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Glen Burnie, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Glen Burnie, MD: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 82,907. 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 GLEN-BURNIE-MD · Glen Burnie, MD 2 ZIPs · 82,907 pop · #5093/25278 · Anne Arundel County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $96,233
  • RANK-UPPER #5093/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Laurel
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-SMALL 82,907
  • SPREAD-TIGHT 21061→21060
  • HOME-MID $358,100

Nearest income peer: Laurel, MD (+ $21,882 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 Glen Burnie

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Glen Burnie 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, Glen Burnie, MD sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
82,907
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$96,233
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.

High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $96,233 and home value $358,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 29.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.8%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Glen Burnie as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Boonsboro is the closest lower-income city and Crocheron the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Glen Burnie.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Glen Burnie differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Glen Burnie: $87,751 in ZIP 21061 to $104,715 in 21060. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.2×

21061 to 21060

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.1×

21061 to 21060

Poverty-rate spread
2.6 points

21060 to 21061

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 21061 skews compact Glen Burnie

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 21061 covers about 65% of Glen Burnie's 82,907 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Glen Burnie

Citywide ZBP: 1,871 establishments, 31,739 employees , annual payroll $1,818,142k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21061 (1,405 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (282) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Glen Burnie, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Anne Arundel County, which covers 36 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Glen Burnie. 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 Glen Burnie, Laurel, Annapolis and Pasadena 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, 79% above Glen Burnie.

Side-by-side: Compare 21061 vs 21060 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21061 53,684 $87,751 1,405 1,707
21060 29,223 $104,715 466 901
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Glen Burnie 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 Glen Burnie, .