Severn vs Fort Meade
Severn and Fort Meade on the published weights — then move the weights to yours and see whether the result survives.
Severn
62C
Fort Meade
C62
Category by category
C+HousingD−
Severn +24 pts
C+SchoolsC+
level
BCost of living—
not comparable yet
C−CommuteB
Fort Meade +24 pts
D+AmenitiesC+
Fort Meade +16 pts
B−EmploymentB−
Fort Meade +2 pts
—Residents—
not comparable yet
Weigh it yourself
The published weights are an editorial judgement, not a fact. Drag them. Both totals recompute live and the bar above moves with them.
Weights total 100% · normalised to 100% before scoring, so you can be sloppy.
The numbers side by side
$479kMedian home value—
$2,175Median rent$2,435
27.8 minMean commute16.2 min
$134kMedian household income$103k
0.75%Effective property tax—
58th pctWithin-state proficiency58th pct
23Restaurants & cafés31
58,402Population11,225
0Resident responses0
Bold marks the better figure on that row. ACS 2020–24 · EDFacts SY2021–22 · OpenStreetMap Sep 2026.