Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Mountain Lake Park’s subject grades are an A− for walkability and an A+ for the outdoors; the weakest is a C− for health. Mountain Lake Park’s typical journey to work is 18 minutes, against 32 minutes in Maryland’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. On incomes, just 13 of Maryland’s 329 towns do worse. Mountain Lake Park’s density of trails is 2.6 miles per square mile, where Maryland’s towns sit at 0.6 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Only 8 of Maryland’s 329 towns score higher on the outdoors. Mountain Lake Park has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Mountain Lake Park Historic District and Creedmore. Mountain Lake Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Mountain Lake Park beats most towns.
Where Mountain Lake Park’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 Mountain Lake Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 260 in 1900, a low of 231 in 1920, 2,147 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1906 and 6 maps from 1899 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mountain Lake Park, and how to reach them.
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 Mountain Lake Park.
Households in Mountain Lake Park have drawn federal disaster aid in 5 declared disasters, most recently in 2016. On expected storm and flood damage, Mountain Lake Park sits below 98% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Mountain Lake Park break down as 56% from inland flooding and 9% from cold waves. 2 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1979.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Garrett County Public Schools. Enrollment at Mountain Lake Park’s public school: 601 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Ford ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 601 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
On the CDC’s 32 measures, Mountain Lake Park is ahead of Maryland on 1 and behind on 17. Mountain Lake Park: nearly a third of adults feel lonely. In Mountain Lake Park, 45% of adults have high blood pressure, and 16% have diabetes.
| Mountain Lake Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 12% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Mountain Lake Park | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.4% | 76.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Mountain Lake Park, the median household income is $61,000. The top destinations are Oakland (22%), Cumberland (2%) and Grantsville (2%). For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 15%. Half commute less than 8 miles.
| Mountain Lake Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $61,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.2% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 19° and about 105 inches of snow falls in a winter. Mountain Lake Park has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Broadford Park, at 143 acres with 3.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Trails total 5.2 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Broadford Park | 3.6 mi | 143 |
| 2. Arboretum | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mountain Lake Park
About 2 of every 100 Mountain Lake Park residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
2 places in Mountain Lake Park on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maryland, United States
Mountain Lake Park is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,147 as of the 2020 census.
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2 towns share a border with Mountain Lake Park.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Lake Park | — | — | B | — | B− | C− |
| Oakland | — | — | B− | — | B− | B |
| Loch Lynn Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mountain Lake Park and Oakland have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Mountain Lake Park and Oakland report no FBI crime data of their own. Loch Lynn Heights isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mountain Lake Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
