Census-designated place · Calvert County, Maryland

Prince Frederick, Maryland

Prince Frederick is a census-designated place in Calvert County, Maryland, part of the Lexington Park, MD metro area. It has 2,955 residents. Prince Frederick, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 61 out of 100 (high), ranking #6,124 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Maryland it ranks #185 of 334 cities and towns. It ranks best on hospital quality rating (high), reading scores (high) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on average commute time (high), job growth (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

61High

Quality-of-life score: #6,124 of 15,651 cities and towns
Maryland: #185 of 334 in MD
Population: 2,955 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 806.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2463950

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.

Safety79#3,228/15,637
Economy66#5,385/15,631
Housing28#10,762/14,977
Health66#5,260/15,609
Healthcare56#6,880/15,650
Environment96#653/15,453
Education73#4,181/15,649
Infrastructure14#13,394/15,650
Community49#7,910/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,132/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Maryland 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCalvert County value
Reading scores · high3.42
96/100Maryland 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalvert County value
Child care cost burden · low20.9%
92/100Maryland 26.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalvert County value
Natural hazard risk · low7.1
89/100Maryland 4.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyCalvert County value
Math scores · high3.37
88/100Maryland 2.96United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalvert County value
Voter turnout · high75.6%
88/100Maryland 68.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCalvert County value

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high39.5 min
4/100Maryland 31.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · low-2.3%
11/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCalvert County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
11/100Maryland 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalvert County value
Broadband subscriptions · low84.6%
18/100Maryland 92.4%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Distance to an emergency room · high8.9 mi
21/100Maryland 4.6 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCalvert County value
Home price to income ratio · high5.0×
23/100Maryland 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.

Median household incomeImproving
$48,464 (2015-2019) → $80,391 (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.6% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.9% (2015-2019) → 2.2% (2020-2024)
−6.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
High school diploma or higherImproving
86.6% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
+5.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
59.8% (2015-2019) → 54.4% (2020-2024)
−5.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioImproving
6.4× (2015-2019) → 5.0× (2020-2024)
−21%5 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.

Over about five years, Prince Frederick, 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 Prince Frederick, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	40.5 min2015-2019	39.5 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	60%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Broadband subscriptions	76.6%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	0.93%2015-2019	1.00%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	86.6%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+5.5 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	6.4×2015-2019	5.0×2020-2024	−1.4×	Within the margin of error	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4592015-2019	0.4212020-2024	−0.038	Within the margin of error	79%
Median household income	$48,4642015-2019	$80,3912020-2024	+66%	Within the margin of error	93%
Poverty rate	8.1%2015-2019	11.0%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Rent as share of income	36.4%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent-burdened households	59.8%2015-2019	54.4%2020-2024	−5.4 points	Within the margin of error	73%

“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 Prince Frederick, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Prince Frederick, 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, Prince Frederick, Maryland itself moved +8.4 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

2,955 residents (±423)

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: 60–69 women (−3.6 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

2,955 residents (±423)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

White51%1,503
Black24%†695
Hispanic or Latino14%†408

Education

2,124 residents (±265)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma8.0%†169
High school or GED32%677
Some college21%†443

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

1,267 households (±186)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k21%†265
$25k–50k14%†172
$50k–75k15%†194
$75k–100k9.1%†115
$100k–150k18%†228
$150k–200k15%†191
$200k or more8.1%†102

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.9 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

1,267 households (±186)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

Own48%605
Rent52%662

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

642 households (±157)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $75021%†134
$750–1,00013%†84
$1,000–1,50021%†136

Home values

605 homes (±113)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k14%†86
$250k–400k34%†208

Age of homes

1,314 homes (±184)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later41%537
2000–200921%†277
1980–199926%†345

Size of homes

1,314 homes (±184)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom27%†352
2 bedrooms27%†356

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

1,450 workers (±276)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone68%987
Carpool13%†187
Public transit2.3%†34
Walk3.4%†49
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†193
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.4 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

1,257 workers (±253)

Prince Frederick, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min19%†235
15–29 min21%†261
30–44 min13%†168

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 Calvert County, the county holding most of Prince Frederick's residents.

Calvert County has 1,725 employer establishments, 182 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Maryland's), with 19,204 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,166. The Census Bureau also counts 7,611 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,725; 7,611 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 182; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 19,204
Average annual pay: $52,166; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	219	23.1	1.49×More than typical	1,574	$69,281	597
Ambulatory health care services	147	15.5	0.74×Fewer than typical	1,551	$65,720	331
Restaurants and other eating places	132	13.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	3,057	$21,991	25
Building equipment contractors	112	11.8	1.96×More than typical	869	$70,282	159
Lessors of real estate	81	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	196	$49,107	786
Construction of buildings	74	7.8	1.03×About typical	493	$82,473	202
Limited-service restaurants	68	7.2	0.89×About typical	1,462	$19,664	6
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	55	5.8	1.76×More than typical	438	$74,568	85
Services to buildings and dwellings	54	5.7	0.85×About typical	428	$40,874	413
Full-service restaurants	53	5.6	0.73×Fewer than typical	1,439	$24,265	16
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	50	5.3	2.13×More than typical	384	$64,151	66
Personal care services	49	5.2	1.08×About typical	284	$33,148	245

Rank places for an industry Open Calvert County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 94,753 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 $622.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Prince Frederick, Maryland: $211 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $622.6K; +10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $211; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.4%; 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 Navy$539.4K87%
Department of Education$80.5K13%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$4,2970.7%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1MFY2017
298KFY2018
124.9KFY2019
-32.4KFY2020
7.2KFY2021
10.6KFY2022
265.5KFY2023
619.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$539.6K87%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$83.2K13%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$2,1580.3%

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 Prince Frederick, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Prince Frederick, Maryland's figures are part of those of Calvert County, MD ($46.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.3% of that total.

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

See federal money in Calvert 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.

Prince Frederick, 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.

Calvert County91100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Lexington Park, MD79

Other cities and towns in Calvert 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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