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SheetMD-GRAHAMTOWN-MD · Grahamtown, MD 385 pop · income 95th 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 Grahamtown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Grahamtown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Gypsum · lowest
37,083
Gypsum · lowest
37,083 median HH income
23.8% of the leader · rank #1
Waldwick · near
155,526
Waldwick · near
155,526 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Dardenne Prai… · near
155,585
Dardenne Prai… · near
155,585 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #3
Stewartsville · near
155,588
Stewartsville · near
155,588 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
Grahamtown · this city
155,598
Grahamtown · this city
155,598 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Plainedge · near
155,670
Plainedge · near
155,670 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
Melville · highest
155,675
Melville · highest
155,675 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 Grahamtown 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: 385.
Grahamtown ranks in the 95th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
95th
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: Grahamtown, MD
385 people live in Grahamtown, Maryland - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Grahamtown report a median income of $155,598 per 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 26.6 years. 42.8% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 80.8% 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,657 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maryland's average monthly utility costs around $255 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 60.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Grahamtown'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 Grahamtown, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Grahamtown?
Within Maryland, the closest population matches are Tolchester (381 residents, $114,750 income); Mount Lena (380 residents, $43,523 income); Friendsville (379 residents, $44,514 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Gypsum, KS (385 residents); Sadieville, KY (385 residents); Clayton, LA (385 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 Grahamtown?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 89.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
105.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maryland average
B+
City profile score · Grahamtown, MD
76/100
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 A+
$155,598
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
42.8%
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).
Grahamtown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 98/100 (A+) · $155,598
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 42.8%
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index
How does Grahamtown compare to other US cities?
Grahamtown measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income95% 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 Grahamtown 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 Grahamtown near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Grahamtown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Grahamtown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#66 of 445
85th 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
#159 of 479
67th 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
95th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$155,598Grahamtown, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Grahamtown, 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 Grahamtown, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)42.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)80.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
385
Median Income
$155,598
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
26.6
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
80.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
42.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
89.3%
Carpool
10.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 168 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 Grahamtown. 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 Grahamtown 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 Grahamtown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Grahamtown 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.