Green ValleyMD
A town of 13,602.
Is Green Valley a good place to live?
Green Valley's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades A, 60th of 259 graded towns in Maryland. The median household earns $172K and it is healthier than 92% of U.S. towns. Green Valley’s median household income is $172,000, above both the Maryland town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 26 of Maryland’s 329 towns score lower on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is Kemptown Community Park, at 72 acres.
What makes Green Valley stand out
Where Green Valley beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Green Valley for work
Where Green Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Green Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Green Valley is from typical.
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Moving to Green Valley: who provides what
Green Valley is unincorporated, so Frederick 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 Green Valley.
Green Valley has less food insecurity than most of Maryland, sends most of its workers to Frederick and beyond and has household incomes well above the Maryland norm.
Green Valley’s grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Maryland is food insecurity: 7.2% of its 9,841 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 1,641 U.S. towns with household incomes like Green Valley’s, it is less healthy than 55%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
17% of adults get no exercise outside work in Green Valley. Green Valley beats the Maryland average on 21 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 10% of adults report frequent physical distress in Green Valley.
| Green Valley | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Green Valley | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.2% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.1% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Green Valley beat 76% of Maryland districts
Its public schools are run by the Frederick County Public Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Knolls MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 812 | A− |
| Kemptown ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 448 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Green Valley
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Green Valley
Green Valley has 1,151 jobs for its 5,772 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Green Valley for work: only 2% work in town. Green Valley’s average trip to work is 35 minutes. Jobs based in Green Valley grew to 1,151 in 2023, 63 more than in 2013.
| Green Valley | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 23% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 3.2% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Green Valley has four seasons and pleasant summers
Green Valley has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. Among 261 Maryland towns, just 6 have a lower July high than Green Valley.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Maryland’s
The median household earns $171,707, against $103,678 across Maryland, one input to its A+ for jobs and income.
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Maryland average. 50% of Green Valley adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Green Valley | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 50% | 42% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 40.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.5 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.5, men 41.2.
| Green Valley | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.6% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.9% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.7% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.2% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 28.5% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.2% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Conserved land covers 2.9% of Green Valley
3.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Green Valley is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Green Valley | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.9% | 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. Kemptown Community Park | — | 72 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Compared with most of Maryland and the rest of the country, more of Green Valley’s households own their home
Only 2 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Green Valley. The median sale price was $798,000 in May 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
White House and 283 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw33 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw33 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw33 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw33 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain ComplexPhoto credits
White 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 · Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain
Everything we know about Green Valley
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Green Valley
About 8 of every 100 Green Valley residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
About Green Valley
Census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Green Valley is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in southern Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 12,643 at the 2020 census. The area was listed as a census-designated place in 2000 but not listed as part of any CDP at the 2010 census. It was re-designated a census-designated place for the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 21 sq mi
- Elevation
- 397 ft
Green Valley’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Green Valley.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley | #60 | A | C | — | A− | A |
| Monrovia | #63 | A | C+ | — | A− | A |
| Urbana | #42 | A | C− | — | A− | A+ |
Green Valley, Monrovia and Urbana report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Green Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Green Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Green Valley, MD a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Green Valley grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #60 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A for health and A− for schools.
Is Green Valley, MD expensive?
The typical home is worth about $594,000, 40% 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.