Peppermill VillageMD
Home to 5,238 people, this town lies in Maryland.
Is Peppermill Village a good place to live?
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Its strongest subject is walkability: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 95% of U.S. towns. Add cost of living to its strengths: a typical home costs about $346K, 2.7 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. What holds it back is schools: its schools rank behind 92% of the state's. It also trails on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 62% of the country. The overall grade comes out at B, better than 55% of U.S. towns. That places it 154th of 259 in Maryland. Peppermill Village’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both the Maryland town median (32 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES.
What makes Peppermill Village stand out
Where Peppermill Village beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Carmody Hills Elementary | PK–5 | 389 |
100% of working residents leave Peppermill Village for work
Where Peppermill Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Peppermill Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Peppermill Village is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 8%), so the B overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
White House and 284 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Peppermill Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw8 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw7 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw9 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw2 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest StadiumPhoto credits
White 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 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to Peppermill Village: who provides what
Peppermill Village is unincorporated, so Prince George's 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Peppermill Village.
Peppermill Village sends many workers across the state line to Arlington and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
Peppermill Village earns a D for schools
Its one school is below. Peppermill Village’s only public school teaches 389 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmody Hills ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 389 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
The biggest natural risk in Peppermill Village is inland flooding, at a very low overall level
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Peppermill Village than in 92% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 46% come from inland flooding and 15% from heat waves. Since 2020, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About one in three of Peppermill Village’s working residents commute to Washington
33% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. Peppermill Village has 86 jobs for its 1,834 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.2% of Peppermill Village working residents work locally. For half of commuters, work is under 7 miles away. The top destinations are Washington (35%), Baltimore (3%) and Arlington (2%). In Peppermill Village, the median household income is $86,000.
| Peppermill Village | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 39 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 11% | 18% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 3.2% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and hot summers in Peppermill Village
For Peppermill Village, the July high is 88°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Peppermill Village earns a C+ for health
16% of adults report frequent mental distress in Peppermill Village. The town does better than the Maryland average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 17. Among adults locally, 15% have been diagnosed with depression and 11% binge drink.
| Peppermill Village | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Peppermill Village | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 14.7% | 19.4% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 23% | 13.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Peppermill Village keeps 6.4% of its land conserved
2 parks and preserves cover 13 acres in Peppermill Village.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peppermill Park | — | 9 |
| 2. Cabin Branch Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median rent in Peppermill Village is lower than in most of Maryland or the rest of the country
At 2.7 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 89% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
The share of households in Peppermill Village who are owner-occupiers: 74%.
| Peppermill Village | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $845 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Peppermill Village
Colleges nearby
31 within 15 miles of the center of Peppermill Village
About 2 of every 100 Peppermill Village residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
About Peppermill Village
Census-designated place in Maryland
Peppermill Village is an unincorporated community near Maryland Route 214 (Central Avenue) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. As per the 2020 census, the population was 5,264. Northwest Stadium, Metrorail's Blue Line, and Hampton Mall shopping center are all located nearby. Because it is not formally incorporated, it has no official boundaries, but the United States Census Bureau has defined a census-designated place (CDP) consisting of Peppermill Village and the adjacent community of Carmody Hills, for statistical purposes.
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 266 ft
Peppermill Village’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Peppermill Village.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppermill Village | #154 | B | B+ | — | D | C+ |
| Seat Pleasant | #243 | D | B+ | D | D | C |
| Summerfield | #200 | C | C | — | D | B− |
Peppermill Village and Summerfield report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Peppermill Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Peppermill Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Peppermill Village, MD a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Peppermill Village grades B overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #154 of 259 in Maryland. It grades C+ for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Peppermill Village, MD expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $346,000, 19% below the Maryland typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.