Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Maryland ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

DAberdeenSafer than 14% of U.S. towns DCambridgeSafer than 6% of U.S. towns

Schools

BAberdeenBetter than 64% of districts in the state DCambridgeBetter than 12% of districts in the state

Health

C−AberdeenHealthier than 25% of U.S. towns DCambridgeHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns

15Aberdeen

7Cambridge

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 34 towns #3#27 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #238#111 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #88#211 Highest graduation rateSchools · 258 towns #76#190 Lowest depressionHealth · 262 towns #217#127 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #113#180 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 92 towns #65#85 Lowest obesityHealth · 262 towns #192#245

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Aberdeen’s rankings →

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Aberdeen

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Aberdeen$2,140/mo

Typical home $345K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,363/mo · Housing →

Cambridge$1,590/mo

Typical home $262K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $1,058/mo · Housing →

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,600 a year, between Aberdeen and Cambridge.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AberdeenCambridge

Snow a year17″14″

January low27°F 29°F

July high87°F 88°F

Growing season (days)217d 220d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)6th 13th

Outdoors & history

AberdeenCambridge

Trails1 mi 8 mi

Conserved land2.1%10.4%

Settled1892 1793

National Register places5 11

Archive photos—10

Famous people born here—26

Community

AberdeenCambridge

Library hours a week51 hrs 42 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

67 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AberdeenMD CambridgeMD

Aberdeen ↔ Cambridge67 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Maryland average

AberdeenCambridge

People

Population 17,298Highest 13,152Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.7%Highest MD: +7% +6.2%Lowest MD: +7%

Median age 38.8±2.3Lowest about the MD average 39.4±2.2Highest about the MD average

Cambridge and Aberdeen are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.6%±2.7Lowest MD: 22.2% 21.7%±2.8Highest MD: 22.2%

Cambridge and Aberdeen are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.9%±2.3Lowest MD: 16.7% 21.1%±2.5Highest MD: 16.7%

Cambridge and Aberdeen are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 25.6%Highest MD: 43.4% 20.1%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±1.8Highest MD: 6.9% 4.1%±1.6Lowest MD: 6.9%

Aberdeen and Cambridge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $74,826±$9kHighest 28% below MD $47,323±$8kLowest 54% below MD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $261,400±$22kHighest 38% below MD $257,900±$19kLowest 39% below MD

Aberdeen and Cambridge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,363±$78Highest 20% below MD $1,058±$93Lowest 38% below MD

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,978Highest 27% below MD $2,617Lowest 36% below MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.1%±10.8Lowest MD: 51.5% 63.2%±9.4Highest MD: 51.5%

Cambridge and Aberdeen are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 14.3%Lowest MD: 9.4% 26.4%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.1%Highest MD: 67.6% 41.1%Lowest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 2 yrs older than MD 1970Lowest 9 yrs older than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 12% below MD 24 minLowest 24% below MD

Work from home 8.4%±2.3Highest MD: 19.3% 6.9%±2.8Lowest MD: 19.3%

Aberdeen and Cambridge are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.8%Lowest 25.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.02Lowest 1.12Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Baltimore (13%)Easton (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CambridgeFew work in Aberdeen

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Lowest 10.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 7.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 79.1Highest 38.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #113 of 235 in MD #180 of 235 in MD

School district Harford County Public SchoolsDorchester County Public Schools

High school in town Aberdeen HighCambridge-South Dorchester High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.2Lowest 16.7Highest

Maryland average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Aberdeen vs Cambridge

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Aberdeen places higher on 15 of 22 MD lists

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Aberdeen

What daily life feels like in each

67 miles apart

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