How Annapolis compares across Maryland
Annapolis is ranked on 37 lists against the 262 Maryland towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
Longer growing season than 98% of Maryland
Not better or worse, just Annapolis’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Annapolis lands in the top half on 12 of 23 lists
Each dot is Annapolis’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MD, the right end is last. Areas where Annapolis does best come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for walkable streets
Lists where Annapolis sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Annapolis out-ranks 1 of its 3 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every MD list, and where Annapolis lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
People
Most educated#1 Chevy Chase · 95.2%
#63
Youngest#1 Naval Academy · 21.0
#202
Oldest#1 Leisure World · 76.0
#61
Most residents 65+#1 Leisure World · 77.4%
#56
A
Most kids#1 Andrews AFB · 36.5%
#200 Health
Healthiest#1 Bethesda · 100 / 100
#82
Lowest obesity#1 Travilah · 19%
#108
Fewest smokers#1 Chevy Chase · 5%
#98
Most active#1 Chevy Chase · 12%
#77
Fewest uninsured#1 Chevy Chase · 4%
#149
K
Lowest depression#1 Konterra · 13%
#127
Closest to a top hospital#1 Towson · 0.5 mi
#179 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Naval Academy · 7.2 min
#92 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Forest Heights · 49.9%
#204
Most trails#1 Hampton · 7.0 mi / sq mi
#124
Most walkable#1 Mount Rainier · 228 / sq mi
#26 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Cumberland · 1.2 yrs
#206
Cheapest rent#1 Emmitsburg · $635/mo
#141
C
Lowest property tax#1 Cresaptown · $1,360/yr
#213
Rent easiest to afford#1 Mays Chapel · 27.2%
#30 
Safety
Safest#1 Frostburg · 3.3
#33 
The number on the right is Annapolis’s spot. All of Maryland’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every MD list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.