Located in central Anne Arundel county Maryland, the city of Crofton offers an almost equal commuting time to the cities of Baltimore and Washington DC. While that makes it popular for commuters, there is much more to this small town of just 22,000 than meets the eye. Crofton has long been recognized by its residents as a great place to live, but in 2007 CNN's Money magazine added Crofton to it's top 100 places to live list!
This suburban community boasts nearly twice the national average for household income at an average of over $100,000 per year. Clearly defining it as a white collar suburb. As you enter Crofton from the South on Route 3/301 the first and most easily recognized neighborhood you'll see is Crofton Park with it's welcoming open gates and serne pond complete with ducks. This flagship community was was built in the 1960 and 1970's to house NSA and Fort Meade employees. The neighborhood is built in a circle the center of which is a golf course and Crofton Country Club surrounded by a 3 mile loop of the Crofton Parkway. Neighborhood features include an old style Village Green that is home to the famous Sly Horse Tavern restaurant a cozy and well loved Crofton eatery as well as other local businesses. Crofton Park offers a wide variety of housing which is predominantly single family homes but is also sprinkled with a mixture of town homes and apartments.
Crofton Park is one of the few communities in the area where you can see your friends and neighbors taking a leisurely stroll on the Parkway as part of their exercise routine. The community offers regular special events for residents including ice cream socials, concerts in the park, parades and an annual visit from Santa who comes to town on a fire engine!In addition to Crofton Park there are many more recently built subdivisions including The Tiers of Walden a Crofton golf course community of newer luxury homes, town homes and condominiums, The Knolls (and Crofton Village) a community of smaller single family homes and luxury town homes which offers access to the community pools, Crofton Mews a large townhome and condominium community, Crofton Meadows which offers all types of homes. Plus many more communities all worth exploring if you are thinking of buying or renting a home in Crofton.Prices for real estate in Crofton MD range from the mid $140's for a condo or two level townhome to over $700,000 for luxury homes. Other resources
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