Frederick, MD
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FrederickMD averageUS Census ACS
Typical home value $465,790 -1% yr/yr · +19.2% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
Municipal budget
Total revenue$191.6M (FY2023)
Total spending$143.6M (FY2023)
Taxes$89.7M (FY2023)
Debt outstanding$144.9M (FY2023)
Spending per resident$1,804 (FY2023)
Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
2025773 housing units ($136.3M)
Recent meetings
🏗️ Building permits (latest 25)
Recent records pulled from the city's own open-data portal. Beta — dates/values as published by the source.
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Source: Building permits
💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $34.4B | CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC Department of Energy · IGF::CL,CT::IGF MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACT FOR Y-12 NATIONAL SE |
| $4.8B | LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC Department of Health and Human Services · TAS::75 0849::TAS OPER OF GOVT R&D GOCO FACILITIES |
| $1.8B | LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC Department of Health and Human Services · NCI OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER |
| $803.3M | DYNPORT VACCINE COMPANY LLC Department of Defense · 199802!2100!1273!MD17 !US ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH ACQ ACT!DAMD1798C8024 |
| $432.4M | LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC Department of Health and Human Services · NCI OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER |
| $398.9M | LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC Department of Health and Human Services · NCI FY25 OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER |
| $342.3M | LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC Department of Health and Human Services · NCI OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER, FY26-FY27 |
| $291.2M | LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC Department of Health and Human Services · NIAID DCR OPERATIONAL TASK ORDER COVID FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,706 |
| $235.1M | DYNPORT VACCINE COMPANY LLC Department of Health and Human Services · IGF::OT::IGF |
| $233.6M | LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INC Department of Health and Human Services · NIAID COVID-19 ACTIV3 |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Frederick County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration+2,550 people (+$164.6M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)4 ({"Hurricane": 6, "Flood": 5, "Snowstorm": 5, "Severe Storm": · last Sat Jan 24, 2026)
Traffic fatalities2 (2020)
Business establishments6,591 (95,077 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,314/mo (1,727 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy13.7% (low numeracy 21% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.
$191.6M
Annual budget
$144.9M
Debt outstanding
773
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$191.6M
Spending$143.6M
Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.
Debt load LOW
Outstanding debt$144.9M
Debt-to-revenue0.76×
Debt-load index45 / 100
A debt-load indicator (national percentile of debt, deficit & aid-reliance) — not a solvency verdict. Cross-checked against official state fiscal-stress scores where they exist.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.
Where it’s happening
geocoded land-use decisions🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.