ZIP 21787 · Taneytown
Who lives in ZIP code 21787 (Taneytown, MD): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Taneytown, MD · Carroll County
uszips 2026
People11,645
Median age40.1
Household income$91,682
Home value$354,313
Median rent$1,061/mo
Poverty9.6%
College degree+22.2%
Commute35 min
Place
- Metro area
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Wider region
- Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 74 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 4,431
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.4% are 65 or older; 76.5% are adults.
Household income
43.9% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $44,633.
Education (adults 25+)
43.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
5.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 51.3%
- Never married
- 29.5%
- Divorced
- 12.6%
- Widowed
- 6.5%
- Family size
- 3.15
- Dual-income families
- 50.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.4%
- Rent burden
- 44.6%
- Men / women
- 48% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 60.6%
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
- Self-employed
- 11.2%
- Farmers
- 2.9%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 33.3%
- Veterans
- 11.5%
- With a disability
- 12.3%
- No health insurance
- 3.9%
- Limited English
- 0.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.