Scores by category

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

Safety50#7,802/15,637
Economy61#6,036/15,631
Housing45#8,197/14,977
Health55#7,039/15,609
Healthcare36#10,043/15,650
Environment92#1,200/15,453
Education71#4,590/15,649
Infrastructure66#5,299/15,650
Community25#11,697/15,651
Leisure & amenities15#13,340/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lexington Park, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “St. Mary's 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

Child care cost burden · low19.5%
96/100Maryland 26.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Mary's County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,684
93/100Maryland $1,568United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSt. Mary's County value
Natural hazard risk · low8.3
86/100Maryland 4.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencySt. Mary's County value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Maryland 5.3United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSt. Mary's County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.0
80/100Maryland 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSt. Mary's County value
Depression · low20.5%
80/100Maryland 19.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high256 min
2/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSt. Mary's County value
Job growth · low-3.0%
7/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataSt. Mary's County value
Primary care physicians · low34 /100k
15/100Maryland 86 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Mary's County value
Social associations · low6.5 /10k
16/100Maryland 8.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSt. Mary's County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low2.6 /10k
20/100Maryland 5.0 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSt. Mary's County value
Adult obesity · high40.3%
21/100Maryland 36.8%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationRising
11,082 (2015-2019) → 13,252 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
25.0% (2015-2019) → 39.1% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
28.6% (2015-2019) → 17.8% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
84.5% (2015-2019) → 93.1% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
87.0% (2015-2019) → 93.6% (2020-2024)
+6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeImproving
28.7 min (2015-2019) → 19.8 min (2020-2024)
−31%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Lexington Park, Maryland improved on 6 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 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.

Improved6

Commute−8.9 min28.7 min → 19.8 min
Bachelor's++14 points25.0% → 39.1%
Property tax−0.4 points1.09% → 0.68%
Child poverty−11 points28.6% → 17.8%
Broadband+8.6 points84.5% → 93.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Lexington Park, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.7 min2015-2019	19.8 min2020-2024	−8.9 min	Improved	98%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%2015-2019	39.1%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	84.5%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Improved	53%
Child poverty rate	28.6%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	1.09%2015-2019	0.68%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	86%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	45%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.4212020-2024	+0.023	Within the margin of error	32%
Median household income	$74,5982015-2019	$94,7992020-2024	+27%	Improved	49%
Poverty rate	13.9%2015-2019	13.8%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	47.1%2015-2019	51.8%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Unemployment rate	2.2%2015-2019	4.0%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2015-2019	3.9%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	77%

“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 Lexington Park, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lexington Park, 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, Lexington Park, Maryland itself moved +7.2 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

13,252 residents (±1,083)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−4.7 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

13,252 residents (±1,083)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

White49%6,451
Black36%4,765
Hispanic or Latino2.7%†358

Education

8,947 residents (±698)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma6.4%†577
High school or GED26%2,365
Some college19%1,727

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

5,949 households (±490)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k17%†988
$25k–50k17%†1,008
$50k–75k8.8%†523
$75k–100k9.4%†557
$100k–150k25%1,474
$150k–200k13%†795
$200k or more10%604

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−12.5 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 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

5,949 households (±490)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

Own48%2,836
Rent52%3,113

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.9 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

3,052 households (±541)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $75014%†432
$750–1,0001.1%†35
$1,000–1,50013%†

Home values

2,836 homes (±313)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k13%†366
$150k–250k22%†630
$250k–400k42%1,200

Age of homes

6,505 homes (±499)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later22%1,399
2000–200925%1,631
1980–199926%1,704

Size of homes

6,505 homes (±499)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio2.8%†179
1 bedroom13%†865
2 bedrooms23%1,499

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

7,539 workers (±717)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone74%5,583
Carpool6.3%†474
Public transit0.7%†53
Walk3.1%†234
Bike0.4%†32
Work from home15%1,111
Other0.7%†52

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+14.5 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

6,428 workers (±676)

Lexington Park, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min40%2,547
15–29 min44%2,831
30–44 min9.7%†623

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 Lexington Park, MD

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 St. Mary's County, the county holding most of Lexington Park's residents.

St. Mary's County has 2,090 employer establishments, 181 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Maryland's), with 32,683 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,830. The Census Bureau also counts 8,431 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,090; 8,431 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 181; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 32,683
Average annual pay: $67,830; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of St. Mary's County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	171	14.8	0.81×About typical	3,481	$22,118	38
Specialty trade contractors	171	14.8	0.96×About typical	1,433	$69,003	673
Ambulatory health care services	135	11.7	0.56×Fewer than typical	1,569	$83,487	285
Computer systems design and related services	99	8.6	1.98×More than typical	3,100	$105,186	73
Lessors of real estate	97	8.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	237	$61,084	797
Architectural, engineering and related services	94	8.2	2.34×More than typical	5,481	$109,404	77
Limited-service restaurants	89	7.7	0.96×About typical	1,800	$20,246	14
Construction of buildings	86	7.5	0.99×About typical	390	$73,513	238
Building equipment contractors	82	7.1	1.18×About typical	884	$72,010	153
Services to buildings and dwellings	71	6.2	0.91×About typical	513	$38,310	510
Full-service restaurants	62	5.4	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,433	$24,378	18
Management, scientific and technical consulting	61	5.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	937	$110,200	252

Rank places for an industry Open St. Mary's County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 115,242 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 $32.8M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lexington Park, Maryland: $2,479 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $32.8M; −49% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,479; US $1,995
Sole-source: 17%; US 30%
Single offer: 21%; 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 Navy$23.9M73%
Department of the Air Force$9.1M28%
U.S. Geological Survey$177.9K0.5%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$78.2K0.2%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$50.3K0.2%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$48K0.1%
Defense Information Systems Agency$5,8370.0%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2,2410.0%

Top recipients

KBR WYLE SERVICES, LLC$8.9M27%
AVIATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING COMPANY INC$6.4M19%
AVIAN, LLC$3.3M10.0%
THE MIL CORPORATION$3.2M9.8%
PRECISE SYSTEMS, INC.$1.8M5.5%

Spending by fiscal year

33.4MFY2017
38.5MFY2018
51.7MFY2019
51.8MFY2020
56.1MFY2021
76MFY2022
93.4MFY2023
71.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$15M46%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$10.3M31%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$3.9M12%
Other telecommunications · 5179$1.8M5.4%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1.5M4.6%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 Lexington Park, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Lexington Park, Maryland's figures are part of those of St. Mary's County, MD ($2.7B in FY2026), never added to them: 1.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lexington Park is mostly in St. Mary's County.

See federal money in St. Mary's 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.

Lexington Park, Maryland is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Steny H. HoyerD-MD-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 2.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

St. Mary's County76100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lexington Park, MD79

Other cities and towns in St. Mary's 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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