.6% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Grahamtown sells for about $150K at the median
Only one of the 262 Maryland towns we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Grahamtown.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Grahamtown
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Grahamtown
About 0 of every 100 Grahamtown residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
100% of working residents leave Grahamtown for work
Where Grahamtown’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Grahamtown
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Grahamtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, located at the southeast edge of Frostburg. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 364. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,880 ft
Questions about Grahamtown
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grahamtown, MD a good place to live?
Grahamtown has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.