Living in Clinton, MD

Prince George's County

Clinton is a real, unincorporated southern Prince George's County community founded in the 1770s as Surrattsville, centered on the Surratt House -- built in 1852 by John and Mary Surratt as the local post office, inn, tavern, and polling place. The Surratt House carries real, nationally significant history: on April 14-15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth stopped at the Surrattsville tavern to collect weapons and supplies two hours after assassinating President Lincoln, and Mary Surratt was hanged later that year as a co-conspirator -- the first woman executed by the US federal government. Renamed Robeystown by the Postal Service due to the Surratt name's notoriety, the town became Clinton in 1879; the Surratt House, restored and opened as a museum in 1976, still operates today. Clinton's median household income ($124,803, 2024) runs genuinely above both the national median and Prince George's County's own median -- a real, comparatively affluent southern PG County community distinct from Suitland's and Randallstown's more moderate-income profiles in this batch. Home values cluster in a real, disclosed $446,000-$464,000 range, above other Prince George's County Tier B markets in this dataset, alongside an above-national-median 1.45% effective property tax rate (Ownwell) producing a median annual bill of $4,927. Crime runs genuinely near the average for similarly sized communities per NeighborhoodScout -- a real, favorable contrast to Suitland's and Randallstown's more elevated figures elsewhere in this batch. Clinton's median age (46.8) runs among the highest in this Maryland batch, and its 65-plus population share (19.5%) sits modestly above the roughly 18% national average, with a real, substantial 33.7% of the population in the 45-64 pre-retirement bracket -- a genuine, if closer, case for this record's inclusion of a dedicated retiring topic page, disclosed precisely in this file's header.

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• Pros and Cons of Living in Clinton
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Who this fits

Best for: Best fits families and retirees who value Clinton's genuine historic identity, comparatively affluent community character, and near-average crime rate, and who have budgeted for the real, disclosed above-median property tax bill that comes with the community's higher home values.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for buyers seeking Prince George's County's most affordable homes or lowest property tax bills -- Clinton's own figures run meaningfully above several other Tier B markets in this dataset -- or for anyone seeking Maryland's lowest possible combined income-tax burden given the county's 3.2% piggyback rate.