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Today 11,721 people live in this town, first settled in 1883.
Health is its strong suit (A+). It is strong on incomes as well (A+): the median household earns $250K. The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.3 million, 10.5 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income. Overall, that makes an A−, better than 83% of U.S. towns. That places it 80th of 259 in Maryland. Edward Beale House is on the National Register of Historic Places. 17% of the land in Travilah is conserved, where Maryland’s towns sit at 9.5% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Its rent at the middle of the market is $3,501 a month, above both Maryland’s towns ($1,809 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places · USGS PAD-US.
Where Travilah beats most towns.
Where Travilah’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 Travilah is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 7,442 in 2000, 11,985 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 6 maps from 1908 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Travilah. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw16 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw16 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw16 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw17 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 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 · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Lincoln Memorial: Aerial_view_of_Lincoln_Memorial_-_east_side.jpg: Carol M. Highsmith derivative w, Public domain
Travilah is unincorporated, so Montgomery 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 Travilah.
Travilah has less utility shut-off threats than most of Maryland and sends most of its workers to Washington and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Maryland.
Its widest gap with Maryland is utility shut-off threats: 2.8% of its 9,346 adults were threatened with a utility shut-off, against 8.4% statewide. Against the 436 U.S. towns with household incomes like Travilah’s, it is healthier than 59%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
For adults in Travilah, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 15%. Only 7 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Travilah. Of 32 CDC measures, Travilah beats the Maryland average on 28 and trails it on 2.
| Travilah | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 36% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 4.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 20% | 23% |
| What stands out | Travilah | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.1% | 13.5% |
| More adults with high cholesterol | 45.3% | 38.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected losses in Travilah break down as 69% from inland flooding and 9% from hurricanes. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 90% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 3 claims in the town since 1979.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The biggest park or preserve is Watts Branch Stream Valley Park, at 355 acres. Trails run 13 miles in 11 parks and preserves. Travilah’s trail network density comes in at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park | 1.9 mi | 99 |
| 2. Watts Branch Stream Valley Park | — | 355 |
| 3. Serpentine Barrens Conservation Park | — | 339 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Travilah has 1,406 jobs for its 4,896 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 30.1% of workers work from home, against 19.3% across Maryland.
Travilah’s average commute stands at 29 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 10 miles away. Among residents in the town, 1.7% live below the poverty line. Most working residents leave Travilah for work: only 4% work in town.
| Travilah | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $250,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 30% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 32 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 26°, with about 6 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 10.5 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 99% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. 66.1% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.5% across Maryland.
In Travilah, 93% of households are owner-occupiers. Among 251 Maryland towns, just 6 have a higher rent at the middle of the market than Travilah. Homes sold in Travilah spent a median 25 days on the market.
| Travilah | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,809 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 93% | 74% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
16 within 15 miles of the center of Travilah
About 7 of every 100 Travilah residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland
Travilah is a United States census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is 17.28 square miles (44.8 km2) located along the north side of the Potomac River, and surrounded by the communities of Potomac, North Potomac, and Darnestown—all census-designated places. It had a population of 11,985 as of the 2020 census. Within the Travilah census-designated place at the intersection of what are now Travilah Road and Glen Road, the small rural community of Travilah existed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The community had its own post office, general store, school, town hall, church, and a few homes. The crossroads was popular with area farmers because i…
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5 towns share a border with Travilah.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travilah | #80 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Potomac | #40 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Darnestown | #74 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Rockville | #86 | A− | D | B− | B+ | A+ |
| North Potomac | #48 | A | D | — | B+ | A+ |
Travilah, Potomac, Darnestown and North Potomac report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Travilah with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Travilah grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #80 of 259 in Maryland. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,325,000, 212% 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 D.
