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%

Denton$2,280/mo

Typical home $363K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.23% · or rent about $1,043/mo · Housing →

Lansdowne$1,360/mo

Typical home $214K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,427/mo · Housing →

The difference: $920 a month, about $11,000 a year, between Denton and Lansdowne.

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.

Report cards

Lansdowne places higher on 13 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.

Safety

DDentonSafer than 13% of U.S. towns –LansdowneNot graded

Schools

C−DentonBetter than 24% of districts in the state CLansdowneBetter than 32% of districts in the state

Health

DDentonHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns C−LansdowneHealthier than 21% of U.S. towns

7Denton

13Lansdowne

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 190 towns #148#9 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 262 towns #214#45 Highest graduation rateSchools · 258 towns #183#88 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #240#151 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #207#145 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #158#212 Most remote workersWork · 256 towns #233#177 Lowest obesityHealth · 262 towns #217#160

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

DentonLansdowne

Snow a year13″19″

January low25°F 25°F

July high87°F 89°F

Growing season (days)200d 204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th 3rd

Outdoors & history

DentonLansdowne

Trails2 mi 7 mi

Conserved land2%7.2%

Settled1796 1892

National Register places3 1

Community

DentonLansdowne

Library hours a week44 hrs 59 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

51 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DentonMD LansdowneMD

Denton ↔ Lansdowne51 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

DentonLansdowne

People

Population 4,936Lowest 7,876Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.7%Highest MD: +7% +7.1%Lowest MD: +7%

Median age 39.2±5Lowest about the MD average 40.1±4.9Highest about the MD average

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

Kids under 18 24.5%±4.5Highest MD: 22.2% 21.9%±4.3Lowest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 16%±4.1Lowest MD: 16.7% 18%±3.5Highest MD: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.5%Highest MD: 43.4% 10.9%Lowest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.3%±2.1Highest MD: 6.9% 3.3%±1.6Lowest MD: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,510±$6kHighest 36% below MD $58,605±$32kLowest 43% below MD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $234,600±$54kHighest 44% below MD $214,000±$30kLowest 49% below MD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,043±$109Lowest 39% below MD $1,427±$630Highest 16% below MD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,891Highest 29% below MD $2,818Lowest 31% below MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.4%±16.6Lowest MD: 51.5% 55.5%±25.6Highest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 12.8%Lowest MD: 9.4% 21.7%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 48.1%Lowest MD: 67.6% 57%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Highest 12 yrs older than MD 1959Lowest 20 yrs older than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 4% below MD 29 minLowest 7% below MD

Work from home 7.7%±4.7Lowest MD: 19.3% 14%±6.7Highest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.2%Highest 2.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 32.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.17Lowest 1.30Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Easton (7%)Baltimore (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LansdowneFew work in Denton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 7.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.1 miLowest 6.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 2.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 39.0Lowest 61.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #158 of 235 in MD #212 of 235 in MD

School district Caroline County Public SchoolsBaltimore County Public Schools

High school in town None in townLansdowne High

Students per teacherat that high school — 14.6

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.

Denton vs Lansdowne

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $920 more a month in Denton

Lansdowne places higher on 13 of 20 MD lists

What daily life feels like in each

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