HoneygoMD
A town of 12,250.
Is Honeygo a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Honeygo grades B overall, 134th of 259 graded towns in Maryland. Natural-hazard risk is low. The median household earns $146K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 87% of the country. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $484K for a typical one and 4.9 times the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Honeygo’s median household income is $146,000, where Maryland’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Honeygo is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 75% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Chapel Hill Elementary School Recreation Center, at 31 acres.
What makes Honeygo stand out
Where Honeygo beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Honeygo for work
Where Honeygo’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Honeygo grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Honeygo is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
M&T Bank Stadium and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Honeygo. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
13 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
12 mi MuseumNS Savannah
12 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
13 mi MuseumWalters Art Museum
13 mi Stadium & arenaCFG Bank ArenaPhoto credits
M&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · NS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0 · CFG Bank Arena: Don Woods, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Honeygo: who provides what
Honeygo is unincorporated, so Baltimore 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 Honeygo.
Honeygo has less tooth loss than most of Maryland and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Inland flooding leads a very low hazard risk in Honeygo
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Honeygo.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Honeygo’s public schools trail 76% of Maryland districts
Its public schools are run by the Baltimore County Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 535 | A |
| Royal Inernational Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 51 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
For health, Honeygo earns an A
Its widest gap with Maryland is tooth loss: 5.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.9% statewide. Against the 3,018 U.S. towns with household incomes like Honeygo’s, it is less healthy than 54%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
29% of Honeygo adults have obesity. Honeygo beats the Maryland average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of Honeygo adults report frequent physical distress.
| Honeygo | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 16% |
| What stands out | Honeygo | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.4% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 13.1% of Honeygo
4.6 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Honeygo’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gunpowder Falls State Park Lost Lake Area | 2.6 mi | 372 |
| 2. Perry Hall Park | 0.4 mi | 17 |
| 3. Chapel Hill Elementary School Recreation Center | — | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Honeygo’s workers commute out
Jobs based here grew from 2,786 in 2013 to 3,764.
Most working residents leave Honeygo for work: only 3% work in town. 1.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Honeygo. Jobs based in Honeygo grew to 3,764 in 2023, 978 more than in 2013.
| Honeygo | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 3.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Honeygo
Honeygo has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Honeygo is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Honeygo sell for about $440K
The median sale price was $440,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Honeygo
Colleges nearby
15 within 15 miles of the center of Honeygo
About 4 of every 100 Honeygo residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
About Honeygo
Census-designated place in Maryland
Honeygo is a census designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It first appeared as a CDP in the 2020 Census with a population of 12,927.
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- Area
- 5.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 200 ft
Honeygo’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Honeygo.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeygo | #134 | B | C− | — | C− | A |
| Kingsville | #142 | B | C+ | — | C− | A− |
| White Marsh | #160 | B− | C | — | C− | A− |
| Perry Hall | #122 | B+ | C | — | C− | A− |
Honeygo, Kingsville, White Marsh and Perry Hall report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Honeygo with a neighbor →
Questions about Honeygo
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Honeygo, MD a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Honeygo grades B overall, better than 61% of U.S. towns and #134 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A for health and C− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Honeygo, MD expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $484,000, 14% 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−.