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North East town, Maryland: commercial real estate data.
North East town is a Census town of 4,134 people across 2.04 square miles of land, in Cecil County. Median household income is $91,603, 62.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $608,200.
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North East
What North East is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.04 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,025
- County holding the largest share of its areaCecil 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.
North East
How many people live in North East
- Population4,134
- Median age40.5
- Population under 18740 plus or minus 380
- Share under 1817.9 percent plus or minus 9.2
- Population 65 and over561 plus or minus 254
- Share 65 and over13.6 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Households2,034
- Family households1,019 plus or minus 213
- Share of households that are families50.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
North East
Income and work in North East
- Median household income$91,603 plus or minus $18,298
- Per capita income$55,054
- Civilian labor force2,627
- Employed2,476
- Unemployed151 plus or minus 104
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Adults 25 and over3,009
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.8 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.8 percent plus or minus 10.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
North East
Housing in North East
- Housing units2,236
- Occupied units2,034
- Vacant units202 plus or minus 178
- Vacancy rate9.0 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Owner occupied1,267 plus or minus 303
- Renter occupied767 plus or minus 312
- Ownership rate62.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$292,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,329
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Single family units1,499 plus or minus 344
- Share single family67.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more737 plus or minus 326
- Share in buildings of two or more33.0 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2002
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
North East
How North East gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,999
- Commuting under 15 minutes635 plus or minus 279
- Share commuting under 15 minutes31.8 percent plus or minus 12.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more758 plus or minus 273
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.9 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Drove alone65.7 percent plus or minus 15.4
- Carpooled6.5 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked2.7 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home18.4 percent plus or minus 9.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
North East
SBA loans in North East (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$608,200
- Average approval$121,640
- Median approval$70,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$304,200
- Largest approval$304,200
- Jobs supported39
- Jobs per approval7.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
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.
Cecil County, not North East
Cecil County context, not North East figures
These are Cecil County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as North East measurements.
- Establishments in Cecil County1,776
- Employment at those establishments, Cecil County29,700
- Covered employment, Cecil County36,713
- Average annual pay, Cecil County$63,481
- Average weekly wage, Cecil County$1,221
- Housing units permitted, Cecil County561
- Of those, single family, Cecil County231
- County product, 2024, Cecil County$7,154,200,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cecil County1.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cecil County$70,507
Every figure in this section is published for Cecil County as a whole and is not a measurement of North East. 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
North East questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in North East, Maryland?
4,134, in 2,034 households. North East town covers 2.04 square miles of land, which is 2,025 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is North East in?
Cecil 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 North East?
$91,603. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $292,300. Median gross rent is $1,329 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to North East businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $608,200, across 4 lenders, median approval $70,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in North East, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to North East borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for North East. 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 North East figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cecil 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 North East.
Is zoning published for North East?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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