Census-designated place · Washington County, Maryland

Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland

Paramount-Long Meadow is a census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, part of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area. It has 2,569 residents. Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 64 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,652 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Maryland it ranks #171 of 334 cities and towns. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), broadband subscriptions (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), injury deaths (high) and drought exposure (high).

64High

Quality-of-life score: #5,652 of 15,651 cities and towns
Maryland: #171 of 334 in MD
Population: 2,569 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,177.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2459787

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.

Safety39#9,594/15,637
Economy92#1,243/15,631
Housing68#4,777/14,977
Health39#9,468/15,609
Healthcare48#8,168/15,650
Environment76#3,647/15,453
Education56#6,876/15,649
Infrastructure65#5,520/15,650
Community39#9,500/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,559/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Washington 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

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
100/100Maryland 7.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Broadband subscriptions · high100.0%
99/100Maryland 92.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Job growth · high4.7%
97/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWashington County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.332
94/100Maryland 0.456United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Poverty rate · low2.9%
93/100Maryland 9.2%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Child poverty rate · low0.0%
90/100Maryland 11.2%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high250 min
3/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWashington County value
Injury deaths · high140 /100k
6/100Maryland 95 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashington County value
Drought exposure · high91%
6/100Maryland 64%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAWashington County value
Average commute time · high29.1 min
8/100Maryland 31.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Maryland 7.1United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWashington County value
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100Maryland 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWashington County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,062 (2015-2019) → 2,569 (2020-2024)
−16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
29.0% (2015-2019) → 15.0% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.9% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$84,417 (2015-2019) → $122,262 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
91.6% (2015-2019) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.6% (2015-2019) → 2.6% (2020-2024)
−4 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, Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland improved on 2 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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.

Improved2

Household income+45%$84,417 → $122,262
Broadband+8.4 points91.6% → 100.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.4 min2015-2019	29.1 min2020-2024	+4.6 min	Within the margin of error	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%2015-2019	40.0%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	91.6%2015-2019	100.0%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Improved	52%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.84%2015-2019	0.85%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
High school diploma or higher	93.3%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	10%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	86%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3702015-2019	0.3322020-2024	−0.038	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$84,4172015-2019	$122,2622020-2024	+45%	Improved	80%

“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 Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Paramount-Long Meadow, 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, Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland itself moved −2.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

2,569 residents (±591)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

920 households (±173)

Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k5.5%†51
$25k–50k7.2%†66
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

920 households (±173)

Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland
Maryland share

Own81%747
Rent19%†173

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,335 workers (±338)

Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone71%†951
Carpool12%†157
Public transit

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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, 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 Washington County, the county holding most of Paramount-Long Meadow's residents.

Washington County has 3,417 employer establishments, 220 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Maryland's), with 61,729 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,242. The Census Bureau also counts 11,673 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,417; 11,673 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 220; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 61,729
Average annual pay: $49,242; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	270	17.4	0.83×About typical	3,878	$76,140	545
Restaurants and other eating places	261	16.8	0.91×About typical	5,046	$21,215	65
Specialty trade contractors	230	14.8	0.96×About typical	2,318	$64,588	918
Religious organizations	137	8.8	1.59×More than typical	649	$23,723	—
Limited-service restaurants	128	8.2	1.03×About typical	2,509	$18,777	23
Lessors of real estate	112	7.2	0.58×Fewer than typical	424	$44,182	1,039
Full-service restaurants	103	6.6	0.86×About typical	2,128	$24,250	36
Services to buildings and dwellings	100	6.4	0.95×About typical	736	$33,287	710
Truck transportation	98	6.3	1.25×About typical	2,207	$62,889	321
Building equipment contractors	94	6	1.00×About typical	1,036	$62,954	214
Offices of physicians	92	5.9	0.91×About typical	1,427	$99,925	77
Automotive repair and maintenance	90	5.8	1.15×About typical	437	$49,400	154

Rank places for an industry Open Washington County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 155,437 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 $366.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland: $143 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $366.6K; −12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $143; US $1,995
Sole-source: 92%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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 Air Force$339.9K93%
National Park Service$28.7K7.8%
Department of the Navy$4,3351.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$4490.1%
Defense Information Systems Agency$1440.0%

Top recipients

SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$339.9K93%
MAYES SEPTIC & PORT A POTS, LLC$28.7K7.8%
MSOM, INC$4,3351.2%
TRANSTECK INC$4490.1%
VERIZON MARYLAND LLC$1440.0%
DS TECHNOLOGIES LLC

Spending by fiscal year

5MFY2017
4.8MFY2018
4.5MFY2019
214.2KFY2020
-24.1KFY2021
132.6KFY2022
581KFY2023
117.7KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$339.9K93%
Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$28.7K7.8%
Colleges, universities, and professional schools · 6113$4,3351.2%
Automotive repair and maintenance · 8111$4490.1%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$2470.1%

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 Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland's figures are part of those of Washington County, MD ($175.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Paramount-Long Meadow is mostly in Washington County.

See federal money in Washington 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.

Paramount-Long Meadow, 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

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Washington County55100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV49

Other cities and towns in Washington 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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