Census-designated place · Montgomery County, Maryland

Brookmont, Maryland

Brookmont is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 3,671 residents. Brookmont, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 97 out of 100 (very high), ranking #424 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Maryland it ranks #17 of 334 cities and towns. It ranks best on bachelor's degree or higher (high), lack of reliable transportation (low) and adult smoking (low). It ranks worst on job growth (low), time spent in the emergency room (high) and public libraries (low).

97Very high

Quality-of-life score: #424 of 15,651 cities and towns
Maryland: #17 of 334 in MD
Population: 3,671 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,799.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2410500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety74#4,082/15,637
Economy96#639/15,631
Housing27#10,985/14,977
Health99#97/15,609
Healthcare95#829/15,650
Environment92#1,252/15,453
Education96#560/15,649
Infrastructure94#937/15,650
Community94#883/15,651
Leisure & amenities56#6,928/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Brookmont, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Montgomery County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Bachelor's degree or higher · high88.2%
100/100Maryland 43.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Lack of reliable transportation · low3.5%
100/100Maryland 8.2%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low4.7%
100/100Maryland 12.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low11.4%
100/100Maryland 22.9%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low11.8%
100/100Maryland 17.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · low5.2%
100/100Maryland 15.8%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-4.2%
3/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high245 min
4/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMontgomery County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Maryland 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMontgomery County value
Drought exposure · high80%
12/100Maryland 64%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMontgomery County value
Average commute time · high25.1 min
14/100Maryland 31.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Home price to income ratio · high5.5×
16/100Maryland 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
3,921 (2015-2019) → 3,671 (2020-2024)
−6.4%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
57.5% (2015-2019) → 63.0% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.4× (2015-2019) → 5.5× (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
31.4% (2015-2019) → 35.5% (2020-2024)
+4.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeImproving
30.9 min (2015-2019) → 25.1 min (2020-2024)
−19%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Unemployment rateImproving
6.6% (2015-2019) → 3.0% (2020-2024)
−3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Brookmont, Maryland improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Brookmont, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.9 min2015-2019	25.1 min2020-2024	−5.7 min	Within the margin of error	92%
Bachelor's degree or higher	90.7%2015-2019	88.2%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Broadband subscriptions	95.4%2015-2019	97.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.98%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	43%
High school diploma or higher	97.4%2015-2019	97.9%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Home price to income ratio	4.4×2015-2019	5.5×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4332020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$239,9432015-2019	$247,1502020-2024	+3%	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	31.4%2015-2019	35.5%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Rent-burdened households	57.5%2015-2019	63.0%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Brookmont, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brookmont, Maryland in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Brookmont, Maryland itself moved +1.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,671 residents (±563)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,671 residents (±563)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

White83%3,044
Black4.5%†166
Hispanic or Latino2.3%†86

Education

2,388 residents (±316)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma2.1%†50
High school or GED2.9%†70
Some college3.4%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,252 households (±151)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k1.9%†24
$25k–50k3.0%†37
$50k–75k4.4%†55
$75k–100k2.7%†34
$100k–150k5.9%†74
$150k–200k13%†162
$200k or more69%866

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,252 households (±151)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

Own80%998
Rent20%†254

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

254 households (±101)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

998 homes (±157)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k3.1%†31
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

1,311 homes (±164)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later10%†136
2000–20097.4%†97
1980–199914%†180

Size of homes

1,311 homes (±164)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.4%†84
2 bedrooms8.1%†106

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,946 workers (±304)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone52%1,012
Carpool5.4%†105
Public transit2.6%†50
Walk2.3%†45
Bike0.8%†15
Work from home37%719
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+32.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,227 workers (±258)

Brookmont, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min15%†185
15–29 min43%530
30–44 min32%†396

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Montgomery County, the county holding most of Brookmont's residents.

Montgomery County has 27,677 employer establishments, 260 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.13× Maryland's), with 439,792 paid employees at an average annual pay of $81,041. The Census Bureau also counts 133,803 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 27,677; 133,803 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 260; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 439,792
Average annual pay: $81,041; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Montgomery County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,958	27.8	1.33×More than typical	35,084	$76,590	8,673
Restaurants and other eating places	1,719	16.2	0.88×About typical	30,857	$27,757	657
Computer systems design and related services	1,573	14.8	3.41×More than typical	26,526	$109,014	2,333
Lessors of real estate	1,524	14.3	1.16×About typical	9,366	$114,370	11,797
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,455	13.7	2.04×More than typical	15,375	$105,812	8,704
Specialty trade contractors	1,233	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	15,437	$77,053	6,744
Offices of physicians	1,039	9.8	1.51×More than typical	12,059	$97,603	1,576
Construction of buildings	991	9.3	1.23×About typical	8,849	$102,313	4,088
Limited-service restaurants	844	7.9	0.99×About typical	13,894	$24,617	238
Services to buildings and dwellings	803	7.5	1.12×About typical	18,441	$37,236	6,480
Legal services	753	7.1	1.32×More than typical	4,826	$103,381	1,940
Offices of dentists	746	7	1.74×More than typical	4,808	$66,764	428

Rank places for an industry Open Montgomery County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,064,369 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $6.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Brookmont, Maryland: $1,688 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6.2M; −22% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,688; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 48%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$2M32%
Office of Procurement Operations$1.9M31%
Social Security Administration$683.6K11%
Department of the Air Force$440.7K7.1%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$358.3K5.8%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$331.1K5.3%
Defense Health Agency$248.1K4.0%
Federal Acquisition Service$127.3K2.1%

Top recipients

SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING CORP$2.5M40%
TRIPLE CANOPY INC$1.7M28%
JUNG RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP$440.7K7.1%
MALBAIE SOLUTIONS INC.$429.3K6.9%
JOS GROUP LLC$331.1K5.3%

Spending by fiscal year

5.6MFY2017
11.3MFY2018
8.8MFY2019
7.6MFY2020
8.4MFY2021
9.1MFY2022
7.7MFY2023
9.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$3.1M50%
Investigation and security services · 5616$1.9M31%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$498.4K8.0%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$350.7K5.7%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$176.5K2.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Brookmont, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Brookmont, Maryland's figures are part of those of Montgomery County, MD ($10.7B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Brookmont is mostly in Montgomery County.

See federal money in Montgomery County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Brookmont, Maryland is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Montgomery County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV86

Other cities and towns in Montgomery County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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