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Population (year 2000): 1,019. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,103 (+8.2% change)
 

Males: 535  (52.5%)
Females: 484  (47.5%)

Cecil County

Median resident age:  36.0 years
Maryland median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 21914.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $59,200 (it was $50,562 in 2000)
Charlestown  $59,200
Maryland:  $61,592

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $185,300 (it was $112,200 in 2000)
Charlestown  $185,300
Maryland:  $280,200

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Races in Charlestown:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
  • Black (1.8%)

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Ancestries: Irish (28.0%), German (25.7%), English (17.5%), United States (6.2%), Italian (4.8%), Polish (4.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1786

Land area: 0.91 square miles.

Population density: 1202 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Charlestown

  • High school or higher: 80.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
  • Unemployed: 4.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 35.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Charlestown town

  • Never married: 18.6%
  • Now married: 62.4%
  • Separated: 2.9%
  • Widowed: 4.8%
  • Divorced: 11.3%

19 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.9%
Maryland:  9.8%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Charlestown, Maryland in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Charlestown to the number of sex offenders is 545 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Charlestown:  1.1% ($1,263)
Maryland:  1.2% ($1,782)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greater Newark, DE (17.6 miles , pop. 67,114).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Baltimore, MD (47.7 miles , pop. 651,154).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (64.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: North East, MD (3.0 miles ), Perryville, MD (6.3 miles ), Havre de Grace, MD (8.5 miles ), Port Deposit, MD (8.7 miles ), Rising Sun, MD (10.3 miles ), Elkton, MD (10.7 miles ), Chesapeake City, MD (11.9 miles ), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (13.3 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 8 buildings, average cost: $51,600
  • 1997: 19 buildings, average cost: $63,300
  • 1998: 10 buildings, average cost: $62,700
  • 1999: 8 buildings, average cost: $76,500
  • 2000: 13 buildings, average cost: $84,000
  • 2001: 11 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2002: 4 buildings, average cost: $85,000
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 39.58 N, Longitude: 75.98 W


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Population change in the 1990s: +325 (+46.8%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (16%)
  • Public administration (13%)
  • Transportation equipment (8%)
  • Truck transportation (8%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (23%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • U. S. Postal service (5%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Construction laborers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Registered nurses (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)


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Charlestown-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Maryland state average. It is 35% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/27/1994, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.2 miles away from the Charlestown town center injured 11 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 tornado 28.8 miles away from the town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Charlestown:
  • UNION HOSPITAL-CECIL COUNTY (about 8 miles; ELKTON, MD)
  • HARFORD MEMORIAL HOSP (about 13 miles; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD)
  • SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY MED CENTER (about 20 miles; WEST GROVE, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Charlestown:
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 27 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • LANCASTER (about 43 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
  • DOVER AFB (about 49 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Charlestown:
  • HAVRE DE GRACE (about 7 miles; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; ID: M06)
  • CECIL COUNTY (about 8 miles; ELKTON, MD; ID: 58M)
  • RAINTREE (about 11 miles; ELKTON, MD; ID: 1C4)

Amtrak stations near Charlestown:
  • 14 miles: ABERDEEN (S. PHILADELPHIA & BELAIR AVE.). Services: free short-term parking, intercity bus service.
  • 17 miles: NEWARK (429 S. COLLEGE AVE.). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Charlestown:
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 19 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment: 3,817)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 23 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles; BEL AIR, MD; FT enrollment: 2,646)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 27 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 37 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
  • MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 40 miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
  • IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 43 miles; IMMACULATA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,042)
Public elementary/middle school in Charlestown:
  • CHARLESTOWN ELEMENTARY (Students: 168; Location: 550 BALTIMORE STREET; Grades: PK - 05)

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Church in Charlestown: Saint Johns Methodist Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Charlestown and their reported violations in the past:

PINE HILLS (Population served: 800, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2003 and AUG-07-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-01-2003), St Compliance achieved (AUG-07-2003)
ROUTE 7 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (Population served: 100, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2003 and AUG-07-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-01-2003), St Compliance achieved (AUG-07-2003)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-26-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-26-2000)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Charlestown that have no violations reported:
  • CHARLESTOWN (Address: 241 MARKET ST., P.O. BOX 154, Population served: 1019, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This town:  2.6 people
Maryland:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  73.3%
Whole state:  68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  8.3%
Whole state:  5.6%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  5.1%
Whole state:  8.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  2.1%
Whole state:  4.2%

Charlestown compared to Maryland state average:

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  • Median household income above state average.
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration 1$3,043$36,5160$0
Other and Unallocable 1$2,161$25,9322$1,475
Totals for Government 2$5,204$31,2242$1,475


Charlestown government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $82,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $110,000
    General - Other: $109,000
    Sewerage: $107,000
    Financial Administration: $93,000
    Regular Highways: $51,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $41,000
    Central Staff Services: $9,000
    Parks & Recreation: $3,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $3,000
    Fire Protection: $2,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $43,000
    Housing & Community Development: $13,000
    All Other: $3,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $34,000
    Rents: $33,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $27,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,525,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $130,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $58,000
    All Other: $32,000
  • Tax - Property: $159,000
    NEC: $15,000
    Other Selective Sales: $5,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $89,000

7.70% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($49,515 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.70%
Maryland average:  7.95%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($288 average AGI)
Cecil County:  0.07%
Maryland average:  0.25%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from New Castle County, DE  1.88% ($47,882 average AGI)
from Harford County, MD  1.61% ($49,988)
from Baltimore County, MD  0.46% ($53,445)


6.61% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,048 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.61%
Maryland average:  8.13%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($236 average AGI)
Cecil County:  0.05%
Maryland average:  0.13%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to New Castle County, DE  1.68% ($43,432 average AGI)
to Harford County, MD  0.77% ($39,465)
to Chester County, PA  0.31% ($52,239)


Strongest AM radio stations in Charlestown:
  • WJSS (1330 AM; 5 kW; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; Owner: PEOPLES BROADCAST NETWORK, LLC)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WBAL (1090 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: HEARST RADIO, INC.)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WGOP (700 AM; daytime; 25 kW; WALKERSVILLE, MD; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WEEU (830 AM; 20 kW; READING, PA; Owner: WEEU BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Charlestown:
  • WXCY (103.7 FM; HAVRE DE GRACE, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WOEL-FM (89.9 FM; ELKTON, MD; Owner: MARANATHA BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
  • WDAC (94.5 FM; LANCASTER, PA; Owner: WDAC RADIO COMPANY)
  • WIOV-FM (105.1 FM; EPHRATA, PA; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF LANCASTER, INC.)
  • WWMX (106.5 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WLIF (101.9 FM; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: INFINITY WLIF, INC.)
  • WHFC (91.1 FM; BEL AIR, MD; Owner: HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE)

TV broadcast stations around Charlestown:
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WBFF (Channel 45; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: CHESAPEAKE TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WNUV (Channel 54; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: BALTIMORE (WNUV-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)

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