Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Perryville gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $348K, 3.8 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. It grades C overall, 199th of 259 graded towns in Maryland. The low prices come with trade-offs. Residents are less healthy than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Perryville’s median rent is $916 a month, where Maryland’s towns sit at $1,810 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Its National Register listings include Rodgers Tavern and Perry Point Mansion House and Mill.
Where Perryville beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1622, is the earliest of any Maryland town we grade.
Census counts: 143 in 1880, 4,391 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1892 and 6 maps from 1900 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maryland), ordered by how far Perryville is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for health (better than 14%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Perryville, 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 Perryville.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Perryville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Cecil County Public Schools. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perryville MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 512 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
44% of adults have obesity in Perryville. Perryville beats the Maryland average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 18. 15% of adults have diabetes in Perryville.
| Perryville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 11% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Perryville | MD |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 17.9% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.1% | 5.9% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 15.7% | 12% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Perry Point Park, at 35 acres. Perryville’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Perry Point Park | 0.4 mi | 35 |
| 2. Ice House Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Roundhouse Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Perryville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Perryville home is worth about $349,000, up 1.1% in a year, 18% below the Maryland typical home. 66% of Perryville households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Within Maryland, it does better than 65% of towns.
| Perryville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 12.1 per 1,000 residents | 14.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.2 per 1,000 residents | 2.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Jobs based here grew from 1,510 in 2013 to 2,269.
Most working residents leave Perryville for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Perryville grew to 2,269 in 2023, 759 more than in 2013. The median household income in Perryville is $78,000.
| Perryville | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $78,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.5% | 3.1% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Perryville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaM&T Bank Stadium
36 mi Stadium & arenaOriole Park at Camden Yards
34 mi MuseumNS Savannah
35 mi National MonumentFort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine283K visitors a year
29 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
35 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 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Walters Art Museum: Dylan k, CC BY-SA 3.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Perryville
About 2 of every 100 Perryville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
3 places in Perryville on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Maryland, United States
Perryville is a town in Cecil County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, Perryville had a population of 4,391. The town is located near an exit for Interstate 95, on the north side of the outlet of the Susquehanna River.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Perryville grades C overall, better than 33% of U.S. towns and #199 of 259 in Maryland. It grades D for health, C+ for safety and C+ for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
Within Maryland, it does better than 65% of towns.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
2 notable people were born here, including John Chew Thomas and Jim Keesey.
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