About Cape St. Claire

Cape St. Claire is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 8,022 people and just one neighborhood, Cape St. Claire is the 135th largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cape St. Claire is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cape St. Claire is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cape St. Claire who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.81%), sales jobs (12.05%), and management occupations (9.21%).

Also of interest is that Cape St. Claire has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Cape St. Claire is also a town of artists. Cape St. Claire has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cape St. Claire's character.

In addition, Cape St. Claire is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Cape St. Claire is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Cape St. Claire a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Cape St. Claire has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Cape St. Claire's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the nice things about Cape St. Claire is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Cape St. Claire is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Cape St. Claire, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.1% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small town, Cape St. Claire doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Cape St. Claire Information and Demographics

The citizens of Cape St. Claire are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 39.75% of adults in Cape St. Claire have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cape St. Claire in 2000 was $27,009, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,036 for a family of four. However, Cape St. Claire contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cape St. Claire home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cape St. Claire is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cape St. Claire include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Cape St. Claire is English. Some people also speak Spanish.