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Wicomico County Public Schools and Salisbury City Park are within walking distance
The residential pocket of East Main Street sits alongside Salisbury's most popular park, the appropriately named Salisbury City Park. Talane Hastings, a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Realty and a longtime Salisbury resident, says the green space, which the city began landscaping in 1926, is “the best park we’ve got. You can go fishing and hiking, and there’s an awesome free zoo.” As more families moved toward the town's central green space throughout the 1930s, Wicomico Middle School and Wicomico High School were built in the neighborhood. “Kids only walk to school in Salisbury when they live right in front of one, and this neighborhood offers that exactly,” Hastings adds. Locals are also barely a mile from downtown Salisbury, where lively bars and quaint dessert shops fill Italianate-style storefronts.
Beaver Run School is an above average, public school located in Salisbury, MD.
Take a walk across the foot bridge that crosses over the Wicomico River in Salisbury City Park.
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Houses built throughout the midcentury
Homes built between the 1940s and ‘70s dot East Main Street’s sidewalk-lined roads. Loblolly pine and white oak trees shade ranches, often sitting on quarter-to-half-acre lots. Minimal traditional cottages with vinyl facades are typically painted in shades of white and beige. Most houses have three to four bedrooms and driveways, though street parking is still common. Buying here can cost between $250,000 and $300,000, a range similar to a Salisbury home’s average $250,000 selling price. According to Aubrey Campbell, a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty Delmarva and a born-and-raised Salisburian, houses here typically need renovations. “The kitchens and bathrooms are outdated because they were built in the midcentury,” she says. “But people who buy here don’t mind the renovation project because the houses are already priced fairly low.” The neighborhood also has a few duplexes and apartment complexes.
A blend of home types can be found in East Main Street, such as classic American foursquares.
Cozy cottages adorn the residential streets of East Main Street.
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Live music, playgrounds and a zoo at Salisbury City Park
Fallen pine tree needles blanket Salisbury City Park’s gravel trails, lined with playgrounds, picnic tables and iron lampposts. Locals sit on lawn chairs while watching the Salisbury Community Band perform at the park’s 90-year-old bandstand on Sunday nights during the summer. Geese swim across the river as anglers fish for bluegill and striped bass on the shore, covered in Japanese knotweed. Frisbees fly across the 18-hole disc golf course’s hilly terrain. Mosaic art made by local elementary students welcomes visitors into Ben’s Red Swings, a wooden, castle-themed playground at Salisbury Zoo’s entrance. The zoo was founded in 1954 when people began leaving unwanted pets in the park. Animal donations like llamas, Andean bears and even an elephant helped the zoo grow over the next few decades. “They had a baby elephant named Ollie in the ‘70s, but they had to give her to the National Zoo in D.C. because she got too big,” Hasting says. Today, the zoo has around 100 animals, like ball pythons, Canada Lynx and guinea pigs. Ruby, one of two bison here, escaped her enclosure in 2023. “She just walked around the zoo for a bit and ate bamboo,” Hastings recounts. “They evacuated everybody and got her back in her cage within a few minutes.” In the green space’s easternmost area, dogs climb up ramps and run around the dirt surface at the Salisbury City Dog Park.
A few other recreational hubs are less than 2 miles east of the neighborhood, including the James H. Caldwell Memorial Park, a youth baseball diamond that hosts the Delmarva Pony League. A private swimming pool and a public, 18-hole golf course stretch behind the Georgian Revival-style Elks Lodge #817 on Church Hill Avenue. The 45,000-square-foot Wicomico Youth & Civic Center hosts tribute bands, bridal expos and youth basketball games, while the Richard A. Henson Family YMCA offers indoor activities like swimming and cycling classes. Hastings says locals also drive 30 miles east to Assateague State Park’s white sand beaches. “You can drive your car directly on the beach if you have a permit,” she says. The beach is known for its wild horses, but Hastings warns that it’s best to avoid them. “They’ll kick at you and bite you if you approach them, but they’re pretty to look at.”
Salisbury Zoo is just outside of East Main Street and features many exotic animals.
The swing set at Salisbury City Park has an inclusive swing set for all ages.
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Foot and car traffic before and after school
Children can attend prekindergarten through second grade at Beaver Run School, which receives a B-plus from Niche. They may continue to East Salisbury Elementary School for second through sixth grade before entering Wicomico Middle School. Both schools earn C-plus grades. B-rated Wicomico High School has Advanced Placement classes like chemistry, Italian and African American studies. Students can be seen walking to school before it starts at 7:45 a.m. and after dismissal, around 4 p.m. Yellow school buses back up traffic at the six-way intersection in the neighborhood’s northern area. “I avoid driving here when school gets out. Kids just run across the street, and the buses take forever to turn,” Hastings says. “It can feel like you’re sitting at a red light forever. It’s the worst intersection in the city.” Evening High School is a Wicomico County Public School on Long Avenue for students who can’t attend class during the day. Founded in 1925, Salisbury University’s 200-acre campus covered in Georgian Revival-style buildings is 2 miles southwest of the neighborhood. The college offers 50 undergraduate degree programs, including nursing, teaching and engineering.
East Salisbury Elementary School is a public school located in Salisbury, MD.
Wicomico Middle School is a public school located in Salisbury, MD.
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Football games at Wicomico High School
Wicomico High School celebrates homecoming every October. Students dress in different themes throughout the week, like the all-pink day or decades day. Sounds of trumpets and tubas fill the air as the marching band plays during the Indian's Thursday night football game at Wicomico County Stadium. Locals wear gold and blue school merch, while students follow the game's black-out theme. According to Hastings, football games against Salisbury’s James M. Bennett High School are also popular. “My kids graduated from Bennett a few years ago, but I still go to the games against Wicomico because I love the rivalry,” she says. “Alumni, students and everybody else in Salisbury try to go to those games, so they’re packed.”
Wicomico High School in Downtown Salisbury scores an overall B rating from Niche.com.
Fans fill the stands at Wicomico High School for Friday night football games in the Fall.
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Locals can grab pie in the neighborhood and go out to eat in downtown Salisbury
East Main Street is home to several stand-alone storefronts, like The Country House, located in a red-brick building that originally opened as a Manhattan Shirt Company factory in the ‘30s. Today, it’s the Eastern Shore’s largest country store, selling home goods like Christmas décor, linens and windchimes. Pots and pans clatter in the background at The Ugly Pie, where quiche, scones and baked custard sit in a glass case. Lines often form outside the ranch-style bakery during Thanksgiving week as locals wait to pick up seasonal pies like salted caramel apple and pumpkin cheesecake. A Food Lion is about 2 miles east of the neighborhood, and a Save-A-Lot is equidistant to the west. The Centre at Salisbury, about 3 miles north, has stores like Burlington, Foot Locker and H&M.
Even with these neighborhood spots, Campbell says Salisbury’s most popular restaurants are downtown. “If I’m going out to eat, I’m almost always going downtown because those really are the best places in Salisbury,” she says. “And then there’s plenty of stuff to do after you eat, too.” Graffiti art covers the brick wall outside Roadie Joe’s, best known for its bar food and string-light-covered outdoor dining section. “My husband and I bring our kids and let them run around the playground on the patio while we hang out and listen to live music. It’s a great place for families,” Campbell adds. After dinner, locals can head to Two Scoops for waffle cones piled high with ice cream flavors like butter pecan and brownie batter before walking to downtown’s Unity Square. The hilly, turf-surface pocket park is dotted with sculptures, picnic tables and a neon-lit splash pad.
Satisfy your sweet tooth at The Ugly Pie in East Main Street.
East Main Street residents can enjoy plenty of restaurants that feature outdoor seating.
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U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 13 are easily accessible
Though schools and Salisbury City Park are within walking distance, East Main Street is a car-dependent neighborhood. U.S. Route 50 spans the neighborhood’s northern edge, making Baltimore and Washington, D.C., about a 115-mile drive west. Hastings says beachgoers increase traffic on the highway. “Ocean Gateway is another name for Route 50. It’s the highway that leads directly to Assateague and Ocean City, so it can get pretty congested in the summer.” Philadelphia is a 135-mile drive north on U.S. Route 13, just west of the neighborhood. Locals may hear cargo trains whistling as the Delmarva Central Railroad runs alongside Route 13. TidalHealth Peninsula Regional is the closest hospital, a mile east, and the Salisbury Regional Airport offers flights with American Airlines, less than 5 miles west. There are no bus stops in the neighborhood.
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Parks in this Area
Salisbury City Park
Bike Trails
Dog Park
Grills
Harmon Field
Transit
Airport
Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional
14 min drive
Bus
Walgreen's & 917 Mt. Hermon Rd.
Crime and Safety
1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime
East Main Street
US
Homicide
5
4
Sexual Assault
4
4
Assault with Weapon
5
4
Robbery
5
4
Burglary
4
4
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
4
Larceny
4
4
Crime Score
5
4
Source: WhatIsMyCrimeRisk.com
Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in East Main Street, Salisbury sell after 55 days on the market compared to the national average of 47 days. The average sale price for homes in East Main Street, Salisbury over the last 12 months is $251,875, down 4% from the average home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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Average Home Value
Source: Public Records
Property Mix - Square Feet
This Neighborhood Has More Renters
Demographics
Total Population
739
Median Age
40
Population under 18
22.5%
On par with the national average
23.8%
Population over 65
18.4%
On par with the national average
19.1%
Finances
Median Household Income
$50,492
Significantly below the national average
$71,702
Average Household Income
$63,698
Education and Workforce
High School Graduates
97.3%
Above the national average
89.1%
College Graduates
37.6%
Advanced Degrees
17%
% Population in Labor Force
70.3%
Above the national average
65.1%
Area Factors
Somewhat Bikeable
Bike Score®
49/ 100
Somewhat Walkable
Walk Score®
60/ 100
Minimal Transit
Transit Score®
20/ 100
Source: Walk Score
Source: Walk Score
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