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11,359people live here $149,347median household income▲ 85% above US $512,100median home value▲ 54% above US

Mitchellville 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 Mitchellville

Mitchellville is an unincorporated community in Maryland with household incomes running above the national average, air quality that stays clean most of the year, and a highly educated workforce. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Mitchellville deals with home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and cold winters.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Clean air
Highly educated workforce

The not so good

High home prices
Above-average commute times
Cold winters

How Mitchellville compares

Median household income

Mitchellville$149,347

Maryland avg$103,678

US$80,734

Median home value

Mitchellville$512,100

Maryland avg$419,900

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Mitchellville

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

To buy

$102,420

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $51,210
Homes cost 3.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

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

Mitchellville 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▲ 27% above US

33 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 33.1 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; 23% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

62%

Work from home

23%

Carpool

6.8%

Public transit

4.6%

Other

3.9%

Climate

Summers are warm, with highs around 86°F, and winters are cold, with lows around 26°F and snow a regular occurrence. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▲ 49% above US

54% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a highly educated city, with over half the adult population holding a college degree. That tends to shape the job market and the broader culture, and it's a solid indicator of a strong professional scene.

Schools

0 public schools inside the boundary

No public school is located inside the boundary; students attend schools in the surrounding district.

Parks & recreation

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

Bottom line

Mitchellville'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 home prices well above the national average and commute times longer than most cities. It tends to suit remote workers (23% of workers here already work from home) and college-educated professionals. It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes.

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