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La Vale, Maryland.

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

Living in La Vale, Allegany County, Maryland

La Vale, in Allegany County, had 4,201 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $77,500 a year and half less, against $59,603 across Allegany County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Allegany County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 4,201 in the 2020 census
Household income $77,500 the median, give or take $9,122 · Allegany County: $59,603
Unemployment 5.1% Allegany County, August 2026; 6.0% a year before
Homes 84% lived in by their owners; 16% rented
  • 1,816households
  • 37%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care24%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment12%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%
  • Other services7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Allegany County had 26,493 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, 39° and 22°; warmest in July, 87° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 22° F M A M J J 87° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 22°; warmest in July, 87° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 22° F M A M J J 87° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 64°. About 29 inches of snow and 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cumberland weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Allegany County

  1. Upmc-western MarylandGeneral hospital1,966FTE
  2. Allegany County Public SchoolsSchool district1,276FTE
  3. Frostburg State UniversityUniversity or college836
  4. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters549
  5. Allegany College of MarylandTwo-year college472
  6. Allegany388
  7. American Woodmark - AlleganyCabinets, kitchen, stock or custom wood, manufacturing388
  8. Berry GlobalBadges, plastics, manufacturing219

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 39 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,275 people in all across the county; La Vale has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) 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

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate
  4. HailRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in La Vale’s census tracts, 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 Allegany County.