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%

Cloverly$3,980/mo

Typical home $665K (Census) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $2,129/mo · Housing →

Colesville$3,640/mo

Typical home $617K (Census) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $1,893/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Cloverly and Colesville.

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

Cloverly and Colesville share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CloverlyColesville

Cloverly ↔ Colesville2.2 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

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+CloverlyBetter than 72% of districts in the state B+ColesvilleBetter than 72% of districts in the state

Health

ACloverlyHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns AColesvilleHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

8Cloverly

8Colesville

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #218#110 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #36#125 Shortest commuteGetting around · 262 towns #187#99 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #68#149 Fastest growingGrowth · 250 towns #205#157 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #10#55 Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #182#146 Most trailsOutdoors · 190 towns #12#38

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

CloverlyColesville

Snow a year16″16″

January low25°F 25°F

July high87°F 87°F

Growing season (days)202d 202d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)7th 7th

Outdoors & history

CloverlyColesville

Trails26 mi 8 mi

Conserved land28.3%16.3%

National Register places—1

Archive photos11 —

Community

CloverlyColesville

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

CloverlyColesville

People

Population 16,646Highest 14,519Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.1%Lowest MD: +7% +5.3%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 44.8±1.2Lowest 14% above MD 47.3±3.7Highest 20% above MD

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

Kids under 18 22.4%±2.8Highest MD: 22.2% 21.7%±3.2Lowest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 20.4%±2.1Lowest MD: 16.7% 26.9%±2.9Highest MD: 16.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 59%Highest MD: 43.4% 57.2%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.2%±1.7Lowest MD: 6.9% 6.5%±2.2Highest MD: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $152,083±$26kHighest 47% above MD $130,682±$36kLowest 26% above MD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $665,300±$18kHighest 58% above MD $616,800±$18kLowest 47% above MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,129±$549Highest 25% above MD $1,893±$446Lowest 11% above MD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,873Highest 43% above MD $4,890Lowest 19% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56%±12.6Lowest MD: 51.5% 82.8%±17Highest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 7.2%Highest MD: 9.4% 3.4%Lowest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.4%Highest MD: 67.6% 83%Lowest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 4 yrs newer than MD 1968Lowest 11 yrs older than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 12% above MD 30 minLowest 4% below MD

Work from home 28.2%±4.7Lowest MD: 19.3% 32.5%±5.8Highest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Lowest 2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 mi 11.3 mi

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

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (16%)Washington (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ColesvilleFew work in Cloverly

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 28.3%Highest 16.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 26.0 miHighest 8.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.6 miHighest 1.6 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 15Highest 13Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 36.8Lowest 73.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #36 of 235 in MD #125 of 235 in MD

School district Montgomery County Public SchoolsMontgomery County Public Schools

High school in town James Hubert Blake HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 17.1 —

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.

Cloverly vs Colesville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Cloverly

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