Loch Raven is a

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in the Northeastern part of

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. It is located in the Upper Northwood Section of Northeast Baltimore east of

Loch Raven Boulevard Maryland Route 542 (MD 542) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for most of its length as Loch Raven Boulevard, the state highway runs from MD 147 in Baltimore north to Interstate 695 (I-695) and Cromwell Bridge Road near T ...

, west of Mount Pleasant Park, and borders the Baltimore City/County Line and served by the Loch Raven Improvement Association.

Demographics

Loch Raven is a predominantly residential neighborhood with houses that range from middle class to lower-income. According to the 2000 US Census, 5,930 people live in Loch Raven with 80% African-American and 16.5% White. The median family income is $42,702. 94.3% of the houses are occupied, and 44.1% of them are occupied by the home's owner.

Special Interest

Loch Raven is the name of a song on Animal Collective's sixth album, Feels. Feels The band grew up in and around the suburbs of northern Baltimore and the adjacent

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, specifically Noah Lennox a.k.a.

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who grew up in the neighbouring suburb of

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