How Bowleys Quarters compares across Maryland
Bowleys Quarters is ranked on 33 lists against the 262 Maryland towns with 2,500+ residents.
Longer growing season than 99% of Maryland
Not better or worse, just Bowleys Quarters’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Bowleys Quarters out-ranks 0 of its 2 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.
Bowleys Quarters lands in the top half on 7 of 20 lists
Each dot is Bowleys Quarters’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MD, the right end is last. Areas where Bowleys Quarters does best come first.
The lists Bowleys Quarters does best on
Each list ranks every MD town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bowleys Quarters marked.
Where Bowleys Quarters lands in every MD ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Naval Academy · 7.2 min
#84 Health
Healthiest#1 Bethesda · 100 / 100
#187
Lowest obesity#1 Travilah · 19%
#108
Fewest smokers#1 Chevy Chase · 5%
#222
Most active#1 Chevy Chase · 12%
#175
Fewest uninsured#1 Chevy Chase · 4%
#112
K
Lowest depression#1 Konterra · 13%
#241
Closest to a top hospital#1 Towson · 0.5 mi
#150 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Cumberland · 1.2 yrs
#109
Cheapest rent#1 Emmitsburg · $635/mo
#114
C
Lowest property tax#1 Cresaptown · $1,360/yr
#119
Rent easiest to afford#1 Mays Chapel · 27.2%
People
Most educated#1 Chevy Chase · 95.2%
#197
Youngest#1 Naval Academy · 21.0
#121
Oldest#1 Leisure World · 76.0
#143
Most residents 65+#1 Leisure World · 77.4%
#145
A
Most kids#1 Andrews AFB · 36.5%
#172 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Forest Heights · 49.9%
#236
Most trails#1 Hampton · 7.0 mi / sq mi
#154
Most walkable#1 Mount Rainier · 228 / sq mi
#241 Climate
Snowiest#1 Frostburg · 72 in
#60
Least snow#1 Bethesda · 5.8 in
#154
Mildest winters#1 Ocean City · 29.8°
#37
Hottest summers#1 Brooklyn Park · 89.1°
#19
Coolest summers#1 Frostburg · 81.6°
#200
W
Longest growing season#1 Wildewood · 248 days
#3
Wettest#1 Rising Sun · 48 in
#32 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Ocean City · 83.1%
#58
Most new homes#1 Delmar · 19.9 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Snow Hill · +74.8%
#65
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Laurel · 21.9 per home
Safety
Safest#1 Frostburg · 3.3
The number on the right is Bowleys Quarters’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.