- Ellwood Park, Baltimore
Ellwood Park is a
neighborhood in the eastern part ofBaltimore ,Maryland . It is named for a small public park with aplayground between Jefferson and Orleans Streets. The neighborhood extends from Ellwood Avenue to Highland Avenue, between Monument Street and Fayette Street. It is contained within the 21224zip code .Ellwood Park is also sometimes known as Monument or North Highlandtown, being north of the Highlandtown neighborhood. It is also within close proximity to
Patterson Park .Architecturally, Ellwood Park is made up of
rowhouse s constructed in the early 20th century. Most have frontporch es. It is a community of mostlymiddle class tolow-income homeowners. Neighborhood groups include the Ellwood Park Improvement Association and North Highlandtown Community Association.Demographics
As of the
census GR|2 of 2000, there were 3,505 people residing in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of Ellwood Park was 17.3% White, 78.5% African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.9% of the population. 61.6% of housing units were owner-occuped. 20.6% of housing units werevacant .References
External links
* [http://www.livebaltimore.com/nb/list/ellwood/ LiveBaltimore profile]
* [http://censusprofile.bnia.org/Ellwood%20Park-Monument%20Demographic%20Profile.pdf Demographics from Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance]
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