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A town of 3,929.
Marlboro Meadows's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C, 224th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. The median household earns $111K and 27% of its land is conserved. Its weakest subject is schools: its public schools trail 92% of Maryland towns on state tests and graduation. 27% of the land in Marlboro Meadows is conserved, against 9.5% in Maryland’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Marlboro Meadows has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Mount Pleasant and Compton Bassett.
Where Marlboro Meadows beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Patuxent Elementary | PK–5 | 281 |
Where Marlboro Meadows’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Marlboro Meadows is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 8%), so the C overall blends very different results.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 5 maps from 1892 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Marlboro Meadows. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw18 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw19 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw17 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw19 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest StadiumWhite 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 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Marlboro Meadows is unincorporated, so Prince George's 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 Marlboro Meadows.
Marlboro Meadows sends many workers across the state line to Arlington and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Maryland.
Its one school is below. 281 students attend Marlboro Meadows’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patuxent ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 281 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Marlboro Meadows than in 97% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2025: one. Expected losses in Marlboro Meadows break down as 42% from inland flooding and 13% from heat waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails run 2.4 miles in 1 park or preserve. For Marlboro Meadows, the concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Patuxent River Greenway | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
25% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. Marlboro Meadows has 239 jobs for its 1,748 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The median commute is under 17 miles. The average trip to work for Marlboro Meadows comes to 39 minutes, where Maryland’s towns sit at 32 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Marlboro Meadows added 99 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 239.
| Marlboro Meadows | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 3.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 88° and January nights of 26°, with about 16 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (40% statewide). In Marlboro Meadows, 18% of residents are under 18. Among adults 25 and older, 39% have a four-year degree or more, against 44% across Maryland.
| Marlboro Meadows | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.2 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 42% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 16% | 18% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across Maryland, 51.3% of residents are women.
| Marlboro Meadows | MD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.4% | 11.9% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.4% | 13.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.6% | 9.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.2% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 8.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.8% | 23.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.5% | 17.4% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.8% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.8% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.3% | 20.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,900, single groups can be off by several points
Within Maryland it is less healthy than 75% of the 261 graded towns: Maryland sets a high bar. Against the 6,963 U.S. towns with household incomes like Marlboro Meadows’s, it is less healthy than 80%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Marlboro Meadows: 21% of adults worry about having enough food. CDC measures, 32 in all: Marlboro Meadows beats Maryland on 3 and trails on 11. Two figures for adults here: 44% sleep under 7 hours, 11% binge drink.
| Marlboro Meadows | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Marlboro Meadows | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with depression | 14.5% | 19.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.9% | 7.6% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 19.2% | 13.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
93% of households are owner-occupiers in Marlboro Meadows. For Marlboro Meadows, the median rent is $2,278 a month.
| Marlboro Meadows | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,278 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 93% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Marlboro Meadows
About 4 of every 100 Marlboro Meadows residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
4 places in Marlboro Meadows on the National Register of Historic Places.
Census-designated place in Maryland
Marlboro Meadows is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,655. It was newly delineated for the 2010 census prior to which the area was part of the Greater Upper Marlboro census-designated place.
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4 towns share a border with Marlboro Meadows.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlboro Meadows | #224 | C | C | — | D | B− |
| Brock Hall | #187 | C+ | C− | — | D | A− |
| Upper Marlboro | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Croom | — | — | B+ | — | D | B+ |
| Queensland | — | — | C− | — | D | B− |
Croom and Queensland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Marlboro Meadows, Brock Hall, Croom and Queensland report no FBI crime data of their own. Upper Marlboro isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Marlboro Meadows with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Marlboro Meadows grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #224 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B− for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
The typical home is worth about $408,000, 4% below 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.
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