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Eldorado vs Brookview

1 miles apart. The biggest differences: homeowners (+11.3 pts renters in Brookview).

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Eldorado, MDA small town of 30Maryland · 30 people
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Brookview, MDA small town of 33Maryland · 33 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

EldoradoA small town of 30
Quiet strengthsEldorado doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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BrookviewA small town of 33
Quiet strengthsBrookview doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Brookview →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Homeowners+11.3 pts renters
Brookview has more renters
Eldorado 92.3%Brookview 81%
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
EldoradoBrookview
Snow a year8″8″
January low28°F28°F
July high88°F88°F
Growing season (days)201d201d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th29th
Outdoors & history
EldoradoBrookview
Settled—1953
National Register places1—
Community
EldoradoBrookview
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

1 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EldoradoBrookviewEldoradoBrookview
Eldorado ↔ Brookview0.6 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.

EldoradoBrookview
People
Population 30Lowest 33Highest
Median age 36.5±26.1Lowest 7% below MD 61.8±21.9Highest 57% above MD
Brookview and Eldorado are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 26.7%±100Highest MD: 22.2% 12.1%±100Lowest MD: 22.2%
Eldorado and Brookview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 16.7%±100Lowest MD: 16.7% 42.4%±100Highest MD: 16.7%
Brookview and Eldorado are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10%Lowest MD: 43.4% 17.9%Highest MD: 43.4%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±66 MD: 6.9% 0%±60 MD: 6.9%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $51,563±$3k 50% below MD —
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $183,300±$32k 56% below MD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,375 66% below MD —
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 MD: 51.5% 0%±100 MD: 51.5%
Below poverty line 0%Lowest MD: 9.4% 21.2%Highest MD: 9.4%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 92.3%Highest MD: 67.6% 81%Lowest MD: 67.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 41 yrs older than MD 1946Highest 33 yrs older than MD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 25 min 21% below MD —
Work from home 0%±100Lowest MD: 19.3% 7.7%±14.2Highest MD: 19.3%
Brookview and Eldorado are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miLowest 41.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.04Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Rehoboth Beach (6%)Easton (17%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BrookviewFew work in Eldorado
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.7%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 mi —
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure — 46.2
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.

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