West Hills is a neighborhood in the Southwest District of
Baltimore
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, located between the neighborhoods of
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(south), Franklintown (north) and Hunting Ridge (east). Its boundaries are drawn by the
Baltimore County
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line (west),
Baltimore National Pike
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(south) and North
Franklintown Road
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Heath St. Route 64. (MTA Maryland)
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(north). Its eastern boundary follows
Cooks Lane from Baltimore National Pike, then Briarclift Road and finally Wynans Way to the intersection with N. Franklintown Road.
Demographics
Its population, as of the 2010 census, was more than 75 percent black. The median household income of $35,557 in West Hills for 2010 was a close match to the citywide median of $39,113. However, the neighborhood's residents fared somewhat better, with 13.8 percent living on incomes below the poverty level, compared with 22.7 percent citywide.
Public transportation
Route 20 (MTA Maryland)
Route 20 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from Security Square Mall east through downtown Baltimore to Baltimore City Hall. The main roads on which the line op ...
running along Cooks Lane at the eastern edge of West Hills, provides residents with transit bus service to
Downtown Baltimore
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,
Edmondson Village,
Westview Mall
Westview Mall is a shopping mall located in Catonsville, Maryland, United States. The mall originally opened in 1958 as an outdoor strip mall, but was later converted into an indoor shopping center. The original anchors were Hutzler's and Stewart ...
and
Security Square Mall
Security Square Mall is a mall in Woodlawn, Baltimore County, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, in the United States. The mall features over 100 stores and restaurants, as well as a food court. One section of the mall, Grand Village Plaza (formerly ...
.
Route 23 (MTA Maryland)
Route 23 is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the Wal-Mart parking lot in Catonsville, Maryland east through downtown Baltimore to the Fox Ridge community in E ...
stops at West Side Skill Center, at the southeast corner of West Mills. It operates between
Catonsville
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and Downtown Baltimore on the west side of the city, and continues to
Eastpoint Mall
Eastpoint Mall is a one-level regional enclosed shopping center located in Baltimore County. Eastpoint Mall was one of Baltimore’s first shopping centers and has been serving the community since 1956.
Eastpoint Mall is anchored by JCPenney, Bu ...
on the east side of the city.
See also
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List of Baltimore neighborhoods
Neighborhoods in the City of Baltimore are officially divided into nine geographical regions: North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest, and Central, with each district patrolled by a respective precinct of the Baltim ...
References
Neighborhoods in Baltimore
Southwest Baltimore
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