Census-designated place · Montgomery County, Maryland

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland

Ten Mile Creek is a census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area. It has 1,184 residents. Ten Mile Creek, Maryland has a quality-of-life score of 87 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,035 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Maryland it ranks #82 of 334 cities and towns. It ranks best on access to exercise opportunities (high), dentists (high) and natural hazard risk (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), job growth (low) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

87Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,035 of 15,651 cities and towns
Maryland: #82 of 334 in MD
Population: 1,184 (2020-2024)
Land area: 6 mi²
Density: 204.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2477262

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 83 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.

Safety74#4,056/15,637
Economy60#6,219/15,631
Housing32#10,231/14,977
Health98#353/15,609
Healthcare96#678/15,650
Environment92#1,221/15,453
Education71#4,506/15,650
Infrastructure61#6,132/15,650
Community83#2,687/15,651
Leisure & amenities56#6,928/15,651
Nature & outdoors—

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ten Mile Creek, Maryland ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Montgomery 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

Access to exercise opportunities · high99.8%
99/100Maryland 92.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Dentists · high130 /100k
99/100Maryland 82 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Natural hazard risk · low1.4
99/100Maryland 4.72025Federal Emergency Management AgencyMontgomery County value
Life expectancy · high83.8 yrs
99/100Maryland 78.4 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMontgomery County value
Adult smoking · low6.9%
97/100Maryland 12.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · high$1,853
97/100Maryland $1,568United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMontgomery County value

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high27.5%
0/100Maryland 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Job growth · low-4.2%
3/100Maryland -1.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMontgomery County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high245 min
4/100Maryland 246 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMontgomery County value
Average commute time · high27.3 min
8/100Maryland 31.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2019-2023U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013High uncertainty
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Maryland 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMontgomery County value
Drought exposure · high78%
14/100Maryland 64%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAMontgomery County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,074 (2016-2020) → 1,184 (2020-2024)
+10%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+100 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
4.2% (2016-2020) → 100.0% (2020-2024)
+96 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
4.1% (2016-2020) → 46.9% (2020-2024)
+43 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 27.5% (2020-2024)
+28 pts4 yearsCensus table B23025US 8.1% → 4.0%
Households subscribed to broadbandWorsening
100.0% (2016-2020) → 80.9% (2020-2024)
−19 pts4 yearsCensus table B28002US 85.2% → 91.0%

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.

There is not enough history to compare Ten Mile Creek, Maryland over five years.

Cities and towns like Ten Mile Creek, Maryland five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ten Mile Creek, 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 Ten Mile Creek, 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

1,184 residents (±291)

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

1,184 residents (±291)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

White48%†571
Black41%488
Hispanic or Latino4.7%†56

Education

927 residents (±200)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

No high school diploma13%†123
High school or GED58%†540
Some college8.5%†79

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

188 households (±78)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $25k23%†43
$25k–50k0.0%0
$50k–75k15%†29
$75k–100k11%†21
$100k–150k20%†37
$150k–200k20%†38
$200k or more11%†20

† 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

188 households (±78)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

Own85%†159
Rent15%†29

† 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

29 households (±24)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

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

Home values

159 homes (±74)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k23%†36
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

188 homes (±78)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

2010 or later9.0%†17
2000–20095.3%†10
1980–199913%†25

Size of homes

188 homes (±78)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms32%†60
3 bedrooms

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

129 workers (±97)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

Drive alone52%†67
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk13%†17
Bike0.0%0
Work from home35%†45
Other0.0%0

† 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

84 workers (±77)

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland
Maryland share

Under 15 min25%†21
15–29 min44%†37
30–44 min19%†16

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 Montgomery County, the county holding most of Ten Mile Creek's residents.

Montgomery County has 27,677 employer establishments, 260 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 1.13× Maryland's), with 439,792 paid employees at an average annual pay of $81,041. The Census Bureau also counts 133,803 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 27,677; 133,803 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 260; US 248 · Maryland 230
Paid employees: 439,792
Average annual pay: $81,041; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,958	27.8	1.33×More than typical	35,084	$76,590	8,673
Restaurants and other eating places	1,719	16.2	0.88×About typical	30,857	$27,757	657
Computer systems design and related services	1,573	14.8	3.41×More than typical	26,526	$109,014	2,333
Lessors of real estate	1,524	14.3	1.16×About typical	9,366	$114,370	11,797
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,455	13.7	2.04×More than typical	15,375	$105,812	8,704
Specialty trade contractors	1,233	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	15,437	$77,053	6,744
Offices of physicians	1,039	9.8	1.51×More than typical	12,059	$97,603	1,576
Construction of buildings	991	9.3	1.23×About typical	8,849	$102,313	4,088
Limited-service restaurants	844	7.9	0.99×About typical	13,894	$24,617	238
Services to buildings and dwellings	803	7.5	1.12×About typical	18,441	$37,236	6,480
Legal services	753	7.1	1.32×More than typical	4,826	$103,381	1,940
Offices of dentists	746	7	1.74×More than typical	4,808	$66,764	428

Rank places for an industry Open Montgomery County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,064,369 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.

Public schools

Public schools located in Ten Mile Creek, Maryland and the districts that run them (NCES Common Core of Data). Students per teacher counts full-time-equivalent teachers, not the size of each class.

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland has 1 public schools with 365 students and 13.7 students per teacher (Maryland: 14.5, US: 15.2).

Elementary schools: 1
Middle schools: 0
High schools: 0
Students per teacher: 13.7; US: 15.2

School districts

Districts with schools here, by students here.

District	Schools	Students	Spending / student
Montgomery County Public Schools	1	365	$20,107

Largest schools

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	District
Clarksburg Elementary	K–5	365	13.7	Montgomery County Public Schools

All 1 schools

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $3.2M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Ten Mile Creek, Maryland: $2,683 per resident (US $2,158).

Obligations: $3.2M; −36% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,683; US $2,158
Sole-source: 45%; US 31%
Single offer: 39%; US 8.9%

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

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$1.6M50%
Department of the Navy$1.4M43%
Department of the Air Force$84.8K2.7%
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office$79.2K2.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$59.9K1.9%
National Institutes of Health$46.6K1.5%
Food and Drug Administration$28.7K0.9%
Department of the Army$24.4K0.8%

Top recipients

THALES DEFENSE & SECURITY INC$2.8M88%
ANCILLA TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES INC$121.3K3.8%
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, INC.$83.4K2.6%
SHOULDER 2 SHOULDER INC$68.5K2.2%
AI FUSION, INC.$63.8K2.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.2MFY2017
5.2MFY2018
5.3MFY2019
7.3MFY2020
6.5MFY2021
7MFY2022
6.9MFY2023
8.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$1.6M51%
Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$597.8K19%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$164.5K5.2%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$154.1K4.9%
Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$147.7K4.6%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 18, 2026, loaded Oct 18, 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 Ten Mile Creek, Maryland, so they do not add up across cities.

Ten Mile Creek, Maryland's figures are part of those of Montgomery County, MD ($11.4B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ten Mile Creek is mostly in Montgomery County.

See federal money in Montgomery 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

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

Montgomery County93100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV87

Other cities and towns in Montgomery 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
National Broadband Map (Broadband Data Collection)Federal Communications Commission · release 2025-12-31
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

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Ten Mile Creek, Maryland five years ago that improved