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Joppa, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Joppa, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,171. 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 JOPPA-MD · Joppa, MD 1 ZIPs · 16,171 pop · #2711/25278 · Harford County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $113,714
  • RANK-TOP #2711/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over White Hall
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,171
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $348,600

Nearest income peer: White Hall, MD ( $5,620 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 Joppa

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Joppa 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, Joppa, MD sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 11%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,171
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$113,714
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 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $113,714 and home value $348,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 31.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Joppa as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Lothian is the closest lower-income city and North East the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Joppa.

Population concentration

Joppa's single ZIP 21085 carries the town

Joppa is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 21085 is the entire residential footprint (16,171 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Joppa's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 294 establishments, 3,148 employees , annual payroll $160,456k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21085 (294 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (60) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Joppa, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Harford County, which covers 20 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Joppa. See the Harford County roll-up →

Joppa lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Harford County: Bel Air, Abingdon and Forest Hill earn more and Edgewood, Aberdeen and Havre De Grace earn less. Fallston marks the far end of that range at $157,500, 39% above Joppa.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21085 16,171 $113,714 294 348
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Joppa 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 Joppa, .