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%

Brandywine$3,080/mo

Typical home $505K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.03% · or rent about $2,757/mo · Housing →

Clinton$2,700/mo

Typical home $439K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $1,809/mo · Housing →

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,500 a year, between Brandywine and Clinton.

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

Brandywine and Clinton share a border

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

BrandywineClinton

Brandywine ↔ Clinton4.3 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

85 Brandywine residents work in Clinton (1.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Brandywine →

Report cards

Brandywine places higher on 9 of 20 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

DBrandywineBetter than 8% of districts in the state DClintonBetter than 8% of districts in the state

Health

BBrandywineHealthier than 59% of U.S. towns B−ClintonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns

9Brandywine

8Clinton

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #234#128 Fastest growingGrowth · 250 towns #10#115 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #138#209 Most affordableCost of living · 259 towns #207#138 Most trailsOutdoors · 190 towns #121#72 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #36#95 Highest incomeIncome · 262 towns #40#97 Most activeHealth · 262 towns #141#193

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

BrandywineClinton

Snow a year16″13″

January low25°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)203d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)4th 9th

Outdoors & history

BrandywineClinton

Trails12 mi 23 mi

Conserved land19%11.4%

Settled—1770

National Register places3 3

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—15

Community

BrandywineClinton

Library hours a week—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.

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

BrandywineClinton

People

Population 12,160Lowest 38,376Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +57%Highest MD: +7% +7.8%Lowest MD: +7%

Median age 44±1.7Lowest 12% above MD 46.8±1.6Highest 19% above MD

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

Kids under 18 18.2%±3.1Highest MD: 22.2% 16.2%±1.8Lowest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 13.7%±2.7Lowest MD: 16.7% 19.5%±1.3Highest MD: 16.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 38.8%Highest MD: 43.4% 33.6%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±2.1 MD: 6.9% 6.4%±1 MD: 6.9%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $157,587±$14kHighest 52% above MD $124,803±$4kLowest 20% above MD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $551,000±$35kHighest 31% above MD $431,400±$10kLowest about the MD average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,757±$156Highest 62% above MD $1,809±$318Lowest 6% above MD

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,689Highest 39% above MD $4,756Lowest 16% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 14.1%±31.1Lowest MD: 51.5% 45.3%±6.4Highest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 6.2%Lowest MD: 9.4% 7.7%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.9%Highest MD: 67.6% 89.5%Lowest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2011Highest 32 yrs newer than MD 1988Lowest 9 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 42 minHighest 33% above MD 38 minLowest 22% above MD

Work from home 25.7%±4.4Highest MD: 19.3% 20.8%±2.6Lowest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.9%Lowest 3.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Lowest 0.51Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (28%)Washington (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in ClintonFew work in Brandywine

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 19%Highest 11.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.5 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.9Lowest 43.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #138 of 235 in MD #209 of 235 in MD

School district Prince George's County Public SchoolsPrince George's County Public Schools

High school in town Gwynn Park HighSurrattsville High

Students per teacherat that high school 17.1Highest 16.5Lowest

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

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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.

Brandywine vs Clinton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Brandywine

Brandywine and Clinton share a border

Brandywine places higher on 9 of 20 MD lists

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