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Havre de Grace is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 107th of 259 graded towns in Maryland, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 71% of the country. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $106K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $404K, 4.1 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Havre de Grace is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns. Havre de Grace has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Sion Hill and Havre de Grace Lighthouse. Among 55 Maryland towns, just 5 have a lower violent crime rate than Havre de Grace.
Where Havre de Grace beats most towns.
12,952 counted in 2010 and 14,807 in 2020; an estimated 15,630 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 5.5% since 2020, after 14.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Havre de Grace is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sion Hill is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,335 in 1850, 14,807 in 2020. The archive holds 22 old photos and papers going back to 1811 and 6 maps from 1900 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Havre de Grace, and how to reach them.
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 Havre de Grace.
Havre de Grace fares better on crime within Maryland than nationally and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1999, 33 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Havre de Grace.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Harford County Public Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Havre de Grace High, with 822 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havre de Grace MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 617 | B |
| Havre de Grace HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 822 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
On this, Havre de Grace is below Maryland’s towns (9.5%) and close to U.S. towns (4.3%). 4.8 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. Havre de Grace’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Havre de Grace | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Millard Tydings Memorial Park | 0.6 mi | 18 |
| 2. McLhinney Park | 0.6 mi | 11 |
| 3. Havre de Grace Rec Center | 0.1 mi | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Havre de Grace for work: only 10% work in town. Since 2013, Havre de Grace has added 930 jobs, to 4,316 in 2023. 21% of workers work from home in Havre de Grace, above both the Maryland town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%).
| Havre de Grace | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 18% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $106,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.7% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,766 U.S. towns with household incomes like Havre de Grace’s, it is healthier than 52%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
14% of Havre de Grace adults binge drink. Havre de Grace beats the Maryland average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 38% of Havre de Grace adults have high blood pressure.
| Havre de Grace | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 34% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Havre de Grace | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.4% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.1% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Havre de Grace has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). 19% of residents are under 18 in Havre de Grace. Havre de Grace has grown 5.5% since 2020, to 15,630 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Havre de Grace | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.1 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 42% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.7 points). Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Havre de Grace | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.6% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.9% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.7% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.7% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.7% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The median rent in Havre de Grace is $1,416 a month. The typical Havre de Grace home is worth about $404,000, up 0.6% in a year, close to the Maryland typical home.
| Havre de Grace | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,416 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
At 17.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 75% of Maryland’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 224 to 191 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
2 within 15 miles of the center of Havre de Grace
About 5 of every 100 Havre de Grace residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Where Havre de Grace’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 places in Havre de Grace on the National Register of Historic Places.
34 notable people were born in Havre de Grace.
City in Maryland, United States
Havre de Grace (), abbreviated HdG, is a city in Harford County, Maryland, United States. It is situated at the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the head of the Chesapeake Bay. It is named after the port city of Le Havre, France, which in full was once Le Havre de Grâce (French for 'Harbor of Grace'). As of the 2020 census, Havre de Grace had a population of 14,807. In 2014, Smithsonian magazine called it one of the 20 best small U.S. towns to visit.
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One town shares a border with Havre de Grace.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havre de Grace | #107 | B+ | C+ | B− | B | B+ |
| Aberdeen | #214 | C | B− | D | B | C− |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Havre de Grace grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #107 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B+ for health, B− for safety and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
34 notable people were born here, including Cal Ripken Jr. and Immanuel Quickley.
