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Shady Side CDP, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
Shady Side CDP is a Census CDP of 4,727 people across 6.65 square miles of land, in Anne Arundel County. Median household income is $153,661, 88.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 4 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.1 m.
66 sourced place values · tier FULL · 7 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Shady Side
What Shady Side is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area6.65 sq mi
- Water area1.21 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land711
- County holding the largest share of its areaAnne Arundel County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shady Side
How many people live in Shady Side
- Population4,727
- Median age49.8
- Population under 181,096 plus or minus 333
- Share under 1823.2 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over906 plus or minus 248
- Share 65 and over19.2 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households1,925
- Family households1,396
- Share of households that are families72.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shady Side
Income and work in Shady Side
- Median household income$153,661
- Per capita income$69,847
- Civilian labor force2,795
- Employed2,672
- Unemployed123 plus or minus 79
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over3,325
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher37.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shady Side
Housing in Shady Side
- Housing units2,363
- Occupied units1,925
- Vacant units438 plus or minus 148
- Vacancy rate18.5 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied1,712
- Renter occupied213 plus or minus 115
- Ownership rate88.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$503,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,490
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Single family units2,352
- Share single family99.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1980
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shady Side
How Shady Side gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,289 plus or minus 467
- Commuting under 15 minutes276 plus or minus 166
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.1 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,596 plus or minus 344
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more69.7 percent
- Drove alone72.6 percent plus or minus 18.9
- Carpooled11.0 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.6 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home14.9 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Shady Side
SBA loans in Shady Side (7(a))
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$1,096,200
- Average approval$274,050
- Median approval$50,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$995,000
- Largest approval$995,000
- Jobs supported13
- Jobs per approval3.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more25.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Anne Arundel County, not Shady Side
Anne Arundel County context, not Shady Side figures
These are Anne Arundel County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Shady Side measurements.
- Establishments in Anne Arundel County14,718
- Employment at those establishments, Anne Arundel County245,664
- Covered employment, Anne Arundel County288,447
- Average annual pay, Anne Arundel County$79,546
- Average weekly wage, Anne Arundel County$1,530
- Housing units permitted, Anne Arundel County1,304
- Of those, single family, Anne Arundel County1,005
- County product, 2024, Anne Arundel County$69,946,072,000
- County product change over the prior year, Anne Arundel County7.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Anne Arundel County$93,792
Every figure in this section is published for Anne Arundel County as a whole and is not a measurement of Shady Side. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Shady Side questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Shady Side, Maryland?
4,727, in 1,925 households. Shady Side CDP covers 6.65 square miles of land, which is 711 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Shady Side in?
Anne Arundel County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Shady Side?
$153,661. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $503,500. Median gross rent is $2,490 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Shady Side businesses?
4 7(a) approvals totalling $1.1 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $50,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Shady Side, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Shady Side borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Shady Side. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Shady Side figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Anne Arundel County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Shady Side.
Is zoning published for Shady Side?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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