PlainZIP

Chestertown, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Chestertown, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 12,853. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet CHESTERTOWN-MD · Chestertown, MD 1 ZIPs · 12,853 pop · #9059/25278 · Kent County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $80,530
  • RANK-UPPER #9059/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Kennedyville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-TOWN 12,853
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $347,500

Nearest income peer: Kennedyville, MD (+ $5,588 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Chestertown

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Chestertown on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Chestertown, MD sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 36%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
12,853
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$80,530
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 21620 (12,853 residents). Household income $80,530 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Chestertown as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Randallstown is the closest lower-income city and Luke the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Chestertown.

Population concentration

Chestertown reads through its lone ZIP, 21620

12,853 ACS residents, one ZIP: 21620 is not the leading code inside Chestertown, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Chestertown's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 420 establishments, 5,298 employees , annual payroll $279,402k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21620 (420 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (68) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Chestertown, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Kent County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Chestertown. See the Kent County roll-up →

Chestertown lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing Kent County: Rock Hall, Galena and Kennedyville earn more and Millington, Worton and Still Pond earn less. Galena marks the far end of that range at $101,618, 26% above Chestertown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21620 12,853 $80,530 420 43
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Chestertown roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Chestertown, .