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%

Spring Ridge$2,920/mo

Typical home $489K (Census) · tax rate 0.88% · or rent about $1,667/mo · Housing →

Bartonsville$3,720/mo

Typical home $622K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $1,609/mo · Housing →

The difference: $800 a month, about $9,600 a year, between Bartonsville and Spring Ridge.

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

Spring Ridge and Bartonsville share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Spring RidgeBartonsville

Spring Ridge ↔ Bartonsville1.3 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Spring Ridge 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

A−Spring RidgeBetter than 80% of districts in the state –BartonsvilleNot graded

Health

A+Spring RidgeHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns ABartonsvilleHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns

10Spring Ridge

8Bartonsville

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

Fastest growingGrowth · 250 towns #183#4 Shortest commuteGetting around · 262 towns #120#212 Lowest property taxCost of living · 259 towns #134#215 Most walkableOutdoors · 261 towns #119#181 Most affordableCost of living · 259 towns #184#231 Most conserved landOutdoors · 260 towns #162#134 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 262 towns #10#35 Lowest depressionHealth · 262 towns #152#127

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

Spring RidgeBartonsville

Snow a year33″33″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)8th 4th

Outdoors & history

Spring RidgeBartonsville

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land6.4%8.2%

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

Spring RidgeBartonsville

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

Spring RidgeBartonsville

People

Population 5,922Highest 3,282Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.6%Lowest MD: +7% +89.7%Highest MD: +7%

Median age 37.4±5.1Highest 5% below MD 37±3Lowest 6% below MD

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

Kids under 18 21.5%±4.2Lowest MD: 22.2% 30.8%±5.9Highest MD: 22.2%

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

Age 65+ 14.6%±3.1Highest MD: 16.7% 10.5%±3Lowest MD: 16.7%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 54.7%Lowest MD: 43.4% 56.4%Highest MD: 43.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.3%±2.8Lowest MD: 6.9% 7.5%±2.8Highest MD: 6.9%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $145,625±$28kLowest 40% above MD $156,979±$37kHighest 51% above MD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $489,000±$41kLowest 16% above MD $621,800±$42kHighest 48% above MD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,667±$261Highest about the MD average $1,609±$1kLowest 6% below MD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,288Lowest 5% above MD $5,568Highest 36% above MD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.7%±28.4Lowest MD: 51.5% 86%±46.1Highest MD: 51.5%

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

Below poverty line 1.8%Lowest MD: 9.4% 3.2%Highest MD: 9.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.4%Lowest MD: 67.6% 94.9%Highest MD: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1996Lowest 17 yrs newer than MD 2013Highest 34 yrs newer than MD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest about the MD average 37 minHighest 18% above MD

Work from home 24.6%±5.3Lowest MD: 19.3% 25.5%±6.6Highest MD: 19.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.2%Lowest 2.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 20.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.37Highest 0.30Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Frederick (19%)Frederick (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BartonsvilleFew work in Spring Ridge

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.4%Lowest 8.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 mi 0.5 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 70.9Highest 51.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #106 of 235 in MD—

School district Frederick County Public Schools—

High school in town None in town—

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

Deciding?

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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.

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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.

Spring Ridge vs Bartonsville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $800 more a month in Bartonsville

Spring Ridge and Bartonsville share a border

Spring Ridge places higher on 10 of 19 MD lists

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