ZIP 21561 · Swanton
Who lives in ZIP code 21561 (Swanton, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Swanton, MD · Garrett County
uszips 2026
People2,412
Median age57.0
Household income$73,858
Home value$321,343
Median rent—
Poverty10.6%
College degree+37.9%
Commute31 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 9 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,107
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
35.5% are 65 or older; 82.6% are adults.
Household income
37.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $47,652.
Education (adults 25+)
45.8% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
0.1% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 60.6%
- Never married
- 20.0%
- Divorced
- 10.3%
- Widowed
- 9.0%
- Family size
- 2.79
- Dual-income families
- 37.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 87.8%
- Rent burden
- —
- Men / women
- 48% / 52%
Work
- In labor force
- 47.6%
- Unemployment
- 0.3%
- Self-employed
- 11.5%
- Farmers
- 5.3%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 27.4%
- Veterans
- 10.1%
- With a disability
- 19.1%
- No health insurance
- 12.9%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.