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Scaggsville, Maryland.

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

Living in Scaggsville, Howard County, Maryland

Scaggsville, in Howard County, had 9,217 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $207,220 a year and half less, against $149,763 across Howard County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 92% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 8% are rented. Unemployment in Howard County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 9,217 in the 2020 census; median age 44.0
Household income $207,220 the median, give or take $25,192 · Howard County: $149,763
Unemployment 3.4% Howard County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 92% lived in by their owners; 8% rented
  • 3,255households
  • 66%of adults have a degree
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 30%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Professional and business services22%
  • Government15%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Manufacturing6%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment5%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Howard County had 173,088 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer 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 26°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 26° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 26°; warmest in July, 89° and 69° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 26° F M A M J J 89° 69° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 26°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 69°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

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

Largest workplaces in Howard County

  1. Howard County Public SchoolsSchool district8,861FTE
  2. Howard CountyGeneral hospital1,492FTE
  3. Howard Community CollegeTwo-year college1,148
  4. FroneriCustard, frozen, manufacturing893
  5. Advarra -MarylandLaboratory testing services, medical818
  6. Maxim Healthcare ServicesHome health care agencies812
  7. Giant FoodGeneral warehousing and storag766
  8. Globus MedicalNeurologists' offices682

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 290 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 41,136 people in all across the county; Scaggsville has one 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. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

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