Baltimore, MD

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Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Baltimore ranks

• #6 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 83.6
• #19 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 73.4
• #28 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 63.9
• #30 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 68.7
• #30 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 69.0
• #42 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 54.0
• #79 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 37.0
• #79 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 30.4
• #94 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 5.7

Local facts

Median household income

$59,623

Median rent

$1,290 / mo

Median home value

$219,300

Median age

36.1

Unemployment

6.6%

Bachelor's degree or higher

35.4%

Poverty rate

20.1%

Renter-occupied homes

52.5%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

274

Students enrolled

152,262

Students per teacher

15.3 : 1

Free or reduced-price lunch

65.1%

Charter schools

11.3%

School districts serving the city

4

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Districts: Baltimore City Public Schools, Baltimore County Public Schools, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Seed School Of Maryland

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

38.6%

No leisure-time physical activity

27.7%

Adults with diabetes

14.2%

Adults who smoke

16.6%

Frequent mental distress

18.6%

Sleeping under 7 hours

41.6%

Adults without health insurance

10.5%

Routine checkup in past year

79.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

90.6%

Share of city that is parkland

9.2%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

14.9

Median air quality index (county)

43

Unhealthy air days (county)

2

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

83.1%

Households with no internet

11.8%

Average commute

29.4 min

Work from home

15.9%

Commute by transit

11.5%

Commute on foot

5.6%

Commute by bike

0.6%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Baltimore city as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 3 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Heat wave: relatively high
• Winter weather: very high
• Cold wave: relatively high
• Strong wind: relatively high

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