Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 10,931.
Walker Mill's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C, 217th among Maryland's 259 graded towns. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 94% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is schools: its schools rank behind 92% of the state's. Walker Mill’s average trip to work is 39 minutes, above both the Maryland town median (32 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Concord is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 261 Maryland towns, just 8 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Walker Mill.
Where Walker Mill beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Scott Key Elementary | PK–5 | 451 |
| John H. Bayne Elementary | PK–5 | 339 |
| Walker Mill Middle | 6–8 | 1,054 |
Where Walker Mill’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 Walker Mill is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for hazard risk (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 8%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,322 in 1970, 12,187 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 2 maps from 1900 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Walker Mill. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw8 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw8 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw9 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw3 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 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Northwest Stadium: Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0
Walker Mill 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 Walker Mill.
Walker Mill sends many workers across the state line to Arlington and has homes that are cheap against local pay, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Its public schools are run by the Prince George's County Public Schools. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Central High, with 754 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Mill MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,054 | B− |
| Central HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 754 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MD on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 98% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Walker Mill.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.7 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Walker Mill is 0.9 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Walker Mill Regional Park, 124 acres with 1.8 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Walker Mill Regional Park | 1.8 mi | 124 |
| 2. Rollins Avenue Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
43% of working residents cross a state line to work, Arlington among the top destinations. Walker Mill has 774 jobs for its 4,843 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Walker Mill for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Walker Mill has added 147 jobs, to 774 in 2023. Walker Mill’s median household income is $88,000.
| Walker Mill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $88,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 18% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 10,143 U.S. towns with household incomes like Walker Mill’s, it is less healthy than 87%, so it trails even them.
47% of adults have obesity in Walker Mill. Only 6 of the 261 Maryland towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Walker Mill. 17% of adults have diabetes in Walker Mill.
| Walker Mill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 48% | 38% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 36% | 35% |
| What stands out | Walker Mill | MD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.4% | 7.6% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.6% | 14.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 16.3% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Walker Mill has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 26° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 2.8 years of the Washington metro’s $127K median household income, the typical home (about $356K) costs less against local pay than in 87% of Maryland towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living.
The typical Walker Mill home is worth about $356,000, down 1.6% in a year, 16% below the Maryland typical home. 61% of Walker Mill households own their home.
| Walker Mill | Maryland towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 74% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,661 a month | $1,810 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
31 within 15 miles of the center of Walker Mill
About 4 of every 100 Walker Mill residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Maryland.
Census-designated place in Maryland
Walker Mill is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,187.
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5 towns share a border with Walker Mill.
| Town | MD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Mill | #217 | C | B− | — | D | C |
| Capitol Heights | #197 | C | A− | C− | D | C |
| Forestville | #198 | C | B− | — | D | C+ |
| District Heights | #239 | C− | B− | C− | D | C |
| Coral Hills | #227 | C− | B− | — | D | C |
| Seat Pleasant | #243 | D | B+ | D | D | C |
Walker Mill, Forestville and Coral Hills report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Walker Mill with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Walker Mill grades C overall, better than 29% of U.S. towns and #217 of 259 in Maryland. It grades C for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.8 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 B−.
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