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A town of 2,595, settled in 1884.
Lusby is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 13th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. The median household earns $152K, its schools outperform 80% of the state's, and homes are within reach, about $376K for a typical one, or 3 years of the Lexington Park metro’s $126K median household income. Its lowest mark, an A−, is in health. Lusby’s trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile, where Maryland’s towns sit at 0.6 and U.S. towns at 0.4. On walkability, just 7 of Maryland’s 328 towns do worse. Preston-on-the-Patuxent and Middleham Chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Lusby beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Patuxent Appeal Elementary Campus | PK–5 | 641 |
| Dowell Elementary | PK–5 | 541 |
| Mill Creek Middle | 6–8 | 436 |
Coastal flooding makes up 18% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Lusby is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,666 in 2000, 2,072 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 3 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Lusby 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Lusby.
Lusby pairs an A+ overall with homes cheaper than the Maryland norm, pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
That puts Lusby against 9.5% in Maryland’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. 5.5 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with an A− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $376K.
Its public schools are run by the Calvert County Public Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Patuxent High, with 928 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patuxent Appeal Elementary CampusLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 641 | C |
| Patuxent HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 928 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 2,617 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lusby’s, it is less healthy than 79%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Lusby beats the Maryland average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of Lusby adults get no exercise outside work.
| Lusby | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 16% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lusby | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 15.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Adults 18 to 34 are 33% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 9% of residents (17% statewide). Lusby’s median age is 32.2 years. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across Maryland.
| Lusby | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32.2 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 42% | 29% |
Somewhere between 29% and 69% women
The Census survey reached too few of Lusby’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±20.4 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Lusby | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.6% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.5% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 23.2% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.6% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.7% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.4% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.5% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.3% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.9% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.2% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.9% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Lusby has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 28° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Lusby for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Lusby is 34 minutes. Since 2013, Lusby has lost 135 jobs, to 785 in 2023.
| Lusby | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $152,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lusby grades A+ overall with a typical home of about $376K, below the Maryland typical value; only 13 of the 54 Maryland towns graded A− or better can say that. Homes are within reach (about $376K for the typical one, A− for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 24 miles.
The typical Lusby home is worth about $376,000, up 1.7% in a year, 11% below the Maryland typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lusby. Close and well known come first.
28 mi National MonumentGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument72K visitors a year
21 mi State parkPoint Lookout State Park
17 mi Ancient siteU-1105
6 mi MuseumPatuxent River Naval Air Museum
37 mi Ancient siteWye House
3 mi MuseumCalvert Marine MuseumGeorge Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Point Lookout State Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · U-1105: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wye House: Historic American Buildings Survey, Public domain · Calvert Marine Museum: Sampsonsimpson20, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lusby
About 5 of every 100 Lusby residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
1,835 counted in 2010 and 2,072 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Lusby is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,835 at the 2010 census. Residents of the Chesapeake Ranch Estates and Drum Point communities also use the Lusby ZIP code designation.
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3 towns share a border with Lusby.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusby | #13 | A+ | A− | — | A− | A− |
| Chesapeake Ranch Estates | #30 | A | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Drum Point | #81 | A− | B | — | A− | B+ |
| Solomons | — | — | C− | — | A− | A− |
Solomons has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lusby, Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Drum Point and Solomons report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lusby with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Lusby grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #13 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A− for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.
