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%

Bartonsville$3,720/mo

Typical home $622K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $1,609/mo · Housing →

Poolesville$4,270/mo

Typical home $722K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $1,831/mo · Housing →

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,600 a year, between Poolesville and Bartonsville.

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.

Report cards

Poolesville places higher on 8 of 18 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.

Schools

–BartonsvilleNot graded B+PoolesvilleBetter than 72% of districts in the state

Health

ABartonsvilleHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns A+PoolesvilleHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

7Bartonsville

8Poolesville

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 262 towns #254#53 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #134#43 Lowest obesityHealth · 262 towns #79#16 Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #82#134 Fastest growingGrowth · 250 towns #4#49 Highest graduation rateSchools · 258 towns #42#88 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #181#222 Highest incomeIncome · 262 towns #41#12

Left end = #1 in Maryland. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bartonsville’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

BartonsvillePoolesville

Snow a year33″33″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)4th 10th

Outdoors & history

BartonsvillePoolesville

Trails1 mi 2 mi

Conserved land8.2%18.2%

Settled—1760

National Register places—5

Archive photos—12

Community

BartonsvillePoolesville

Library hours a week—46 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

17 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BartonsvillePoolesville

Bartonsville ↔ Poolesville17 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

BartonsvillePoolesville

People

Population 3,282Lowest 5,764Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +89.7%Highest MD: +7% +17.6%Lowest MD: +7%

Median age 37±3Lowest 6% below MD 41.9±11.5Highest 6% above MD

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

Kids under 18 30.8%±5.9Highest MD: 22.2% 22.6%±5.6Lowest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 10.5%±3Lowest MD: 16.7% 16.2%±5.6Highest MD: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 56.4%Lowest MD: 43.4% 63.7%Highest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.5%±2.8Highest MD: 6.9% 2.5%±1.5Lowest MD: 6.9%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $156,979±$37kLowest 51% above MD $205,919±$41kHighest 99% above MD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $621,800±$42kLowest 48% above MD $752,300±$71kHighest 79% above MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,609±$1kLowest 6% below MD $1,831±$689Highest 7% above MD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,568Lowest 36% above MD $6,056Highest 48% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 86%±46.1Highest MD: 51.5% 75.6%±46.5Lowest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 3.2%Highest MD: 9.4% 2.8%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 94.9%Lowest MD: 67.6% 95%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2013Highest 34 yrs newer than MD 1986Lowest 7 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minLowest 18% above MD 38 minHighest 23% above MD

Work from home 25.5%±6.6Lowest MD: 19.3% 36.2%±10.4Highest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.5%Lowest 5.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30Highest 0.27Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Frederick (15%)Rockville (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PoolesvilleFew work in Bartonsville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.2%Lowest 18.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 2.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 13Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.6Highest 35.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#2 of 235 in MD

School district —Montgomery County Public Schools

High school in town —Poolesville High

Students per teacherat that high school — 20.3

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.

Bartonsville vs Poolesville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Poolesville

Poolesville places higher on 8 of 18 MD lists

What daily life feels like in each

17 miles apart

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