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Edgewater is a big small town of 8,519 people in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. It's about 25 miles from Baltimore, MD. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 44°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $454k and rent runs about $2k a month.
8,519people
$454kTypical home
$2,208/moRent
88° / 44°Summer / winter
17"Snow
244Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,519
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,847 people per sq mi
- 25 mi to Baltimore, MD
- 25 mi to Baltimore, MD
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $454k (≈$2,864/mo)
- Median rent $2,208/mo
- Median household income $114k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 44°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 66°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (86 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 17" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (302 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,675 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 28% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to BWI airport
- 17 mi to BWI (major hub)
- 17 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 7 ft
- Right on the coast
- 178 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 71 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 53 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,443 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 162 bars within 25 mi
- 330 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 25 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 90 museums within 25 mi
- 40 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 42% of Maryland districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Anne Arundel County: D+14 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