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Drum Point, Maryland.

A community in Calvert County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Calvert County’s.

Living in Drum Point, Calvert County, Maryland

Drum Point, in Calvert County, had 2,553 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Calvert County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Calvert County work in schools and health care, then government.

People 2,553 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Drum Point for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.5% Calvert County, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Drum Point for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,224households
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 44 mintypical commute

What people in Calvert County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Government17%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Building trades12%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Calvert County had 22,528 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 30°; warmest in July, 88° and 73° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 45° 30° F M A M J J 88° 73° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 45° and 30°; warmest in July, 88° and 73° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 45° 30° F M A M J J 88° 73° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 45° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 73°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Solomons weather station, a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Calvert County

  1. Calvert County Public SchoolsSchool district2,220FTE
  2. ConstellationElectric power generation, nuclear800
  3. Calvert Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital757FTE
  4. Chesapeake Technology InternationalApplications software programming services, custom computer218
  5. Asbury SolomonsRetirement communities, continuing care194
  6. Cove Point LNG (2)Pipeline terminal facilities, independently operated184
  7. WalmartDiscount department stores173
  8. Calvert Internal MedicineInternists' offices168

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 28 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,463 people in all across the county; Drum Point has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
  2. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Drum Point’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Calvert County.