Unincorporated community in Maryland, United States

Parkton

$629kMedian Home
289Sunny Days/yr
64°FAvg High Temp
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Four real seasons, with rain spread fairly evenly through the year. Spring and fall feel like real transition seasons. Noticeable daylight swing. Snow is a real part of winter.

About Parkton

Parkton is an agrarian unincorporated area in the northern part of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It borders southern York County, Pennsylvania, which forms part of the Mason–Dixon line. The area is mostly agricultural in nature with corn, soy beans, and other industrial use crops being the major plants grown.Wikipedia

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Place

Where It Is

Location Context
Parkton, Maryland
Latitude39.64°
Longitude-76.66°
Center elevation417 ft

State Context

MarylandU.S. state

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States. It borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east, as well as with the Atlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital and federal district of Washington, D.C. to the southwest. With a total area of 12,407 square miles (32,130 km2), Maryland is the ninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6.1 million ranks it the 19th-most populous state and the fifth-most densely populated.Wikipedia

Income tax: 2.00% - 5.75%Avg sales tax: 6.00%Property tax: 0.82%Official school data available

About the Region

Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic corridor — New York City south through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. — is the densest and most economically complex region in the country. Finance and media anchor New York; government, defense, and federal contracting anchor D.C.; healthcare and universities anchor Philadelphia and Baltimore. This makes the region one of the most recession-resistant labor markets in the U.S., though the same fundamentals push housing costs persistently high.

Philadelphia and Baltimore offer substantially lower costs than either New York or D.C. while sitting on the same high-speed rail line, making them increasingly attractive to remote workers and hybrid commuters. The New Jersey and Delaware suburbs fill in between, providing family-oriented communities within commuting range of multiple cities. The region's density means genuine walkability in most urban cores, strong transit infrastructure, and cultural institutions that rival anywhere on earth.

Outdoors

Nature Access

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People

City Profile

Median Age47 yrs
College Educated48%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home9%of workforce
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Cost of Living

Housing
$629k
Median home price
Household Income
$120k
Median annual
Daily life

Livability

Walkability
10
School Rating
5.9/10
Internet
No internet coverage data yet.
The year

Climate

Sunshine
289
sunny days per year
79% of the year
Avg High Temp
64°F
annual average
Humidity Pattern
Humidity year-round
72% warm season / 70% cool season
Comfort Score
60/100
Good
Temp Swing
45°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Annual precipitation
51"
inches per year
Annual snowfall
14"
inches per year
Air Quality
50
Good AQI
How To Read Comfort

Comfort combines temperature band fit, humidity fit, seasonal swing, and penalties for long stretches of extreme heat or cold. Higher scores mean the yearly pattern stays closer to an easier day-to-day climate band.

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Daylight Span (Sunrise to Sunset)
Precipitation Distribution
51" of precipitation per year
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humid summers
Summer 72% · Winter 70% · Mar-Aug 65-75%
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