ZIP 21043 · Ellicott City
Who lives in ZIP code 21043 (Ellicott City, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Ellicott City, MD · Howard County
uszips 2026
People48,525
Median age40.3
Household income$148,125
Home value$621,707
Median rent$2,094/mo
Poverty3.9%
College degree+64.3%
Commute28 min
Place
- Metro area
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Wider region
- Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 1,096 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 17,568
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
15.1% are 65 or older; 75.2% are adults.
Household income
66.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $71,547.
Education (adults 25+)
58.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
6.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 58.4%
- Never married
- 28.3%
- Divorced
- 8.9%
- Widowed
- 4.4%
- Family size
- 3.27
- Dual-income families
- 62.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 66.9%
- Rent burden
- 26.9%
- Men / women
- 50% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 68.4%
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
- Self-employed
- 14.3%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 47.4%
- Veterans
- 4.9%
- With a disability
- 9.2%
- No health insurance
- 4.2%
- Limited English
- 4.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.