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39.68° N · 77.69° W · GEOID 2459787

Paramount-Long Meadow

Washington County, Maryland · part of the Hagerstown, MD metro

Limited data population under 5,000

MarylandParamount-Long Meadow, MDParamount-Long MeadowParamount-Long Meadow

The short answer

Paramount-Long Meadow is home to 2,569 people. Median household income is $122,262 a year and median rent is $1,643 a month, 16.1% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $374,200, about 3.1x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,643
20% above the median place
Median household income
$122,262
52% above the median place
Median home value
$374,200
17% above the median place
Unemployment
4.2%
14% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Paramount-Long Meadow

  • After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $104,700 a year left, more than in 81% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • Household income has grown 7.7% a year across the last five survey releases, faster than in 79% of places its size.
01

Moving to Paramount-Long Meadow

Washington County gains about 6.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in7,344
Moved out6,537
Net+807

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Maryland, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within MarylandOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$56K
Leavers$56K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Washington County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.8% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.4% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Washington County report $55,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $56,500.
Income you would need
$65,700 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,643 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,953 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $374,200.
Getting to work
29 minutes each way on average; 15.7% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN matches it on character. Compare the two
Income of households moving in7
$55,626
21% below the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people7
6.5
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving out7
$56,488
20% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureParamount-Long MeadowAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.8%1% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.4%19% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure6.5above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$55,62621% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$56,48820% below
02

What it costs to live here

Vacant homes is 0.0%, below the median place (median 7.1%).

Paramount-Long Meadow16.1%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$65,720
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
16.1%
21% below the median place
Home price to income
3.1x
19% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
16%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$104,400
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Vacant homes1
0.0%
below the median place (median 7.1%)
Homeownership1
81.2%
22% above the median place
Median year built1
1991
1% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureParamount-Long MeadowAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,64320% above
Rent to income116.1%21% below
Property tax rate10.9%4% below
Home price to income13.1x19% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure94.27% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,28420% below
HUD area median income4County figure$105,1002% below
Property tax paid (median)1$3,2510% below
Median home value1$374,20017% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure3.3%3% above
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure51.4%0% below
Homeownership181.2%22% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure46.9%7% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,9534% above
Vacant homes10.0%below (median 7.1%)
Median year built119911% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Median household income1
$122,262
52% above the median place
Mean commute1
29 min
17% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureParamount-Long MeadowAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$122,26252% above
Income per person1$48,32321% above
Unemployment1County figure4.2%14% below
Average annual pay6County figure$59,25710% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure1.7%54% below
Jobs6County figure66,11056% below
Poverty rate1County figure12.4%15% above
Mean commute129 min17% above
Works from home115.7%26% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 100.0%, 8% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
100.0%
8% above the median place
Median age1
41.8
7% above the median place
Household size1
2.7
8% above the median place
All 8 people measures
MeasureParamount-Long MeadowAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population12,5696646th largest
Median age141.87% above
Bachelor's or higher140.0%25% above
High school or higher190.2%2% below
Household size12.78% above
Born abroad1County figure6.6%25% below
No health insurance1County figure6.3%2% below
Homes with broadband1100.0%8% above
05

Life in Paramount-Long Meadow

101 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 3 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars19.1 −8%
Shops35.2 +16%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.5 −15%
Doctors' offices and clinics17.3 −14%
Child care centers1.2 −48%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Child care centers per 10k8
1.2
48% below the median place
Public schools11
43
378% above the median place
Public school students11
22,772
365% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureParamount-Long MeadowAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure43378% above
Public school students11County figure22,772365% above
Students per teacher11County figure15.31% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure19.18% below
Shops per 10k8County figure35.216% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure3.515% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure17.314% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.248% below
Parks per 10k90.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure101above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Natural hazard risk is 68.8, 26% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Paramount-Long Meadow. Larger places are fetched first.

Natural hazard risk13
68.8
26% below the median place
Wildfire risk13
38.2
38% below the median place
Good air days14
78.9%
15% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureParamount-Long MeadowAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure87°F0% above
January average low12County figure23°F9% below
Average temperature12County figure54°F2% below
Annual precipitation12County figure40.9 in7% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure68.826% below
Hurricane risk13County figure85.721% above
Tornado risk13County figure62.024% below
Wildfire risk13County figure38.238% below
Heat wave risk13County figure79.212% below
Median air quality index14County figure407% below
Good air days14County figure78.9%15% above
08

Paramount-Long Meadow in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 16% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 16% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,643/mo (2024)$2,120/mo$1,740 to $2,590/mo+4.4%
Median household income$122,262 (2024)$156,500$132,000 to $185,000+4.2%
Median home value$374,200 (2024)$527,000$382,000 to $725,000+5.9%

The median home would be worth 3.4 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.1 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Paramount-Long Meadow

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN$1,688$121,750Compare
Champlin, MN$1,689$116,102Compare
Poquoson, VA$1,707$120,972Compare
Roselle, IL$1,641$111,318Compare
Roselle, ILPoquoson, VAChamplin, MNLakes of the Four Seasons, INParamount-Long Meadow, MDChamplinPoquosonRoselleChamplinPoquosonRoselle

Common questions

Is Paramount-Long Meadow a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $104,700 a year left, more than in 81% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track. Household income has grown 7.7% a year across the last five survey releases, faster than in 79% of places its size. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Paramount-Long Meadow expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 16.1% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $374,200.

What salary do you need to live in Paramount-Long Meadow?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $65,720 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Paramount-Long Meadow?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Lakes of the Four Seasons, IN, Champlin, MN, Poquoson, VA and Roselle, IL.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Paramount-Long Meadow with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Paramount-Long Meadow itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/paramount-long-meadow-maryland

Citytistics. “Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/paramount-long-meadow-maryland/

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