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Brown Station is a small town of 3,451 people in Prince George's County, Maryland. It's about 12 miles from Washington, DC. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 16 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $470k and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,451people
$470kTypical home
$1,799/moRent
88° / 44°Summer / winter
16"Snow
244Sunny days
111Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,451
- Part of a metro area
- About 560 people per sq mi
- 12 mi to Washington, DC
- 12 mi to Washington, DC
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $470k (≈$2,966/mo)
- Median rent $1,799/mo
- Median household income $169k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 65°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (86 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 111 days a year with rain or snow
- 16" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (275 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (2,058 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 31% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 10% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to DCA airport
- 13 mi to DCA (major hub)
- 8 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1988
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 85 ft
- 12 mi to the ocean
- 168 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 69 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 78 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,248 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 217 bars within 25 mi
- 807 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 40 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 143 museums within 25 mi
- 38 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 21% of Maryland districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Prince George's County: D+75 in 2024
- Maryland: D+29 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.