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22,544people live here $120,456median household income▲ 49% above US $2,231median rent per month▲ 58% above US $415,000median home value▲ 25% above US

Camp Springs is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, MD. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Camp Springs

Camp Springs is an unincorporated community in Maryland with household incomes running above the national average, air quality that stays clean most of the year, and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Camp Springs deals with rent well above the national average and long average commutes.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Clean air
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
Long commutes

How Camp Springs compares

Median household income

Camp Springs$120,456

Maryland avg$103,678

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Camp Springs$2,231

Maryland avg$1,705

US$1,413

Median home value

Camp Springs$415,000

Maryland avg$419,900

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Camp Springs

Based on Camp Springs's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$4,462

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $89,240 a year
39% of Camp Springs renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$83,000

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $41,500
Homes cost 3.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 58% above US

$2,231/mo median rent

Rent is expensive here, at $2,231 a month median and well above the national average. This is the kind of city where housing costs deserve serious budgeting before committing to a move. Home prices run above average, with a median around $415,000. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $415,000 · 39% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.4% county unemployment

Unemployment in Prince George's County is 4.4%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Prince George's County (county-wide)

Safety

265 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Camp Springs doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Prince George's County Police Department jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1919/100k · Policed by Prince George's County Police Department (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 45% above US

38 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 37.7 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 8% take public transit; 18% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

63%

Work from home

18%

Public transit

7.9%

Carpool

7.5%

Other

2.7%

Walk

0.6%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 86°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 29°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

34% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 34% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

5 public schools inside the boundary

There are 5 public schools inside the boundary and 3 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 14:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Anacostia Park (6 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Camp Springs's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and long average commutes. A year of median rent ($2,231/mo) equals 22% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (18% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget and people who dread long commutes.

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