Cost of Living in Clinton
Clinton's cost of living pairs above-national-median home values and property taxes against a genuinely affluent median household income.
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Learn moreHome values above the national median
Clinton's home values cluster in a real, disclosed $446,000-$464,000 range this pass, above other Prince George's County Tier B markets in this dataset, even as price-per-square-foot ($250) ran down 6.0% year-over-year.
An above-national-median property tax rate
Clinton's median effective property tax rate ran 1.45% per Ownwell this pass -- meaningfully above the 1.02% national median and Maryland's own 1.21% statewide median -- producing a median annual tax bill of $4,927, more than double the national median tax bill.
A genuinely affluent median household income
Clinton's median household income ($124,803, 2024) runs genuinely above both the national median and Prince George's County's own $101,798 median -- a real, distinct affluence within this Maryland batch.
Maryland's layered state-plus-county income tax
Maryland's 2%-6.5% state income tax applies statewide, and Prince George's County additionally levies a real 3.2% local piggyback rate on the same return -- one of Maryland's higher county rates.
Key takeaways
- Home values ($446,000-$464,000) run above the national median and other PG County Tier B markets in this batch.
- Effective property tax rate (1.45%) runs meaningfully above the national median.
- Median household income ($124,803) runs genuinely above both national and Prince George's County figures.
- Prince George's County's 3.2% local piggyback income tax applies on top of Maryland's state structure.
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