ZIP 21532 · Frostburg
Who lives in ZIP code 21532 (Frostburg, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Frostburg, MD · Allegany County
uszips 2026
People13,647
Median age34.8
Household income$63,690
Home value$178,743
Median rent$916/mo
Poverty17.0%
College degree+30.5%
Commute26 min
Place
- Metro area
- Cumberland, MD-WV (micro)
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 71 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,511
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
16.6% are 65 or older; 83.3% are adults.
Household income
28.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $32,180.
Education (adults 25+)
38.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 40.8%
- Never married
- 41.2%
- Divorced
- 11.5%
- Widowed
- 6.5%
- Family size
- 2.87
- Dual-income families
- 50.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 63.7%
- Rent burden
- 24.3%
- Men / women
- 47% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 55.1%
- Unemployment
- 5.6%
- Self-employed
- 9.6%
- Farmers
- 0.9%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 21.2%
- Veterans
- 5.8%
- With a disability
- 16.9%
- No health insurance
- 2.4%
- Limited English
- 0.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.