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A town of 8,969.
Temple Hills's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C−, 238th of 259 graded towns in Maryland. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 93% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is schools: its schools rank behind 92% of the state's. 36% of households own their home in Temple Hills, below both the Maryland town median (74%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Only 2 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Temple Hills. The biggest park or preserve is Henson Creek Stream Valley Park, at 54 acres.
Where Temple Hills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Chase Elementary | PK–5 | 355 |
| J. Frank Dent Elementary | PK–5 | 243 |
Where Temple Hills’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 Temple Hills is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 8%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 6,630 in 1980, 8,350 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1955 and 4 maps from 1900 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Temple Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw7 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw8 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw7 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw8 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw8 mi National MemorialLincoln Memorial7.7M 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 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Temple Hills 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Temple Hills.
Temple Hills sends many workers across the state line to Arlington, has homes that are cheap against local pay and is mostly renters.
Its public schools are run by the Prince George's County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Chase ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 355 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected losses in Temple Hills break down as 44% from inland flooding and 14% from heat waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Temple Hills sits below 93% of U.S. communities. One declared disaster, in 2003, has brought federal aid to Temple Hills households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
43% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. Temple Hills has 175 jobs for its 3,176 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Half of commuters travel less than 9 miles. Temple Hills’ typical household income is $67,000. Employers in Temple Hills shed 43 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 175. The top destinations are Washington (32%), Arlington (4%) and Alexandria (4%).
| Temple Hills | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 2.5 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home (about $316K) costs less against local pay than in 94% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. 64% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.5% across Maryland.
Temple Hills’ median rent comes in at $1,811 a month. Typical home values fell 3.1% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Temple Hills beats the Maryland average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. In Temple Hills, 16% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Among 261 Maryland towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who feel lonely than Temple Hills.
| Temple Hills | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 49% | 38% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 36% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 33% |
| What stands out | Temple Hills | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.5% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.7% | 14.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16.9% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In July, afternoons reach 88°; in January, nights fall to 26°, and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Temple Hills, the concentration of trails is 0.1 miles per square mile. Walkers can cover 0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Henson Creek Stream Valley Park | — | 54 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
29 within 15 miles of the center of Temple Hills
About 4 of every 100 Temple Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
4 notable people were born in Temple Hills.
Census-designated place in Maryland, United States
Temple Hills is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Temple Hills borders the communities of Hillcrest Heights, Marlow Heights, Camp Springs and Oxon Hill. Per the 2020 census, the population was 8,350. The community was named after Edward Temple, who in the 1860s lived in a home beside Henson Creek known as Moor Park. Within the area are numerous garden apartments, duplexes, and single family communities constructed mostly from the 1950s through 1970s. The adjacent, unincorporated communities of Hillcrest Heights and Marlow Heights, which are home to both the Iverson Mall & Marlow Heights Shopping Center, which both se…
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3 towns share a border with Temple Hills.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Hills | #238 | C− | C+ | — | D | C |
| Oxon Hill | #168 | B− | B− | — | D | B− |
| Camp Springs | #174 | C+ | C | — | D | B− |
| Marlow Heights | #246 | D | C+ | — | D | C− |
Temple Hills, Oxon Hill, Camp Springs and Marlow Heights report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Temple Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Temple Hills grades C− overall, better than 19% of U.S. towns and #238 of 259 in Maryland. It grades C for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.5 years of the area's median household income ($126,684 across the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
