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%

Clinton$2,700/mo

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

Brandywine$3,080/mo

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

Clinton and Brandywine share a border

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

ClintonBrandywine

Clinton ↔ Brandywine4.3 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

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

Health

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

8Clinton

9Brandywine

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

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

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

ClintonBrandywine

Snow a year13″16″

January low—25°F

July high—88°F

Growing season (days)—203d

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

Outdoors & history

ClintonBrandywine

Trails23 mi 12 mi

Conserved land11.4%19%

Settled1770 —

National Register places3 3

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here15 —

Community

ClintonBrandywine

Library hours a week42 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

ClintonBrandywine

People

Population 38,376Highest 12,160Lowest

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

Median age 46.8±1.6Highest 19% above MD 44±1.7Lowest 12% 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 16.2%±1.8Lowest MD: 22.2% 18.2%±3.1Highest 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+ 19.5%±1.3Highest MD: 16.7% 13.7%±2.7Lowest MD: 16.7%

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

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

Cost of living

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

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

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.3%±6.4Highest MD: 51.5% 14.1%±31.1Lowest 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 7.7%Highest MD: 9.4% 6.2%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 20.8%±2.6Lowest MD: 19.3% 25.7%±4.4Highest 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 3.7%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Brandywine2% work in Clinton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.4%Lowest 19%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 23.3 miHighest 11.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

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

Schools

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

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

High school in town Surrattsville HighGwynn Park High

Students per teacherat that high school 16.5Lowest 17.1Highest

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.

Clinton vs Brandywine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Brandywine

Clinton and Brandywine share a border

Brandywine places higher on 9 of 20 MD lists

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