Knoxville, Maryland.
. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,064 (+91%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
Living in Knoxville, Frederick County, Maryland
The Census does not count Knoxville on its own, so the figures here are Frederick County's. Half the county's households earn more than $122,002 a year and half less; 6% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 77% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Frederick County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Frederick County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Knoxville is a small town in Frederick County, Maryland, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Across the county, household incomes sit well above the national middle, and fewer people live in poverty than in most of the country. The typical resident is in midlife, and more adults hold a college degree than across the nation as a whole.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in professional and business services, with shops and government also providing jobs. Across the county, unemployment has eased over the past year, although the number of jobs dipped slightly last year. Commutes are longer than the national average, and more people than usual work from home.
Things to do. Antietam National Battlefield, an archaeological site, lies a short drive away and is a good place for a quiet walk through history. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, a protected area, is also a short drive off, and Sugar Loaf Mountain, another protected area, is a longer drive. Antietam Creek, a river a short drive away, offers a more relaxed outing closer to home.
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- 104,635households
- 39.0median age
- 46%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 21%work from home
What people in Frederick County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Frederick County had 106,962 jobs in 2025, 1.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 62°. About 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sharpsburg South weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Frederick County
- Frederick County Public SchoolsSchool district7,031FTE
- Frederick Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital2,071FTE
- Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research - Ft. DetrickLife sciences research and development laboratories or services1,273
- Frederick Community CollegeTwo-year college1,069
- AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing CenterCulture media manufacturing772
- Thermo Fisher ScientificGeneral warehousing and storage650
- NVRManufacturer of house componets645
- FRE - Aldi INC Maryland621
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 208 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 25,121 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Frederick County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Frederick County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Knoxville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Knoxville15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Knoxville6
Zip codes with a Knoxville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Knoxville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.