About Mardela Springs

Mardela Springs is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 348 people and just one neighborhood, Mardela Springs is the 256th largest community in Maryland. Mardela Springs has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mardela Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mardela Springs is a town of sales and office workers, professionals and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Mardela Springs who work in office and administrative support (14.63%), management occupations (10.19%) and sales jobs (8.39%).

Mardela Springs is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Mardela Springs’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

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, Mardela Springs has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mardela Springs a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Mardela Springs 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. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Being a small town, Mardela Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Mardela Springs Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Mardela Springs with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.05% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mardela Springs in 2010 was $23,274, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,096 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Mardela Springs is English.

Mardela Springs, MD Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD	TOTAL APPRECIATION	AVG. ANNUAL RATE	COMPARED TO MD*	COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990	90.09%	2.83%	1	4
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