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Curtis Bay, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Curtis Bay, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,561. 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 CURTIS-BAY-MD · Curtis Bay, MD 1 ZIPs · 7,561 pop · #8448/25278 · Anne Arundel County

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

  • INC-HIGH $82,635
  • RANK-UPPER #8448/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Glen Burnie
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 61% owners
  • POP-TOWN 7,561
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $330,500

Nearest income peer: Glen Burnie, MD (+ $13,598 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 Curtis Bay

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

median HH income

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

National city placement

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

Top 33%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
7,561
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$82,635
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 21226 (7,561 residents). Household income $82,635 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.0%) for this income tier, rent $1,335 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Maryland, Aquasco is the closest lower-income city and Secretary the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Curtis Bay.

Population concentration

Curtis Bay's single ZIP 21226 carries the town

Curtis Bay is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 21226 is the entire residential footprint (7,561 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Curtis Bay's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 349 establishments, 9,582 employees , annual payroll $778,014k (~46 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21226 (349 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (60) · also Transportation and warehousing · Wholesale trade .

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ZIP Codes in Curtis Bay, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Anne Arundel County, which covers 36 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Curtis Bay. See the Anne Arundel County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Anne Arundel County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Curtis Bay, Laurel, Annapolis and Glen Burnie among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Severna Park marks the far end of that range at $172,122, 108% above Curtis Bay.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21226 7,561 $82,635 349 294
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Curtis Bay 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 Curtis Bay, .