ZIP 21620 · Chestertown
Who lives in ZIP code 21620 (Chestertown, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Chestertown, MD · Kent County
uszips 2026
People13,810
Median age42.5
Household income$80,530
Home value$347,422
Median rent$1,249/mo
Poverty9.9%
College degree+45.8%
Commute27 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 45 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,700
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
25.4% are 65 or older; 82.5% are adults.
Household income
39.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $40,525.
Education (adults 25+)
50.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 44.5%
- Never married
- 32.9%
- Divorced
- 14.1%
- Widowed
- 8.6%
- Family size
- 2.78
- Dual-income families
- 49.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 72.0%
- Rent burden
- 35.9%
- Men / women
- 49% / 52%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.9%
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
- Self-employed
- 15.4%
- Farmers
- 1.7%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 36.0%
- Veterans
- 7.0%
- With a disability
- 13.6%
- No health insurance
- 6.3%
- Limited English
- 0.4%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.