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SheetMD-ANDREWS-AFB-MD · Andrews AFB, MD 3,075 pop · income 72nd 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 Andrews AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Andrews AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Blountstown · lowest
44,013
Blountstown · lowest
44,013 median HH income
18.8% of the leader · rank #1
Parkside · near
91,902
Parkside · near
91,902 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #2
Pelham · near
91,904
Pelham · near
91,904 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #3
Andrews AFB · this city
91,905
Andrews AFB · this city
91,905 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #4
Chatfield · near
91,912
Chatfield · near
91,912 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #5
Cazenovia · near
91,923
Cazenovia · near
91,923 median HH income
39.2% of the leader · rank #6
Monrovia · highest
234,712
Monrovia · highest
234,712 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 Andrews AFB 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: 3,075.
Andrews AFB ranks in the 72nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
72nd
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: Andrews AFB, MD
Andrews AFB is a small town in Maryland, home to 3,075 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Andrews AFB households earn a median of $91,905 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 2.4%. The median resident age is 24.0 years. Educational attainment runs 37.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 34.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
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). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,657 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Maryland run around $255, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 60.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Andrews AFB'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 work and mobility to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Andrews AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Andrews AFB?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
What does the education layer cover for Andrews AFB?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 37.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for Andrews AFB?
Within Maryland, the closest population matches are Smithsburg (3,069 residents, $86,065 income); Maugansville (3,057 residents, $75,840 income); Konterra (3,212 residents, $144,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Val Verde, CA (3,074 residents); Momence, IL (3,076 residents); Cordaville, MA (3,076 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.
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-
2.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$91,905
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B
37.3%
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).
Andrews AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 83/100 (A-) · 2.4%
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $91,905
Bachelor's+ share: 71/100 (B) · 37.3%
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index
How does Andrews AFB compare to other US cities?
Here's how Andrews AFB stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% 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 Andrews AFB 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 Andrews AFB near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Andrews AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Andrews AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#260 of 445
42nd percentile in Maryland
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Poverty Rate
#298 of 479
37th percentile in Maryland
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#213 of 479
56th 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
72nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$91,905Andrews AFB, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Andrews AFB, 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 Andrews AFB, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)37.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)34.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,075
Median Income
$91,905
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
24.0
Poverty Rate
2.4%
Labor force participation
34.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
37.3%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
73.1%
Carpool
10.7%
Public Transit
2.3%
Walk
2.3%
Work from Home
9.1%
Other
2.5%
Based on 1,357 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 Andrews AFB. 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 Andrews AFB 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 Andrews AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Andrews AFB 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, NCES CCD, 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.