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A town of 5,922.
Spring Ridge is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 6th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. The median household earns $146K, it is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns, and its schools outperform 76% of the state's. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. Spring Ridge’s median household income is $146,000, above both the Maryland town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Linganore Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Spring Ridge beats most towns.
Where Spring Ridge’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 Spring Ridge is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2016 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Spring Ridge is unincorporated, so Frederick 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 Spring Ridge.
Spring Ridge has less food insecurity than most of Maryland and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Its widest gap with Maryland is food insecurity: 7% of its 4,445 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide.
9.1% of Spring Ridge adults report frequent physical distress. Spring Ridge beats the Maryland average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 16% of Spring Ridge adults get no exercise outside work.
| Spring Ridge | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 23% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.4% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Spring Ridge | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 15.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.2% | 9.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 16.7% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Frederick County Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Ridge ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 605 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 92% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Spring Ridge since 2018.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jobs based here grew from 801 in 2013 to 1,047.
Most working residents leave Spring Ridge for work: only 2% work in town. 25% of workers work from home in Spring Ridge. Jobs based in Spring Ridge grew to 1,047 in 2023, 246 more than in 2013.
| Spring Ridge | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 3.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Spring Ridge | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.4% | 9.5% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Spring Ridge has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median rent in Spring Ridge is $1,667 a month.
| Spring Ridge | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,667 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spring Ridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw39 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw39 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw39 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw23 mi LandmarkRaven Rock Mountain Complex
Big draw39 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a yearWhite 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 · Raven Rock Mountain Complex: US Government, Public domain · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain
2 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Ridge
About 7 of every 100 Spring Ridge residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland
Spring Ridge is a census-designated place (CDP) and suburban housing community in Frederick County, in the U.S. state of Maryland, just outside the city of Frederick. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 6,005. Before 2010, it was part of the Linganore-Bartonsville, Maryland census-designated place, which was split into three for the 2010 census.
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2 towns share a border with Spring Ridge.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Ridge | #6 | A+ | B− | — | A− | A+ |
| Linganore | #54 | A | C | — | A− | A+ |
| Bartonsville | #52 | A | C+ | — | A− | A |
Spring Ridge, Linganore and Bartonsville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Spring Ridge with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Spring Ridge grades A+ overall, better than 98% of U.S. towns and #6 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools.
The typical home is worth about $489,000, 15% above 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−.
