Sharptown is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 700 people and just one neighborhood, Sharptown is the 240th largest community in Maryland. Sharptown has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Unlike some towns, Sharptown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sharptown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sharptown is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sharptown who work in office and administrative support (17.03%), sales jobs (13.43%), and healthcare (7.67%).
Also of interest is that Sharptown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Sharptown is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
One downside of living in Sharptown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.22 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Sharptown does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Sharptown are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 14.40% of adults in Sharptown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Sharptown in 2022 was $32,633, which is low income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,532 for a family of four. However, Sharptown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sharptown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sharptown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sharptown include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Sharptown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.
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 neighborhood in Sharptown are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 62.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 80.3% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 37.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.0%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.7%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Sharptown, MD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (17.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report German roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.0%), among others.
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 neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (88.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.