Potomac Heights, Maryland
CDP
About Potomac Heights
Potomac Heights, MD is a small unincorporated community located in southern Maryland.
Potomac Heights holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.07 square miles.
📰 Potomac Heights News Today
- Potomac Heights Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 28
- Potomac Heights, Maryland Population 2026 World Population Review · Aug 17
- Prince George's County police investigating fatal shooting WJLA · Jul 12
- Firefighters Extinguish House Fire In Potomac Heights The BayNet · Nov 7
- Potomac Heights academy elementary, middle schoolers hold final play SoMdNews.com · Jun 3
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What Makes Potomac Heights Unique
- The only place in America named Potomac Heights — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Potomac Heights
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⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.07 sq mi
Coordinates38.5982, -77.1323