ZIP 21769 · Middletown
Who lives in ZIP code 21769 (Middletown, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Middletown, MD · Frederick County
uszips 2026
People11,965
Median age43.3
Household income$151,563
Home value$513,246
Median rent$1,708/mo
Poverty1.3%
College degree+47.8%
Commute34 min
Place
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Wider region
- Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
- Metro division
- Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 115 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 4,146
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
19.1% are 65 or older; 75.5% are adults.
Household income
74.7% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $66,472.
Education (adults 25+)
58.7% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 64.7%
- Never married
- 21.6%
- Divorced
- 9.8%
- Widowed
- 3.9%
- Family size
- 3.18
- Dual-income families
- 60.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 87.0%
- Rent burden
- 19.3%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 68.3%
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
- Self-employed
- 13.7%
- Farmers
- 1.8%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 47.8%
- Veterans
- 7.9%
- With a disability
- 8.8%
- No health insurance
- 2.4%
- Limited English
- 0.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.