Healthiest Cities in Maryland.

Cities in Maryland whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

137 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	Bethesda	69,397	22.2%	4.6%	13.0%
2	Travilah	11,721	19.4%	4.7%	15.2%
3	North Bethesda	49,677	23.6%	5.8%	15.5%
4	Potomac	45,902	21.3%	4.7%	14.7%
5	Clarksburg	30,487	22.9%	6.6%	17.3%
6	North Potomac	23,922	21.1%	5.7%	16.3%
7	Olney	35,797	25.0%	6.6%	16.4%
8	Scaggsville	10,564	28.2%	6.6%	14.1%
9	Rockville	67,671	24.4%	7.1%	18.5%
10	Linganore	14,444	32.7%	7.8%	15.5%
11	Ilchester	28,364	29.7%	7.7%	15.3%
12	Urbana	14,260	31.2%	7.0%	16.5%
13	Mays Chapel	16,066	26.5%	6.7%	17.8%
14	Damascus	17,640	26.8%	8.3%	17.8%
15	College Park	34,540	32.7%	9.8%	24.6%
16	Crofton	29,549	32.2%	8.7%	16.5%
17	Ellicott City	75,257	26.9%	6.9%	16.0%
18	Kemp Mill	13,042	26.8%	7.1%	18.2%
19	Elkridge	26,283	31.9%	9.0%	17.3%
20	Arnold	24,303	32.2%	9.0%	16.6%
21	Cloverly	16,646	25.8%	6.7%	18.5%
22	Silver Spring	81,462	29.5%	8.4%	20.5%
23	Germantown	90,719	27.5%	8.5%	20.8%
24	Gaithersburg	69,825	26.9%	8.4%	21.5%
25	Redland	18,665	26.5%	8.2%	20.8%
26	Severna Park	40,228	31.3%	9.0%	17.2%
27	Green Valley	13,602	33.0%	8.2%	17.1%
28	North Laurel	25,563	33.0%	8.7%	17.8%
29	Odenton	45,002	34.1%	9.4%	18.4%
30	Columbia	104,338	32.2%	7.9%	16.9%
31	Burtonsville	10,203	27.8%	7.9%	20.1%
32	Towson	58,679	30.4%	8.9%	22.8%
33	Bel Air North	31,302	33.1%	9.7%	17.8%
34	Timonium	10,304	26.9%	7.2%	21.2%
35	Colesville	14,519	26.4%	6.9%	20.2%
36	Parole	17,229	30.5%	7.7%	18.6%
37	Takoma Park	17,632	30.1%	8.5%	19.5%
38	Annapolis Neck	12,032	31.8%	8.3%	17.5%
39	Linthicum	11,313	32.3%	10.5%	19.3%
40	Eldersburg	31,695	36.6%	9.5%	20.5%
41	Glenmont	17,208	28.8%	8.6%	22.8%
42	Bel Air South	58,137	34.0%	10.2%	19.2%
43	Catonsville	43,368	29.8%	9.3%	23.6%
44	Montgomery Village	34,110	29.8%	9.2%	23.2%
45	Honeygo	12,250	29.0%	9.3%	22.6%
46	Aspen Hill	53,279	28.9%	9.2%	23.5%
47	Ballenger Creek	26,390	36.4%	9.5%	20.9%
48	Annapolis	40,720	34.9%	9.6%	20.8%
49	Wheaton	52,926	29.6%	9.3%	24.6%
50	Flower Hill	13,794	29.1%	9.3%	23.8%
51	Severn	58,402	35.2%	10.4%	20.6%
52	White Marsh	10,932	30.5%	10.2%	23.0%
53	Pasadena	34,309	35.3%	12.5%	20.6%
54	Arbutus	22,507	31.0%	11.5%	24.1%
55	Fairland	26,231	31.7%	9.0%	22.0%
56	Westminster	20,445	37.0%	10.5%	23.7%
57	Lake Shore	18,249	33.8%	11.8%	20.0%
58	Garrison	9,469	33.6%	8.5%	22.5%
59	Riviera Beach	12,192	34.7%	12.8%	21.0%
60	Frederick	83,395	36.4%	9.9%	22.3%
61	Perry Hall	29,105	30.9%	10.6%	23.9%
62	Pikesville	33,524	31.0%	8.5%	22.9%
63	Cockeysville	23,962	32.3%	10.8%	25.4%
64	Westphalia	13,228	41.3%	8.2%	20.6%
65	Bowie	57,926	38.0%	8.1%	20.8%
66	California	13,136	37.4%	12.1%	21.9%
67	Glenn Dale	13,772	38.3%	7.9%	21.1%
68	Hyattsville	20,966	39.0%	10.3%	25.6%
69	Brock Hall	13,615	42.2%	7.8%	20.0%
70	Calverton	17,624	31.7%	8.6%	24.6%
71	Owings Mills	37,245	36.1%	10.1%	25.5%
72	Bel Air	10,585	35.7%	11.7%	22.2%
73	Joppatowne	14,237	36.8%	11.7%	21.6%
74	Rossville	16,059	34.6%	11.1%	26.0%
75	Ferndale	17,529	36.1%	12.9%	23.6%
76	Laurel	29,798	40.1%	10.2%	24.5%
77	Lake Arbor	14,335	41.0%	7.3%	20.9%
78	Ocean Pines	12,351	30.2%	10.0%	23.0%
79	White Oak	17,329	34.2%	10.4%	24.8%
80	Havre de Grace	14,994	36.1%	11.0%	21.4%
81	Carney	28,343	32.0%	10.9%	26.4%
82	Maryland City	19,186	39.5%	11.6%	23.7%
83	Parkville	30,549	35.2%	11.6%	25.7%
84	Accokeek	14,362	40.1%	8.6%	21.7%
85	Overlea	13,035	33.7%	11.8%	25.8%
86	La Plata	10,683	38.2%	11.2%	21.9%
87	Lexington Park	13,252	40.1%	13.4%	24.1%
88	Easton	17,308	30.8%	11.6%	25.7%
89	South Laurel	29,272	41.1%	10.2%	25.0%
90	Greenbelt	24,678	40.3%	11.0%	25.7%
91	Glen Burnie	72,590	37.7%	13.7%	24.7%
92	Mitchellville	11,359	40.8%	7.6%	22.1%
93	Beltsville	19,176	36.8%	9.4%	28.0%
94	Brooklyn Park	16,067	37.3%	14.6%	26.0%
95	Marlton	10,222	43.3%	9.3%	23.2%
96	Reisterstown	25,582	35.8%	12.1%	28.2%
97	Largo	12,229	43.4%	8.7%	23.1%
98	Bensville	15,848	41.9%	11.6%	22.6%
99	Fort Washington	25,134	39.1%	8.2%	24.2%
100	Rosaryville	12,883	42.5%	9.2%	23.3%
101	Waldorf	82,943	43.1%	11.6%	23.5%
102	Brandywine	12,160	43.8%	10.3%	24.2%
103	Edgewood	24,922	41.4%	13.3%	25.0%
104	Kettering	14,014	42.5%	8.2%	23.6%
105	Seabrook	18,317	42.0%	11.1%	27.8%
106	Summerfield	15,065	45.1%	10.9%	26.0%
107	Camp Springs	22,544	42.9%	10.0%	26.0%
108	Rosedale	20,002	36.3%	13.1%	29.5%
109	Oxon Hill	17,893	41.8%	10.6%	27.6%
110	Chillum	34,871	42.5%	11.5%	31.4%
111	Middle River	31,712	37.1%	15.0%	30.3%
112	Adelphi	17,395	41.2%	12.6%	32.3%
113	Lanham	11,433	42.1%	10.6%	28.8%
114	Friendly	11,119	42.1%	9.8%	26.6%
115	New Carrollton	13,564	43.3%	11.8%	29.7%
116	Woodlawn (Baltimore County)	40,379	37.2%	12.3%	30.5%
117	Essex	40,580	37.1%	15.2%	31.1%
118	Halfway	10,849	38.0%	14.8%	30.4%
119	Baltimore	573,243	38.1%	16.1%	27.5%
120	Clinton	38,376	43.5%	10.3%	26.7%
121	Milford Mill	30,829	41.1%	12.0%	29.9%
122	Aberdeen	17,298	41.3%	15.3%	27.8%
123	East Riverdale	18,336	43.2%	14.1%	35.7%
124	Salisbury	33,285	42.8%	15.1%	31.7%
125	Suitland	23,793	46.5%	12.4%	28.8%
126	Landover	24,514	45.6%	13.5%	31.8%
127	Hillcrest Heights	16,063	46.0%	11.5%	28.6%
128	Randallstown	35,957	40.6%	11.7%	30.4%
129	Dundalk	65,969	37.8%	17.6%	33.8%
130	Lochearn	27,074	40.7%	11.6%	30.9%
131	Forestville	10,495	45.9%	12.2%	29.7%
132	Glassmanor	16,981	48.0%	14.5%	33.3%
133	Cumberland	18,804	37.8%	19.4%	34.8%
134	Hagerstown	43,665	42.9%	19.2%	34.9%
135	Elkton	15,910	46.0%	19.7%	33.7%
136	Langley Park	21,508	45.9%	17.7%	43.7%
137	Cambridge	13,152	45.9%	18.3%	33.9%