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Paramount-Long Meadow, Maryland.

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

Living in Paramount-Long Meadow, Washington County, Maryland

Paramount-Long Meadow, in Washington County, had 2,658 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $122,262 a year and half less, against $77,747 across Washington County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,658 in the 2020 census
Household income $122,262 the median, give or take $18,760 · Washington County: $77,747
Unemployment 3.9% Washington County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 81% lived in by their owners; 19% rented
  • 920households
  • 40%of adults have a degree
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 29 mintypical commute
  • 16%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Other services9%
  • Wholesale7%
  • Shops (retail)7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 66,110 jobs in 2025, 3.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 22° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 40° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 66° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 40° 22° F M A M J J 86° 66° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 66°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hagerstown East weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Washington County

  1. Washington County Public SchoolsSchool district3,388FTE
  2. FedExCourier and express delivery services2,113
  3. Meritus Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,038FTE
  4. Volvo Group Trucks OperationsAutomatic transmissions, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing1,512
  5. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,058
  6. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage674
  7. Hagerstown Community CollegeTwo-year college594
  8. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage583

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 149 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 21,240 people in all across the county; Paramount-Long Meadow has two of its own. 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

  1. DroughtRelatively moderate
  2. HurricanesRelatively moderate
  3. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of Paramount-Long MeadowRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Paramount-Long Meadow’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 Washington County.