Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town was settled in 1925 and has 40,228 residents today.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Severna Park ranks 79th of 259 in Maryland, with an A− overall. On that grade it does better than 83% of U.S. towns. Its best grade is for incomes: the median household earns $170K. Add health to its strengths: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 93% of the country. The trade-off is cost of living (C−): the typical home is worth about $744K, 7.5 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income. Robinson House is on the National Register of Historic Places. The town is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 77% of U.S. towns.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Severna Park beats most towns.
Where Severna Park’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 Severna Park is from typical.
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Census counts: 28,507 in 2000, 39,933 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 5 maps from 1894 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Severna Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw29 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw31 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw30 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw28 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaNorthwest StadiumWhite 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 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Severna Park is unincorporated, so Anne Arundel 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 Severna Park.
Severna Park has less food insecurity than most of Maryland and has household incomes well above the Maryland norm, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Maryland.
At 7.5 years of the Baltimore metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $744K) costs more against local pay than in 97% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Gambrills is next at $610K.
The share of households in Severna Park who are owner-occupiers is 91%, where Maryland’s towns sit at 74% and U.S. towns at 73%. The midpoint rent for Severna Park comes to $1,699 a month. The typical Severna Park home is worth about $744,000, up 2.8% in a year, 75% above the Maryland typical home. A home in Severna Park typically sold within 34 days of listing.
| Severna Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,699 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Anne Arundel County Public Schools. Three of the 13 schools are below, and why each made the list. The 6 public schools in Severna Park teach 2,938 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severna Park MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,386 | A |
| Severna Park HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,842 | A+ |
| Benfield ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 500 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Maryland is food insecurity: 7.2% of its 29,749 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide. Against the 1,687 U.S. towns with household incomes like Severna Park’s, it is healthier than 51%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
17% of adults get no exercise outside work in Severna Park. The share of adults in Severna Park who feel lonely is 30%, below both Maryland’s towns (34%) and U.S. towns (33%). On the CDC’s 32 measures, Severna Park is ahead of Maryland on 19 and behind on 2.
| Severna Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 23% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.2% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Severna Park | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.2% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.6% | 13.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA puts 54% of Severna Park’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to hurricanes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 96% of U.S. communities. The town has had 36 paid flood insurance claims since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Since 2013, Severna Park has added 1,083 jobs, to 10,660 in 2023. The share of workers in Severna Park who do their job from home: 24%. Half commute less than 13 miles.
| Severna Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $170,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 24% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
11 miles of trail wind through 11 parks and preserves. Kinder Farm Park, at 283 acres with 4.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Parks and preserves in Severna Park: 11, covering 593 acres.
| Severna Park | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kinder Farm Park | 4.8 mi | 283 |
| 2. Lake Waterford Park | 2.5 mi | 72 |
| 3. Cattail Creek Natural Area | 0.5 mi | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 28° and about 19 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
6 within 15 miles of the center of Severna Park
About 4 of every 100 Severna Park residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
3 notable people were born in Severna Park.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Severna Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States. Severna Park is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, and is located approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Annapolis, 17 miles (27 km) south of Baltimore and 39 miles (63 km) east of Washington, D.C. Severna Park's population was 39,933 at the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Severna Park.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Arnold (A−) comes closest.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severna Park | #79 | A− | C− | — | B− | A |
| Pasadena | #123 | B+ | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Arnold | #100 | A− | C− | — | B− | A |
| Glen Burnie | #138 | B | C | — | B− | B− |
| Lake Shore | #129 | B | C | — | B− | A− |
| Arden on the Severn | — | — | C+ | — | B− | A |
| Gambrills | #133 | B | C− | — | B− | A− |
| Herald Harbor | — | — | C− | — | B− | A |
Arden on the Severn and Herald Harbor have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Severna Park, Pasadena, Arnold, Glen Burnie, Lake Shore, Arden on the Severn, Gambrills and Herald Harbor report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Severna Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. It grades A for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
3 notable people were born here, including Drew Yates and Mark Budzinski.
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