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Fort Meade, Maryland.

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

Living in Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Fort Meade, in Anne Arundel County, had 9,324 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $103,261 a year and half less, against $124,911 across Anne Arundel County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 0% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 100% are rented. Unemployment in Anne Arundel County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in government, then schools and health care.

People 9,324 in the 2020 census; median age 25.1
Household income $103,261 the median, give or take $9,448 · Anne Arundel County: $124,911
Unemployment 3.4% Anne Arundel County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 0% lived in by their owners; 100% rented
  • 3,036households
  • 50%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 16 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What residents work in

  • Government30%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment5%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities4%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Anne Arundel County had 293,059 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 25°; warmest in July, 89° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 25° F M A M J J 89° 68° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 25°; warmest in July, 89° and 68° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 25° F M A M J J 89° 68° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 68°. About 19 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Baltimore Wash International Airport weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Fort Meade

  1. Environmental Protection AgencyFederal government66
  2. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs47
  3. SkookumOther support activities for road transportation37
  4. Sodexo at Deca 008 Ft Meade Army BaseFood service contractors23

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 60 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fort Meade’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 Anne Arundel County.