New Market is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join New Market, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does New Market have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
New Market in 100 people: 36 kids under 18 (MD: 22)
New Market changed by +133% from 2010 to 2020. About 1,609 people live in New Market (2025 Census estimate). Across MD, 43 in 100 adults have a bachelor’s degree or more; here, 64. For every 100 residents, 9 are 65 or older, beside 17 across MD.
Median age 36 (MD 39.4).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.7 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 7.6% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 32 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how New Market says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 1 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in New Market
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What New Market’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is New Market or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in New Market in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.