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Layhill, Maryland.

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

Living in Layhill, Montgomery County, Maryland

Layhill, in Montgomery County, had 5,764 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $146,308 a year and half less, against $132,450 across Montgomery County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Montgomery County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 5,764 in the 2020 census
Household income $146,308 the median, give or take $23,034 · Montgomery County: $132,450
Unemployment 3.5% Montgomery County, August 2026; 4.2% a year before
Homes 85% lived in by their owners; 15% rented
  • 1,667households
  • 46%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 39 mintypical commute
  • 20%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services20%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment13%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Government11%
  • Other services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Montgomery County had 456,358 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 27°; warmest in July, 87° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 27° F M A M J J 87° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 42° and 27°; warmest in July, 87° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 42° 27° F M A M J J 87° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 42° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 69°. About 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rockville Northeast weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Montgomery County

  1. Montgomery County Public SchoolsSchool district24,026FTE
  2. National Institutes of HealthFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services10,506
  3. Food and Drug AdministrationFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services6,489
  4. RedJanitorial services, aircraft5,979
  5. National Institutes of HealthFederal government · Department of Health and Human Services2,473
  6. Montgomery CollegeTwo-year college2,464
  7. Holy Cross HospitalGeneral hospital2,440FTE
  8. National Institute of Standards and TechnologyFederal government · Department of Commerce2,277

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 476 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 86,382 people in all across the county; Layhill has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026), colleges from IPEDS (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. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

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