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%

Brookmont$7,970/mo

Typical home $1.36M (Census) · tax rate 0.73%+ · or rent about $2,878/mo · Housing →

Poolesville$4,270/mo

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

The difference: $3,700 a month, about $44,400 a year, between Brookmont and Poolesville.

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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Brookmont places higher on 13 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

B+BrookmontBetter than 72% of districts in the state B+PoolesvilleBetter than 72% of districts in the state

Health

A+BrookmontHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns A+PoolesvilleHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

13Brookmont

4Poolesville

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 262 towns #32#232 Most trailsOutdoors · 190 towns #6#122 Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #235#134 Fastest growingGrowth · 250 towns #108#49 Lowest depressionHealth · 262 towns #83#127 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 262 towns #12#53 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #184#222 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #1#35

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

BrookmontPoolesville

Snow a year6″33″

January low26°F —

July high88°F —

Growing season (days)202d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)9th 10th

Outdoors & history

BrookmontPoolesville

Trails7 mi 2 mi

Conserved land27.3%18.2%

Settled—1760

National Register places1 5

Archive photos12 12

Community

BrookmontPoolesville

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

20 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrookmontPoolesville

Brookmont ↔ Poolesville20 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

BrookmontPoolesville

People

Population 3,671Lowest 5,764Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.2%Lowest MD: +7% +17.6%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 43.1±5.8Highest 9% above MD 41.9±11.5Lowest 6% above MD

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

Kids under 18 30.2%±6.4Highest MD: 22.2% 22.6%±5.6Lowest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.7%±4.3Highest MD: 16.7% 16.2%±5.6Lowest MD: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 88.2%Highest MD: 43.4% 63.7%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±2.4Highest MD: 6.9% 2.5%±1.5Lowest MD: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $247,150±$17kHighest 138% above MD $205,919±$41kLowest 99% above MD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,361,100±$264kHighest 224% above MD $752,300±$71kLowest 79% above MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,878±$1kHighest 69% above MD $1,831±$689Lowest 7% above MD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 144% above MD $6,056Lowest 48% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63%±30.4Lowest MD: 51.5% 75.6%±46.5Highest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 2.8% MD: 9.4% 2.8% MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.7%Lowest MD: 67.6% 95%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1965Lowest 14 yrs older than MD 1986Highest 7 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 19% below MD 38 minHighest 23% above MD

Work from home 36.9%±7.4Highest MD: 19.3% 36.2%±10.4Lowest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Lowest 5.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.68Highest 0.27Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (34%)Rockville (10%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 27.3%Highest 18.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.1 miHighest 2.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.6 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 13Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 50.9Highest 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.

Brookmont vs Poolesville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $3,700 more a month in Brookmont

Brookmont places higher on 13 of 18 MD lists

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