Census-designated place · Frederick County, Maryland

Green Valley, Maryland

Green Valley is a census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 13,602 residents. Green Valley, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,080 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Maryland it ranks #85 of 334 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), median household income (high) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), drought exposure (high) and job growth (low).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,080 of 15,651 cities and towns
Maryland: #85 of 334 in MD
Population: 13,602 (2020-2024)
Land area: 17 mi²
Density: 795.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2435412

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.

Safety72#4,404/15,637
Economy96#606/15,631
Housing42#8,623/14,977
Health95#809/15,609
Healthcare59#6,495/15,650
Environment76#3,724/15,453
Education84#2,530/15,649
Infrastructure73#4,151/15,650
Community84#2,543/15,651
Leisure & amenities35#10,200/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Green Valley, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Frederick 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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.320
99/100Maryland 0.456United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Median household income · high$171,707
97/100Maryland $102,835United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Natural hazard risk · low3.4
95/100Maryland 4.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyFrederick County value
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.9%
95/100Maryland 8.2%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · low2.8%
94/100Maryland 9.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Child poverty rate · low2.9%
94/100Maryland 11.2%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high34.6 min
4/100Maryland 31.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Drought exposure · high94%
4/100Maryland 64%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAFrederick County value
Job growth · low-3.3%
6/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFrederick County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high230 min
8/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFrederick County value
Restaurants and bars · low6.3 /10k
24/100Maryland 7.2 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFrederick County value
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
27/100Maryland 4.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301

Trends

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

PopulationRising
12,391 (2016-2020) → 13,602 (2020-2024)
+9.8%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
34.4% (2016-2020) → 53.7% (2020-2024)
+19 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
22.3% (2016-2020) → 30.3% (2020-2024)
+8 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$145,158 (2016-2020) → $171,707 (2020-2024)
+18%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 2.9% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.1× (2016-2020) → 3.5× (2020-2024)
+13%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

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.

There is not enough history to compare Green Valley, Maryland over five years.

Cities and towns like Green Valley, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Green Valley, 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.

No place that looked like Green Valley, Maryland five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

13,602 residents (±1,421)

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

† 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

13,602 residents (±1,421)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

White80%10,816
Black5.6%†757
Hispanic or Latino5.7%†781

Education

9,537 residents (±1,060)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma2.1%†201
High school or GED21%1,974
Some college20%1,926

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

4,246 households (±360)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k3.0%†129
$25k–50k2.4%†104
$50k–75k7.5%†318
$75k–100k9.5%†403
$100k–150k14%594
$150k–200k22%951
$200k or more41%1,747

† 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

4,246 households (±360)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

Own98%4,170
Rent1.8%†76

† 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

54 households (±43)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

4,170 homes (±361)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k3.5%†144
$150k–250k0.7%†29
$250k–400k6.5%†272

Age of homes

4,309 homes (±353)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later8.5%†365
2000–200915%649
1980–199936%1,530

Size of homes

4,309 homes (±353)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio0.8%†36
1 bedroom0.3%†13
2 bedrooms0.4%†17

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

6,975 workers (±803)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone69%4,800
Carpool6.5%†456
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.6%†109
Bike0.0%0
Work from home22%1,569
Other0.6%†41

† 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

5,406 workers (±731)

Green Valley, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min11%†621
15–29 min36%1,943
30–44 min19%1,005

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 Frederick County, the county holding most of Green Valley's residents.

Frederick County has 6,591 employer establishments, 224 for every 10,000 residents (0.90× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Maryland's), with 95,077 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,829. The Census Bureau also counts 27,075 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,591; 27,075 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 224; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 95,077
Average annual pay: $59,829; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	601	20.5	1.32×More than typical	6,709	$71,159	1,856
Ambulatory health care services	551	18.8	0.90×About typical	6,899	$62,610	1,369
Restaurants and other eating places	459	15.6	0.85×About typical	9,267	$23,022	134
Construction of buildings	265	9	1.19×About typical	1,778	$76,480	663
Lessors of real estate	250	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	742	$62,710	2,557
Services to buildings and dwellings	232	7.9	1.17×About typical	1,992	$42,237	1,320
Computer systems design and related services	230	7.8	1.81×More than typical	2,866	$104,362	481
Limited-service restaurants	216	7.4	0.92×About typical	4,264	$19,844	54
Building equipment contractors	214	7.3	1.21×About typical	2,720	$71,730	401
Full-service restaurants	192	6.5	0.85×About typical	4,175	$26,942	56
Management, scientific and technical consulting	175	6	0.89×About typical	1,237	$97,505	1,333
Offices of other health practitioners	166	5.7	0.93×About typical	1,157	$51,006	707

Rank places for an industry Open Frederick County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 293,742 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 $3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Green Valley, Maryland: $222 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $3M; +56% vs FY2025
Per resident: $222; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.8%; 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

Federal Acquisition Service$3.4M100%
Public Buildings Service$173.9K5.8%
National Institute of Standards and Technology$9,3270.3%
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$6,4850.2%
Drug Enforcement Administration$3,1630.1%
National Gallery of Art$2,8940.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$2,8110.1%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2,0220.1%

Top recipients

COLONIAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY$3.4M100%
RITZ CONSTRUCTION INC$173.9K5.8%
M & M WELDING & FABRICATORS INC$9,3270.3%
MUELLER, RICHARD T$6,4850.2%
DILTEX, INC.$4,1360.1%
MATRIX SOLUTIONS INC

Spending by fiscal year

2.8MFY2017
2.3MFY2018
4.9MFY2019
3.2MFY2020
588.3KFY2021
2.1MFY2022
2.4MFY2023
1.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing · 3362$3.4M100%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$173.9K5.8%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$9,3270.3%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$6,4850.2%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341$4,1360.1%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Green Valley, Maryland

NHLBI GENERAL HANDYMAN SERVICES$449.9K
DAVID C. SMITH & SON, INC.· Frederick County, MD· Professional services· Nov 3, 2022 – Sep 10, 2026· 75N92023F00001
36 ADULT, 100-102 INCH WIDE, MEDIUM-DUTY, SHUTTLE BUS$324.8K
COLONIAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY· Frederick County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026· 47QMCA26F1052
36 ADULT, 94-99 INCH WIDE, MEDIUM-DUTY, SHUTTLE BUS, BASIC$308.3K
COLONIAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY· Frederick County, MD· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026· 47QMCA26F1NQW
47PC5426F0491 - 16TH FLOOR PANTRY RENOVATION CARPET & PAINT - VBA GEORGE H FALLON FEDERAL BUILDING COR: [name removed]

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Green Valley, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Green Valley, Maryland's figures are part of those of Frederick County, MD ($1B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Frederick 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.

Green Valley, Maryland is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

April McClain DelaneyD-MD-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 2.7%

Senate

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County

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

Frederick County88100% 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 Frederick 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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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Green Valley, Maryland five years ago that improved