Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Its National Register listings include Inns on the National Road and Mount Savage Historic District. Mount Savage has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
Where Mount Savage beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2000.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Savage. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi MuseumFallingwater
Big draw24 mi National MemorialFlight 93 National Memorial286K visitors a year
17 mi MountainMount Davis
7 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year
30 mi LakeDeep Creek Lake
38 mi National BattlefieldFort Necessity National Battlefield226K visitors a yearFallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0
Mount Savage is unincorporated, so Allegany 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 Mount Savage.
In Mount Savage, just over four in five households own their home, where Maryland’s towns sit at 74% and U.S. towns at 73%. Homes here are typically worth about $124,000, down 0.7% in a year, 71% below the Maryland typical home.
| Mount Savage | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $649 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 81% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to the Allegany County Public Schools. 2 public schools serve Mount Savage, with 626 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Savage MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 408 | B |
NCES · EDFacts
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Mount Savage dropped by 48, to 65. In Mount Savage, 16% of residents live below the poverty line, above both the Maryland town median (7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Among working residents locally, 1.7% work locally. The top destinations are Cumberland (22%), Frostburg (8%) and La Vale (8%).
| Mount Savage | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mount Savage has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 57 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Among 262 Maryland towns, just 3 have a higher FEMA hazard score than Mount Savage. FEMA puts 86% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No town among the 262 in Maryland we compare has a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Mount Savage. Mount Savage: 34% of adults get no exercise outside work. Also worth knowing: among 262 Maryland towns, just 7 have a higher share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Mount Savage.
| Mount Savage | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 20% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mount Savage | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.6% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 5.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.6% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Savage
About 9 of every 100 Mount Savage residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Where Mount Savage’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Mount Savage on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Mount Savage.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Mount Savage is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 873. A small blue-collar community, Mount Savage lies at the base of Big Savage Mountain in the Allegheny Mountains, between the cities of Frostburg and Cumberland. It began as a small farming settlement in the mid-19th century, but it was not until 1844 that the region was put on the nation's map with the pressing of the first iron rail in the United States. After this claim to fame, Mount Savage became the fifth largest city in Maryland. Named as the headquarters for the Mount Savage Railroad and later the Cumberland and Pe…
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Mount Savage has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real. Home to 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born here, including Edward Mooney and Kenneth Preston.
