This study seeks to understand how different residents of a racially integrated neighborhood value racial integration in the context of structural forces that threaten and/or sustain integration, such as real estate markets, neighborhood associations, crime rates, local politics, and public schools. Fifty semi-structured interviews were completed with 67 homeowners in the neighborhood of Village Heights (a racially integrated neighborhood in Baltimore, MD) to investigate their perceptions and experiences of race, class, and change in their community. It was found that homeowners' perceptions of racial integration were dependent on their perceptions of the level of cross-racial social interaction in the neighborhood. Additionally, while many white homeowners in the neighborhood choose the neighborhood because of its mix of residents, most whites exhibited "selective race cognizance" in that they recognized the existence of racism, but they did not always recognize their own racial privilege. Other findings were that homeowners did not perceive their neighborhood as particularly economically diverse and found that cross-racial interaction occurred within classes, rather than between. Finally, homeowners had conflicting views on the large social institutions in the neighborhood, such as the university and a special tax benefits district. This study gives us a better understanding of who chooses to move to integrated neighborhoods, how those residents define and experience racial integration, how (or if) they value racial integration, and what larger social forces affect individual decisions to stay in or exit these neighborhoods.