Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains median real estate price is $263,997, which is less expensive than 84.3% of Maryland neighborhoods and 66.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
The average rental price in Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains is currently $1,986, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 79.5% of Maryland neighborhoods.
Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Salisbury, Maryland.
Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to small (studio to two bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 2000 and the present.
Real estate vacancies in Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains are 4.0%, which is lower than one will find in 73.6% of American neighborhoods. Demand for real estate in Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains is above average for the U.S., and may signal some demand for either price increases or new construction of residential product for this neighborhood.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Salisbury, the Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood has more Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Haitian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood in Salisbury are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 62.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood, 30.4% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.0%), and 20.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.4% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood in Salisbury, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (8.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (8.4%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (4.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.3%), among others. In addition, 12.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Chesapeake Heights / Maple Plains neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (76.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (14.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.