Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of New Market’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for health and the outdoors. New Market’s median household income is $203,000, above both the Maryland town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). On incomes, just 20 of Maryland’s 329 towns do better. New Market is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. 23% of the land in New Market is conserved, above both Maryland’s towns (9.5%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Old National Pike Milestones and New Market Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. New Market has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where New Market beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far New Market is from typical.
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The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Market, 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 New Market.
New Market beats the Maryland average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 9.2% of adults report frequent physical distress in New Market. Only 7 of the 262 Maryland towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have diabetes than New Market.
| New Market | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 12% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | New Market | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 9.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 17.7% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Frederick County Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Market ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 571 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 94% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in New Market since 2025.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical New Market home is worth about $584,000, down 0.6% in a year, 37% above the Maryland typical home. New Market’s median rent is $2,136 a month.
| New Market | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 97% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $2,136 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
0.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in New Market is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. New Market Community Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
| 2. Fred Archibald Audubon Sanctuary | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
New Market has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.8% of New Market residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, New Market has added 119 jobs, to 826 in 2023. 21% of New Market workers work from home.
| New Market | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 0.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 21% | 18% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Market. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw37 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw37 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw37 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw37 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain ComplexWhite 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 · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of New Market
About 8 of every 100 New Market residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Town in Maryland
New Market is a town in Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The population was 1,525 at the 2020 census. The town bills itself as the "Antiques capital of Maryland".
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One town shares a border with New Market.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Market | — | — | C+ | — | A− | A |
| Linganore | #54 | A | C | — | A− | A+ |
New Market has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. New Market and Linganore report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare New Market with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($126,684 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
