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Halfway's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C+, ranked 178th of 259 in Maryland. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 64% of the state's. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 65% of the country. A typical home there costs about $286K, 3.6 years of the Hagerstown metro’s $79K median household income. Halfway’s average trip to work is 22 minutes, against 32 minutes in Maryland’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Tammany is on the National Register of Historic Places. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
Where Halfway beats most towns.
10,701 counted in 2010 and 11,896 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Halfway is from typical.
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The archive holds 30 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and a map from 1953 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Halfway. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
Big draw39 mi LandmarkMount Weather Emergency Operations Center
8 mi National BattlefieldAntietam National Battlefield161K visitors a year
3 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
32 mi Ancient siteGettysburg Battlefield
19 mi National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical Park538K visitors a yearRaven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Antietam National Battlefield: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Gettysburg Battlefield: Veggies, Public domain · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0
Halfway is unincorporated, so Washington 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 Halfway.
Halfway has commutes shorter than most of Maryland and has property taxes about half the Maryland norm.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Washington County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincolnshire ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 503 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
The average commute for its 5,081 working residents takes 22.3 minutes, against 31.1 across Maryland.
Most working residents leave Halfway for work: only 5% work in town. 6.6% of workers work from home in Halfway. The top destinations are Hagerstown (18%), Frederick (5%) and Robinwood (3%).
| Halfway | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.6% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The median property tax bill is $1,868, against $4,093 across Maryland, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Halfway’s median rent is $1,269 a month. The typical Halfway home is worth about $286,000, about the same as a year ago, 33% below the Maryland typical home.
| Halfway | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,269 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Halfway has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 31 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
30% of Halfway adults get no exercise outside work. Halfway beats the Maryland average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 15% of Halfway adults report frequent physical distress.
| Halfway | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Halfway | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 5.9% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 5.8% |
| More smokers | 14.8% | 10.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Martin L. "Marty" Snook Memorial Park, at 77 acres. The trail density in Halfway is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Halfway | 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. Martin L. "Marty" Snook Memorial Park | 0.4 mi | 77 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
3 within 15 miles of the center of Halfway
About 4 of every 100 Halfway residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Where Halfway’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Halfway is a census-designated place (CDP) in Washington County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,896 at the 2020 census. It is named due to its location, which is halfway between Hagerstown and Williamsport. Halfway is a major suburb in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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One town shares a border with Halfway.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfway | #178 | C+ | C+ | — | B | C+ |
| Hagerstown | #244 | D | C+ | D | B | D |
Halfway reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Halfway with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Halfway grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #178 of 259 in Maryland. It grades C+ for health and B for schools.
