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Place dossier plate
SheetMD-ABERDEEN-PROVING-GROUND-MD · Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 2,343 pop · income 88th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Aberdeen Proving Ground
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Aberdeen Proving Ground on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fort Hall · lowest
40,757
Fort Hall · lowest
40,757 median HH income
20.5% of the leader · rank #1
Carolina · near
123,063
Carolina · near
123,063 median HH income
61.8% of the leader · rank #2
Lake Kiowa · near
123,098
Lake Kiowa · near
123,098 median HH income
61.9% of the leader · rank #3
Aberdeen Prov… · this city
123,125
Aberdeen Prov… · this city
123,125 median HH income
61.9% of the leader · rank #4
Between · near
123,125
Between · near
123,125 median HH income
61.9% of the leader · rank #5
Suttons Bay · near
123,125
Suttons Bay · near
123,125 median HH income
61.9% of the leader · rank #6
Adamstown · highest
198,993
Adamstown · highest
198,993 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Aberdeen Proving Ground on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,343.
Nationally, Aberdeen Proving Ground sits in the 88th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
88th
percentile, household income
84th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,343 residents in Aberdeen Proving Ground, a small town within Maryland. The typical household in Aberdeen Proving Ground brings in $123,125 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 32.2 years. 51.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Maryland at 105.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,657 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Maryland run around $255, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 60.2 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Aberdeen Proving Ground's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Aberdeen Proving Ground, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Aberdeen Proving Ground?
Within Maryland, the closest population matches are Point of Rocks (2,333 residents, $136,827 income); Perryman (2,366 residents, $43,000 income); Dunkirk (2,319 residents, $166,471 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fort Hall, ID (2,343 residents); King Arthur Park, MT (2,343 residents); Peterborough, NH (2,343 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Aberdeen Proving Ground?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income A
$123,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
51.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
105.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Aberdeen Proving Ground profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 87/100 (A) · $123,125
Bachelor's+ share: 85/100 (A) · 51.9%
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index
How does Aberdeen Proving Ground compare to other US cities?
Where Aberdeen Proving Ground sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income88% higher than other cities
Median rent84% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Aberdeen Proving Ground against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Maryland only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Maryland-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Aberdeen Proving Ground near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Aberdeen Proving Ground ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Aberdeen Proving Ground only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#138 of 445
69th percentile in Maryland
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Poverty Rate
#365 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#103 of 479
78th percentile in Maryland
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Maryland only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
88th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$123,125Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)51.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,343
Median Income
$123,125
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
32.2
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
59.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
51.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.2%
Carpool
4.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
7.4%
Work from Home
15.3%
Other
2.1%
Based on 1,396 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Maryland statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $255
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Maryland at $255 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Maryland statewide averages, not a meter reading for Aberdeen Proving Ground. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Maryland's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.0 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Aberdeen Proving Ground is $1,657/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Maryland statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 60.2 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Maryland statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Aberdeen Proving Ground sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Aberdeen Proving Ground compares to similar-size Maryland cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.