Inside a $575K Kent Island Estates Home in Stevensville, MD

What Does $575,000 Buy You on Kent Island?

In Kent Island Estates — a quiet, water-access community in Stevensville, Maryland — $575,000 gets you a 3-bedroom, 2-bath single-family home on nearly a full acre of land, a fully fenced backyard, and access to a private community beach for $40 a year. It also gets you about 75 minutes from Washington, DC and roughly 30 minutes from Annapolis. That math is starting to attract a lot of attention from buyers who've been priced out of the suburbs — or who simply want a different life than the one they're living.

By Sherine Monir | June 2026

If you've been watching the DC metro market and quietly wondering whether there's another option — somewhere with space, water, and a commute you can actually live with — Kent Island deserves a serious look.

This is the first community you reach when you cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge heading east. It sits in Queen Anne's County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay and the Chester River, with kayaking, crabbing, waterfront dining, and nesting bald eagles as part of the daily scenery. It's not a vacation destination. People actually live here — and more of them are moving from the DC area every year.

Here's a closer look at what's available right now in Kent Island Estates — and why this community keeps coming up in conversations with DC-area buyers.

The Property: What You're Looking At

This Kent Island Estates listing is priced at $575,000 and offers:

• 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms
• 0.91 acres — nearly a full acre of private land
• Fully fenced backyard
• Private community beach access (HOA fee: $40/year)

0.91 acres. Let that sit for a moment if you've been shopping in Spring Valley or Chevy Chase DC, where a quarter-acre lot at this price point is optimistic.

The community beach is one of those details that sounds like a footnote but becomes central to how you actually live here. Kent Island Estates sits along the Chesapeake, and the private beach gives residents direct water access without the waterfront price premium. At $40 a year, it's arguably the best amenity deal in Maryland real estate.

Interested in this property or others like it on Kent Island? I'd love to walk you through the options. Reach out here to schedule a private showing or a conversation about what's available in the area.

The Commute Question — Answered Honestly

This is always the first thing DC-area buyers ask, and it deserves a straight answer.

Kent Island is about 75 minutes from Washington, DC under normal conditions via Route 50 and the Bay Bridge. Annapolis is roughly 30 minutes. Baltimore is about an hour in the other direction.

The Bay Bridge is a real variable. Peak eastbound traffic on Friday evenings and westbound on Sunday afternoons can stretch that commute. If you're commuting into DC five days a week, Kent Island requires an honest conversation about your tolerance for that bridge. For most buyers, it's a dealbreaker or it isn't — and they know which before they start looking.

What's changed the math significantly for many buyers is remote and hybrid work. If you're in the office two or three days a week, an hour-plus commute on those days, against this lifestyle and this price point, looks very different than it did five years ago. The Maryland Department of Transportation also runs commuter routes from the Eastern Shore to both Baltimore and DC on weekdays, which gives buyers another option.

The buyers I've worked with who've made this move haven't regretted it. The ones who struggle are the ones who underestimated their weekly in-office commitment before buying. Know your schedule before you fall in love with the acreage.

What $575K Looks Like Here vs. the DMV

This is where the conversation usually shifts.

$575,000 in Chevy Chase DC or Bethesda gets you a condo, a small townhome, or a single-family home that needs significant work on a compact lot. In Arlington or Alexandria, you're in similar territory — maybe a 2-bedroom condo in a competitive building.

On Kent Island, that same number buys you nearly an acre, a fully fenced yard, and direct access to the Chesapeake Bay lifestyle. The gap between what your budget buys here versus in the DC suburbs is stark — and for buyers at a life stage where space and quality of life matter more than commute proximity, it's a gap that's hard to ignore.

Kent Island Estates is an established community — it's been here since 1956 — with a mix of long-term residents and newer arrivals from the DC and Baltimore corridors. The community has a settled, un-flashy character that appeals to people who've had enough of high-density suburb living and want something quieter without moving somewhere remote.

Kayaking. Crabbing. Waterfront dining. Biking trails. Bald eagles nesting nearby. A real backyard. These aren't weekend-trip experiences out here — they're Tuesday.

If any of that sounds like what you're actually looking for, this property is worth a serious look before it moves. Homes at this price point in Kent Island Estates with this lot size and community amenities don't sit long once the right buyer finds them.

Reach out at sherinemonir.com/contact or call or text me directly at (202) 536-4043 to schedule a private showing or talk through whether Kent Island is the right fit for where you are right now.

About Sherine Monir
In a market where presentation and pricing are everything, Sherine Monir brings something most agents simply don't: the eye of a trained interior designer and the negotiation record to back it up. A Washington, DC REALTOR® with Compass, Sherine has been licensed since 2013 and is ranked in the top 1.5% of agents nationwide (NAR, 2025). She holds professional interior design credentials—ASID, NCIDQ, and CID—and specializes in luxury residential real estate across Upper Northwest DC, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Northern Virginia. Her 99.52% career sale-to-list ratio reflects disciplined pricing strategy and consistent negotiating strength. Connect with Sherine at sherinemonir.com or (202) 536-4043.