Scores by category

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

Safety27#11,420/15,637
Economy38#9,708/15,631
Housing64#5,431/14,977
Health58#6,511/15,609
Healthcare39#9,594/15,650
Environment66#5,167/15,453
Education20#12,573/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,573/15,650
Community41#9,305/15,651
Leisure & amenities21#12,375/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Natural hazard risk · low1.4
98/100Maryland 4.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyPrince George's County value
Depression · low15.5%
97/100Maryland 19.9%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · low6.1 /100k
97/100Maryland 10.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataPrince George's County value
Public transit commuters · high5.6%
94/100Maryland 4.2%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
92/100Maryland 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPrince George's County value
New business applications · high20.8 /1k
92/100Maryland 16.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauPrince George's County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high272 min
1/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPrince George's County value
Unemployment rate · high20.8%
1/100Maryland 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Adult obesity · high46.5%
3/100Maryland 36.8%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Math scores · low2.52
4/100Maryland 2.96United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince George's County value
Average commute time · high37.4 min
5/100Maryland 31.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Reading scores · low2.64
6/100Maryland 3.00United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePrince George's County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
4,739 (2015-2019) → 4,489 (2020-2024)
−5.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
58.7% (2015-2019) → 33.5% (2020-2024)
−25 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.2% (2015-2019) → 23.3% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
33.3% (2015-2019) → 20.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Public transit commutersWorsening
17.3% (2015-2019) → 5.6% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Child poverty rateImproving
30.6% (2015-2019) → 18.9% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Seat Pleasant, Maryland improved on 3 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 6 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.

Improved3

Bachelor's++14 points9.2% → 23.3%
Rent / income−12 points33.3% → 20.8%
Rent burden−25 points58.7% → 33.5%

Declined2

Uninsured+5.3 points4.6% → 9.9%
Transit use−12 points17.3% → 5.6%

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Seat Pleasant, Maryland between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.6 min2015-2019	37.4 min2020-2024	+1.8 min	Within the margin of error	29%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%2015-2019	23.3%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	79.5%2015-2019	81.2%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Effective property tax rate	1.41%2015-2019	1.02%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	84%
High school diploma or higher	87.4%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4302015-2019	0.4332020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	48%
Poverty rate	17.0%2015-2019	15.1%2020-2024	−2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Public transit commuters	17.3%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	−12 points	Declined	1%
Rent as share of income	33.3%2015-2019	20.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	96%
Rent-burdened households	58.7%2015-2019	33.5%2020-2024	−25 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.6%2015-2019	9.9%2020-2024	+5.3 points	Declined	10%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 10944 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 Seat Pleasant, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Seat Pleasant, 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, Seat Pleasant, Maryland itself moved +16.6 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

4,489 residents (±15)

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: 30–39 men (+9.4 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,489 residents (±15)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

White0.2%†10
Black77%3,463
Hispanic or Latino20%†917

Education

3,506 residents (±258)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma15%†519
High school or GED43%1,495
Some college16%†573

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

1,964 households (±323)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k20%†402
$25k–50k23%†460
$50k–75k11%†221
$75k–100k10%†198
$100k–150k21%†415
$150k–200k8.2%†161
$200k or more5.4%†107

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−12.6 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 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

1,964 households (±323)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

Own51%1,011
Rent49%†953

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−14.1 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

831 households (±390)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $75036%†300
$750–1,0001.4%†12
$1,000–1,50021%†173

Home values

1,011 homes (±212)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k7.0%†71
$150k–250k14%†143
$250k–400k57%†581

Age of homes

2,072 homes (±331)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later5.1%†106
2000–20092.6%†53
1980–199916%†325

Size of homes

2,072 homes (±331)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom5.3%†110
2 bedrooms23%†481

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

1,816 workers (±334)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone57%†1,028
Carpool13%†240
Public transit5.6%†101
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home23%†424
Other1.3%†23

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+22.4 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

1,392 workers (±342)

Seat Pleasant, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min5.9%†82
15–29 min22%†307
30–44 min43%†601

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 Prince George's County, the county holding most of Seat Pleasant's residents.

Prince George's County has 16,350 employer establishments, 171 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Maryland's), with 276,055 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,686. The Census Bureau also counts 106,257 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 16,350; 106,257 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 171; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 276,055
Average annual pay: $59,686; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	1,576	16.5	0.79×Fewer than typical	17,852	$65,015	7,109
Restaurants and other eating places	1,327	13.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	25,531	$23,601	666
Specialty trade contractors	1,197	12.5	0.81×About typical	25,533	$79,430	7,583
Limited-service restaurants	875	9.2	1.14×About typical	15,454	$21,543	263
Lessors of real estate	656	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	7,029	$70,582	5,488
Construction of buildings	610	6.4	0.84×About typical	4,759	$70,485	4,281
Religious organizations	522	5.5	0.99×About typical	3,450	$38,051	—
Computer systems design and related services	521	5.5	1.26×More than typical	8,498	$106,161	1,162
Management, scientific and technical consulting	486	5.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	9,490	$76,606	4,142
Services to buildings and dwellings	482	5	0.75×Fewer than typical	6,972	$39,008	5,696
Offices of physicians	460	4.8	0.74×Fewer than typical	4,434	$83,854	551
Building equipment contractors	421	4.4	0.73×Fewer than typical	14,753	$88,113	1,763

Rank places for an industry Open Prince George's County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 954,813 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 $2.9M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Seat Pleasant, Maryland: $656 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $2.9M; +38% vs FY2025
Per resident: $656; US $2,007
Sole-source: 44%; US 30%
Single offer: 21%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Office of Procurement Operations$1.2M40%
Federal Aviation Administration$622.6K21%
U.S. Census Bureau$514.1K17%
U.S. Secret Service$307.3K10%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$152.3K5.2%
Department of State$132.6K4.5%
Department of the Navy$122.3K4.2%
Department of the Air Force$51K1.7%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

1.4MFY2017
1MFY2018
1.1MFY2019
1.1MFY2020
949.4KFY2021
1.8MFY2022
1.6MFY2023
1.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Postal service · 4911$1.1M37%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$757.9K26%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$706.1K24%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$161.5K5.5%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$152.3K5.2%
Scientific research and development services · 5417

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 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 Seat Pleasant, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Seat Pleasant, Maryland's figures are part of those of Prince George's County, MD ($3.8B 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: Seat Pleasant is mostly in Prince George's County.

See federal money in Prince George'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.

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

House

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.

Prince George's County51100% 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 Prince George'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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