About Church Creek

Church Creek is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 125 people and just one neighborhood, Church Creek is the 264th largest community in Maryland. Church Creek has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Church Creek is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Church Creek is a town of managers, sales and office workers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Church Creek who work in office and administrative support (17.78%), management occupations (17.42%) and farm management occupations (8.77%).

Church Creek’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Church Creek has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Church Creek a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the nice things about Church Creek is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Church Creek is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Church Creek Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Church Creek is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.46% of adults 25 and older in Church Creek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Church Creek in 2010 was $20,166, which is low income relative to Maryland, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,664 for a family of four.

The people who call Church Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Church Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Church Creek include Polish, English, Swedish, European, German and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Church Creek is English.

Church Creek, MD Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD	TOTAL APPRECIATION	AVG. ANNUAL RATE	COMPARED TO MD*	COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990	195.49%	4.82%	10	10
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