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SheetMD-LANSDOWNE-MD · Lansdowne, MD 8,879 pop · income 53rd 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 Lansdowne
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lansdowne on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Beaver Falls · lowest
48,462
Beaver Falls · lowest
48,462 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #1
Terminous · near
72,838
Terminous · near
72,838 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #2
Pennville · near
72,842
Pennville · near
72,842 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #3
Macedon · near
72,843
Macedon · near
72,843 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #4
Lansdowne · this city
72,845
Lansdowne · this city
72,845 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #5
Petal · near
72,845
Petal · near
72,845 median HH income
53.5% of the leader · rank #6
Cape St. Clai… · highest
136,064
Cape St. Clai… · highest
136,064 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 Lansdowne 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: 8,879.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Lansdowne places in the 53rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
53rd
percentile, household income
43rd
percentile, home value
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: Lansdowne, MD
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 8,879 residents in Lansdowne, a small town within Maryland. Households in Lansdowne report a median income of $72,845 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 19.9%. Typical homes in Lansdowne are valued around $201,500, and the median resident age is 37.4 years. 12.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 61.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Maryland carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 105.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,657 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Maryland's average monthly utility costs around $255 (state average). 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 Lansdowne'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 housing and income to 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 Lansdowne, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Lansdowne?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 19.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Lansdowne?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.6%. 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 Lansdowne?
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 Edgemere (8,778 residents, $109,734 income); North Kensington (8,980 residents, $126,782 income); Cape St. Claire (9,016 residents, $136,064 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Village St. George, LA (8,880 residents); Bainbridge, OH (8,882 residents); Beaver Falls, PA (8,885 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.
Above median income · poverty 19.9% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
105.0 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Maryland average
F
City profile score · Lansdowne, MD
27/100
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.
Household income C-
$72,845
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.
Poverty rate F
19.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
12.5%
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).
Lansdowne profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,845
Cost of living: 21/100 (F) · 105.0 index
Poverty rate: 14/100 (F) · 19.9%
Bachelor's+ share: 13/100 (F) · 12.5%
How does Lansdowne compare to other US cities?
Here's how Lansdowne stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income53% higher than other cities
Home value43% pricier 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 Lansdowne 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 Lansdowne near the bottom of Maryland's cities
Among the 479 Maryland cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lansdowne ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lansdowne only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#341 of 445
23rd percentile in Maryland
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 479
0th percentile in Maryland
Median Home Value
#393 of 450
13th percentile in Maryland
Poverty Rate
#31 of 479
94th percentile in Maryland
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#420 of 479
12th 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
53rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lansdowne's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$201,500Among the most affordablemore affordable than 57% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Lansdowne's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,391 of 15,516
More affordable than 65% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,696 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, Lansdowne sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,391 of 15,516 and #4,696 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$72,845Lansdowne, MD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lansdowne, 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 Lansdowne, MD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)12.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)19.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,879
Median Income
$72,845
Median Home Value
$201,500
Median Age
37.4
Poverty Rate
19.9%
Labor force participation
61.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
12.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.6%
Carpool
15.5%
Public Transit
2.2%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
9.2%
Other
4.1%
Based on 4,109 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 Lansdowne. 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 Lansdowne 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 Lansdowne sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lansdowne 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.