HoneygoMD
12,250 people live in this town in Maryland.
Is Honeygo a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Its standout strength is incomes: the median household earns $146K. At B overall, Honeygo is better than just over three fifths of U.S. towns and ranks 134th of 259 in Maryland. The drawback is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $484K, 4.9 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Schools are weaker too (C−): its schools rank behind 76% of the state's. The biggest park or preserve is Chapel Hill Elementary School Recreation Center, at 31 acres. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 87% of the country.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES · OpenStreetMap.
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.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Honeygo, mostly inland flooding
FEMA puts just over two fifths of Honeygo’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 32% to heat waves. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 96% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, Honeygo has seen 3 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For schools, Honeygo earns a C−
The public schools here belong to the Baltimore County Public Schools. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. Enrollment at Honeygo’s public school: 535 students.
| 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.
Honeygo: a fifth of adults have been diagnosed with depression, close to Maryland’s towns (20%) and below U.S. towns (23%). Among adults here, 11% report frequent physical distress. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Honeygo is ahead of Maryland on 13 and behind on 1.
| 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
Across 6 parks and preserves: 4.6 miles of trail. In Honeygo, the trail network density is 0.8 miles per square mile, above both the Maryland town median (0.6) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| 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
Most of Honeygo’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
Jobs based here grew from 2,786 in 2013 to 3,764.
The top destinations are Baltimore (25%), Towson (7%) and Rossville (3%). For residents in Honeygo, the share who live below the poverty line is 1.8%. Jobs in Honeygo grew by 978 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 3,764. The town’s typical journey to work comes in at 30 minutes.
| Honeygo | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $146,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| 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% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Honeygo sell for about $500K
In Honeygo, 93% of households are owner-occupiers. On the market here: a median 35 days to sell.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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−.