ZIP 21520 · Accident
Who lives in ZIP code 21520 (Accident, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Accident, MD · Garrett County
uszips 2026
People1,918
Median age43.3
Household income$59,852
Home value$297,770
Median rent$693/mo
Poverty8.1%
College degree+30.7%
Commute21 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 13 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 787
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
19.9% are 65 or older; 75.9% are adults.
Household income
33.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $33,659.
Education (adults 25+)
48.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 57.4%
- Never married
- 27.6%
- Divorced
- 7.7%
- Widowed
- 7.3%
- Family size
- 2.94
- Dual-income families
- 58.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 80.8%
- Rent burden
- 25.2%
- Men / women
- 46% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.6%
- Unemployment
- 1.5%
- Self-employed
- 15.6%
- Farmers
- 8.3%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 22.9%
- Veterans
- 5.8%
- With a disability
- 16.2%
- No health insurance
- 1.1%
- Limited English
- 0.1%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.