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%

Colesville$3,640/mo

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

Cloverly$3,980/mo

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

Colesville and Cloverly share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ColesvilleCloverly

Colesville ↔ Cloverly2.2 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+ColesvilleBetter than 72% of districts in the state B+CloverlyBetter than 72% of districts in the state

Health

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

8Colesville

8Cloverly

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

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

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

ColesvilleCloverly

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

ColesvilleCloverly

Trails8 mi 26 mi

Conserved land16.3%28.3%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—11

Community

ColesvilleCloverly

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

ColesvilleCloverly

People

Population 14,519Lowest 16,646Highest

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

Median age 47.3±3.7Highest 20% above MD 44.8±1.2Lowest 14% 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 21.7%±3.2Lowest MD: 22.2% 22.4%±2.8Highest 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+ 26.9%±2.9Highest MD: 16.7% 20.4%±2.1Lowest MD: 16.7%

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±2.2Highest MD: 6.9% 6.2%±1.7Lowest 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 $130,682±$36kLowest 26% above MD $152,083±$26kHighest 47% 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 $616,800±$18kLowest 47% above MD $665,300±$18kHighest 58% above MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,893±$446Lowest 11% above MD $2,129±$549Highest 25% 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 $4,890Lowest 19% above MD $5,873Highest 43% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 82.8%±17Highest MD: 51.5% 56%±12.6Lowest 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 3.4%Lowest MD: 9.4% 7.2%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 32.5%±5.8Highest MD: 19.3% 28.2%±4.7Lowest 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 2%Highest 1.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 mi 11.3 mi

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CloverlyFew work in Colesville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 16.3%Lowest 28.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 8.4 miLowest 26.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miLowest 2.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Lowest 15Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Montgomery County Public SchoolsMontgomery County Public Schools

High school in town None in townJames Hubert Blake High

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.1

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.

Colesville vs Cloverly

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Cloverly

Colesville and Cloverly share a border

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