Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Parkville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 144th of 259 graded towns in Maryland, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $79K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 76% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $279K, 2.8 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Parkville is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns.
Where Parkville beats most towns.
Where Parkville’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 Parkville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 27,236 in 1960, 31,812 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 6 maps from 1894 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Parkville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
8 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
9 mi MuseumNS Savannah
8 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest Stadium
7 mi MuseumWalters Art MuseumM&T Bank Stadium: United States Department of Defense Cherie Cullen, Public domain · Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0 · NS Savannah: Elton Lord/Atomic Energy Commission, Public domain · Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0
Parkville is unincorporated, so Baltimore 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 Parkville.
Parkville has homes that are cheap against local pay and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Maryland.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Parkville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Baltimore County Public Schools. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkville MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 900 | B |
| Parkville HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,877 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
At 2.8 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $279K) costs less against local pay than in 87% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living.
63% of Parkville households own their home, below both Maryland’s towns (74%) and U.S. towns (73%). Parkville’s median rent is $1,526 a month. The typical Parkville home is worth about $279,000, down 1.7% in a year, 34% below the Maryland typical home.
| Parkville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,526 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents leave Parkville for work: only 2% work in town. Parkville’s average trip to work is 27 minutes, where Maryland’s towns sit at 32 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are Baltimore (30%), Towson (9%) and Cockeysville (4%).
| Parkville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $79,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 13% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Parkville has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 24° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Maryland it is less healthy than 62% of the 261 graded towns: Maryland sets a high bar.
36% of Parkville adults feel lonely. Parkville beats the Maryland average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 17% of Parkville adults report frequent mental distress.
| Parkville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Parkville | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.9% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| More adults in frequent mental distress | 17.4% | 15% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.0 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The trail density in Parkville is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Parkville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Putty Hill Park | 0.1 mi | 9 |
| 2. Harford Park | — | 8 |
| 3. Mt. Pleasant Woods | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
17 within 15 miles of the center of Parkville
About 8 of every 100 Parkville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Parkville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 30,734.
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4 towns share a border with Parkville.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Parkville grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #144 of 259 in Maryland. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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