Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hughesville’s best subject grade is an A for incomes; its weakest is a C for schools. Hughesville’s average trip to work is 41 minutes, where Maryland’s towns sit at 32 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Among 262 Maryland towns, just 2 have a higher median age than Hughesville. Hughesville has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Truman's Place. Hughesville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Hughesville beats most towns.
2,197 counted in 2010 and 2,438 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Hughesville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1941.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hughesville is unincorporated, so Charles 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 Hughesville.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Hughesville home is worth about $576,000, down 0.7% in a year, 35% above the Maryland typical home. 97% of households own their home in Hughesville, against 74% in Maryland’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hughesville beats the Maryland average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 41% of Hughesville adults have high blood pressure.
| Hughesville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Hughesville | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.6% | 15.4% |
| More adults with obesity | 39.4% | 35.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Hughesville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 15 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Hughesville for work: only 1% work in town. 1.7% of residents live below the poverty line in Hughesville. Jobs based in Hughesville grew to 874 in 2023, 50 more than in 2013.
| Hughesville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 3.1% | 8% |
| Median household income | $106,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 13% | 18% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jennifer Memorial Park | — | 5 |
| 2. Hughesville Pond Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hughesville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw27 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw28 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw28 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw27 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M visitors a yearWhite 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 · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hughesville
About 6 of every 100 Hughesville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Hughesville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Charles County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,197 at the 2010 census. Truman's Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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One town shares a border with Hughesville.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughesville | — | — | B− | — | C | B+ |
| Aquasco | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hughesville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hughesville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Aquasco isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hughesville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($126,684 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
