| City | Population | Rank | Population 18-34 Rank | Nightlife Rank | Music Venues Rank | Active Life Rank | Fast Food Rank | Non-Fast Food Restautant Rank | Population Density Rank | Big Deal Score |
| Annapolis | 38,394 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 17 |
| Silver Spring | 71,452 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 9 | 19 |
| Baltimore | 620,961 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 12 |
| Gaithersburg | 59,933 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 48 | 12 | 21 |
| College Park | 30,413 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 41 | 23 | 24 |
| Bethesda | 60,858 | 6 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 9 |
| Parkville | 30,734 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 39 | 19 | 28 |
| Rockville | 61,209 | 8 | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 50 | 6 | 14 |
| Laurel | 25,115 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 55 | 3 | 55 |
| Towson | 55,197 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 42 | 14 | 26 |
| Reisterstown | 25,968 | 11 | 30 | 15 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 26 | 10 |
| Frederick | 65,239 | 12 | 15 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 54 | 5 | 35 |
| Hagerstown | 39,662 | 13 | 26 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 57 | 4 | 46 |
| Salisbury | 30,343 | 14 | 2 | 45 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 8 | 45 |
| Essex | 39,262 | 15 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 34 | 15 |
| Middle River | 25,191 | 16 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 31 | 34 |
| Chillum | 33,513 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 34 | 57 | 1 | 52 | 1 |
| Glen Burnie | 67,639 | 18 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 32 | 20 | 38 | 30 | 23 |
| Crofton | 27,348 | 19 | 41 | 24 | 30 | 34 | 22 | 11 | 39 | 7 |
| Montgomery Village | 32,032 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 41 | 34 | 41 | 9 | 47 | 8 |
| Owings Mills | 30,622 | 21 | 4 | 33 | 40 | 34 | 25 | 40 | 15 | 22 |
| Arbutus | 20,483 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 43 | 34 | 50 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| Cockeysville | 20,776 | 23 | 7 | 51 | 31 | 34 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 27 |
| Cumberland | 20,859 | 23 | 42 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 52 | 7 | 32 |
| Pasadena | 24,287 | 25 | 31 | 54 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 51 | 29 | 38 |
| Pikesville | 30,764 | 26 | 48 | 43 | 28 | 34 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 16 |
| Columbia | 99,615 | 27 | 39 | 36 | 25 | 30 | 14 | 35 | 17 | 31 |
| Wheaton | 48,284 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 48 | 29 | 44 | 15 | 49 | 20 |
| Dundalk | 63,597 | 29 | 35 | 17 | 18 | 31 | 35 | 24 | 42 | 30 |
| Bowie | 54,727 | 30 | 46 | 39 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 29 |
| Ellicott City | 65,834 | 31 | 52 | 46 | 27 | 22 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 11 |
| Suitland | 25,825 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 53 | 34 | 48 | 18 | 36 | 33 |
| Catonsville | 41,567 | 33 | 18 | 38 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 44 | 27 | 42 |
| Severna Park | 37,634 | 34 | 56 | 44 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 22 | 41 |
| Carney | 29,941 | 35 | 40 | 21 | 51 | 34 | 49 | 1 | 52 | 1 |
| Greenbelt | 23,068 | 35 | 9 | 30 | 22 | 34 | 33 | 49 | 25 | 47 |
| North Bethesda | 43,828 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 45 | 28 | 46 | 8 | 46 | 43 |
| Potomac | 44,965 | 38 | 57 | 52 | 46 | 34 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 6 |
| Waldorf | 67,752 | 39 | 34 | 50 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 36 |
| Germantown | 86,395 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 44 | 33 | 37 | 30 | 37 | 39 |
| North Potomac | 24,410 | 41 | 55 | 29 | 49 | 34 | 45 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| Olney | 33,844 | 42 | 54 | 48 | 34 | 34 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 18 |
| Landover | 23,078 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 47 | 34 | 51 | 13 | 48 | 43 |
| Perry Hall | 28,474 | 44 | 37 | 25 | 50 | 34 | 40 | 10 | 52 | 13 |
| Odenton | 37,132 | 45 | 29 | 41 | 23 | 25 | 38 | 28 | 40 | 40 |
| Bel Air South | 47,709 | 46 | 44 | 37 | 53 | 34 | 55 | 1 | 52 | 1 |
| Edgewood | 25,562 | 47 | 25 | 56 | 38 | 34 | 43 | 27 | 35 | 25 |
| Randallstown | 32,430 | 48 | 45 | 34 | 33 | 21 | 39 | 32 | 32 | 49 |
| Arnold | 23,106 | 49 | 49 | 47 | 37 | 34 | 23 | 19 | 43 | 37 |
| Fort Washington | 23,717 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 24 | 34 | 13 | 47 | 16 | 52 |