Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Parkville’s overall grade is B, better than 58% of U.S. towns. In the ranking it comes 144th of 259 in Maryland. On walkability it is strong: it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. It also does well on incomes: the median household earns $79K. A typical home there costs about $279K, 2.8 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. The catch is schools (C−): its public schools trail 76% of Maryland towns on state tests and graduation.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow.
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.
For Parkville, the FEMA risk score is 9 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Parkville once, in 2003. FEMA puts 36% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 35% to heat waves. Also worth knowing: since 1978, Parkville has seen 10 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Two of its 10 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to the Baltimore County Public Schools. 4 public schools serve Parkville, with 1,610 students in all.
| 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 that grade.
Zillow values the typical Parkville home at about $279,000, down 1.7% in a year, 34% below the Maryland typical home. Parkville: 63% of households are owner-occupiers, below both Maryland’s towns (74%) and U.S. towns (73%). For Parkville, the midpoint rent is $1,526 a month.
| 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
Just 2% of Parkville’s working residents have a job in town. The town’s average trip to work is 27 minutes, where Maryland’s towns sit at 32 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Half of commuters travel less than 8 miles. 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
A winter brings about 19 inches of snow, with January nights at 24° and July afternoons at 88°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within Maryland it is less healthy than 63% of the 261 graded towns: Maryland sets a high bar.
Among adults in Parkville, 17% report frequent mental distress. This Maryland town does better than the Maryland average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 4.
| 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 wind through 11 parks and preserves. Parkville’s concentration of trails stands at 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. 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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