Long BeachMD
A town of 1,849.
Is Long Beach a good place to live?
Long Beach’s best subject grades are an A− for schools, incomes, and health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Long Beach’s trail density is 2.9 miles per square mile, above both the Maryland town median (0.6) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). On the outdoors, just 28 of Maryland’s 329 towns do better. Long Beach has 1 place on the National Register. Long Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Long Beach stand out
Where Long Beach beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Long Beach for work
Where Long Beach’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Long Beach grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Long Beach is from typical.
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Moving to Long Beach: who provides what
Long Beach is unincorporated, so Calvert 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 Long Beach.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Long Beach, mostly hurricanes
Since 2003, Long Beach has seen 16 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage locally than in 91% of U.S. communities. A third of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 32%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Long Beach is healthier than three in four U.S. towns
13% of Long Beach adults report frequent physical distress. This Maryland town does better than the Maryland average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. Among adults locally, 9.7% worry about having enough food and 37% have high blood pressure.
| Long Beach | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Long Beach | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.7% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.1 jobs per working resident, most people in Long Beach work out of town
The median commute is under 20 miles. The middle household income for Long Beach comes to $127,000, where Maryland’s towns sit at $113,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. Its average trip to work comes in at 33 minutes. Among 262 Maryland towns, just 8 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Long Beach.
| Long Beach | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $127,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 3.1% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Long Beach’s year
A winter brings about 13 inches of snow, with January nights at 28° and July afternoons at 87°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
10.9% of Long Beach is conserved land
The biggest place to walk is Flag Ponds Nature Park, 396 acres with 5 miles of trail. There are 5.0 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flag Ponds Nature Park | 5 mi | 396 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Long Beach sells for about $575K
94% of households are owner-occupiers locally. Long Beach’s going rate for rent is $1,384 a month.
| Long Beach | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 94% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,384 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Northwest Stadium and 41 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Long Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest Stadium
30 mi National MonumentGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument72K visitors a year
39 mi Stadium & arenaCareFirst Arena
40 mi LandmarkGeorge Washington Masonic National Memorial
36 mi Stadium & arenaNavy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
40 mi LandmarkCongressional CemeteryPhoto credits
Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · CareFirst Arena: Gregory Koch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · George Washington Masonic National Memorial: Joe Ravi (Shutterstock iStock Dreamstime), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium: Damon J. Moritz, Public domain · Congressional Cemetery: Smallbones, CC0
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Everything we know about Long Beach
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Long Beach; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Long Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Long Beach’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Long Beach.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | — | — | B+ | — | A− | A− |
| Calvert Beach | — | — | A | — | A− | A− |
| St. Leonard | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Long Beach and Calvert Beach have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Long Beach and Calvert Beach report no FBI crime data of their own. St. Leonard isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Long Beach with a neighbor →
Questions about Long Beach
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Long Beach, MD expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $441,000, 4% 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 B+.