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SheetMD-DAMES-QUARTER-MD · Dames Quarter, MD 207 pop · income 49th 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 Dames Quarter
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Dames Quarter on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Kennedyville · lowest
35,527
Kennedyville · lowest
35,527 median HH income
15.9% of the leader · rank #1
Malden · near
69,327
Malden · near
69,327 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #2
Helena · near
69,341
Helena · near
69,341 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #3
Dames Quarter · this city
69,342
Dames Quarter · this city
69,342 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #4
Glencoe · near
69,348
Glencoe · near
69,348 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #5
Bowling Green · near
69,352
Bowling Green · near
69,352 median HH income
31.0% of the leader · rank #6
Barnesville · highest
223,750
Barnesville · highest
223,750 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 Dames Quarter 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: 207.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Dames Quarter lands in the 49th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
49th
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: Dames Quarter, MD
Dames Quarter is a small town in Maryland, home to 207 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $69,342 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 41.5 years. Educational attainment runs 11.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 66.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Maryland scores 105.0 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,657 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maryland's average monthly utility costs around $255 (state average). 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 Dames Quarter'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 comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Dames Quarter, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Dames Quarter?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 30.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Dames Quarter?
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.
Within Maryland, the closest population matches are Barnesville (207 residents, $223,750 income); Barclay (203 residents, $57,083 income); Kennedyville (203 residents, $35,527 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Indianola, IL (207 residents); Schneider, IN (207 residents); Defiance, IA (207 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.
Below median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
105.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maryland average
D
City profile score · Dames Quarter, MD
47/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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 D
$69,342
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Dames Quarter profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 48/100 (D) · $69,342
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index
Bachelor's+ share: 10/100 (F) · 11.2%
How does Dames Quarter compare to other US cities?
Where Dames Quarter sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income49% 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 Dames Quarter 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 Dames Quarter near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Dames Quarter ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Dames Quarter only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#356 of 445
20th 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
#428 of 479
10th 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
49th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$69,342Dames Quarter, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Dames Quarter, 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 Dames Quarter, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
207
Median Income
$69,342
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
41.5
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
66.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
30.7%
Carpool
69.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 137 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 Dames Quarter. 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 Dames Quarter 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 Dames Quarter sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Dames Quarter 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.