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%

Friendly$2,680/mo

Typical home $438K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $2,306/mo · Housing →

Clinton$2,700/mo

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

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

Friendly places higher on 10 of 19 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

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

Health

B−FriendlyHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns B−ClintonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns

10Friendly

5Clinton

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 252 towns #210#128 Best schoolsSchools · 235 towns #141#209 Most remote workersWork · 256 towns #30#95 Lowest obesityHealth · 262 towns #205#236 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #194#172 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 262 towns #16#36 Most educatedPeople · 262 towns #203#184 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #80#95

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

FriendlyClinton

Snow a year13″13″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)8th 9th

Outdoors & history

FriendlyClinton

Trails0 mi 23 mi

Conserved land12.4%11.4%

Settled—1770

National Register places—3

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—15

Community

FriendlyClinton

Library hours a week—42 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

FriendlyClinton

People

Population 11,119Lowest 38,376Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.4%Lowest MD: +7% +7.8%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 47.5±4.4Highest 21% above MD 46.8±1.6Lowest 19% above MD

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

Kids under 18 20.4%±2.5Highest MD: 22.2% 16.2%±1.8Lowest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 20.7%±2.7Highest MD: 16.7% 19.5%±1.3Lowest MD: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.7%Lowest MD: 43.4% 33.6%Highest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.7%±1.6Lowest MD: 6.9% 6.4%±1Highest MD: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $127,670±$30kHighest 23% above MD $124,803±$4kLowest 20% above MD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $437,800±$23kHighest 4% above MD $431,400±$10kLowest about the MD average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,306±$216Highest 35% above MD $1,809±$318Lowest 6% above MD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,634Lowest 13% above MD $4,756Highest 16% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.7%±12.7Highest MD: 51.5% 45.3%±6.4Lowest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 3%Lowest MD: 9.4% 7.7%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.2%Lowest MD: 67.6% 89.5%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Lowest 3 yrs older than MD 1988Highest 9 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 37 minLowest 19% above MD 38 minHighest 22% above MD

Work from home 28.9%±6.5Highest MD: 19.3% 20.8%±2.6Lowest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 1%Lowest 3.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 13.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.11Lowest 0.51Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Washington (25%)Washington (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in ClintonFew work in Friendly

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.4%Highest 11.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.9Highest 43.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #141 of 235 in MD #209 of 235 in MD

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

High school in town Friendly HighSurrattsville High

Students per teacherat that high school 14.7Lowest 16.5Highest

Maryland average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Friendly neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Friendly’s Town Square.

Clinton neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Clinton’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Friendly and Clinton

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Bordering Friendly

+ Compare

Oxon Hill17,893 people · $360K homes

+ Compare

Camp Springs22,544 people · $415K homes

+ Compare

Fort Washington25,134 people · $480K homes

Towns like Friendly

+ Compare

La Plata10,683 people · $428K homes

+ Compare

Hampstead6,251 people · $333K homes

+ Compare

Walkersville6,414 people · $488K homes

+ Compare

Manchester5,439 people · $376K homes

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.

Friendly vs Clinton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

Friendly and Clinton share a border

A typical home costs about the same each month

Friendly places higher on 10 of 19 MD lists

What daily life feels like in each

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Friendly and Clinton

Bordering Friendly

Towns like Friendly

Post to Friendly

Check your email