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%

Annapolis$3,800/mo

Typical home $625K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.01% · or rent about $1,860/mo · Housing →

Parole$3,180/mo

Typical home $534K (Census) · tax rate 0.87% · or rent about $2,306/mo · Housing →

The difference: $610 a month, about $7,400 a year, between Annapolis and Parole.

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.

Where they are

Annapolis and Parole share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

AnnapolisParole

Annapolis ↔ Parole2.8 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

1,796 Annapolis residents work in Parole (11.5% of its workers)

697 Parole residents work in Annapolis (10.8% of its workers)

Work & commute in Annapolis →

Report cards

Parole places higher on 16 of 21 MD lists

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

DAnnapolisSafer than 11% of U.S. towns –ParoleNot graded

Schools

BAnnapolisBetter than 56% of districts in the state BParoleBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

A−AnnapolisHealthier than 83% of U.S. towns AParoleHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns

4Annapolis

16Parole

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #189#47 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #26#174 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #149#10 Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #141#209 Fastest growingGrowth · 250 towns #141#77 Fewest smokersHealth · 262 towns #98#34 Most trailsOutdoors · 190 towns #124#81 Lowest obesityHealth · 262 towns #108#52

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

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

AnnapolisParole

Snow a year19″19″

January low25°F 25°F

July high89°F 89°F

Growing season (days)204d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)1st 0th

Outdoors & history

AnnapolisParole

Trails4 mi 10 mi

Conserved land3.9%1.8%

Settled1649 —

National Register places24 1

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here56 —

Community

AnnapolisParole

Library hours a week57 hrs 54 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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.

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

AnnapolisParole

People

Population 40,720Highest 17,229Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Lowest MD: +7% +12.3%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 43±2Lowest 9% above MD 53.8±2.8Highest 37% above MD

Kids under 18 20.3%±2.2Highest MD: 22.2% 9.3%±1.9Lowest MD: 22.2%

Age 65+ 20.4%±1.8Lowest MD: 16.7% 36.2%±3Highest MD: 16.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 53.8%Lowest MD: 43.4% 61.7%Highest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±0.8Lowest MD: 6.9% 5.5%±1.5Highest MD: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $113,860±$6kLowest 10% above MD $120,361±$9kHighest 16% above MD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $548,900±$33kHighest 31% above MD $533,500±$47kLowest 27% above MD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,860±$109Lowest 9% above MD $2,306±$86Highest 35% above MD

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,523Highest 35% above MD $4,645Lowest 13% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.9%±6.2Highest MD: 51.5% 45%±8.6Lowest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 7.8%Highest MD: 9.4% 5.7%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62%Lowest MD: 67.6% 64.2%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 4 yrs older than MD 1992Highest 13 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 5% below MD 30 minHighest 3% below MD

Work from home 21%±2.4Lowest MD: 19.3% 25%±6.3Highest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 18.8%Highest 14.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 mi 17.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.56Lowest 5.04Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Parole (12%)Annapolis (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 12% work in Parole11% work in Annapolis

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.9%Highest 1.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.3 miLowest 9.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 131Highest 52.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #189 of 235 in MD #47 of 235 in MD

School district Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAnne Arundel County Public Schools

High school in town Phoenix AcademyAnnapolis High

Students per teacherat that high school 1.7Lowest 14.8Highest

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.

Annapolis vs Parole

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $610 more a month in Annapolis

Annapolis and Parole share a border

Parole places higher on 16 of 21 MD lists

What daily life feels like in each

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