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Mount Airy, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mount Airy, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 29,563. 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 MOUNT-AIRY-MD · Mount Airy, MD 1 ZIPs · 29,563 pop · #697/25278 · Frederick County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-TOP $157,302
  • RANK-TOP #697/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Myersville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-SMALL 29,563
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $556,200

Nearest income peer: Myersville, MD (+ $4,606 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 Mount Airy

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mount Airy 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, Mount Airy, MD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 3%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
29,563
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$157,302
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 $157,302 and home value $556,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 48.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Maryland, Port Republic is the closest lower-income city and Fallston the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Mount Airy.

Population concentration

Mount Airy reads through its lone ZIP, 21771

29,563 ACS residents, one ZIP: 21771 is not the leading code inside Mount Airy, 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 Mount Airy's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 759 establishments, 7,538 employees , annual payroll $399,631k (~26 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21771 (759 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (182) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Mount Airy, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Frederick County, which covers 28 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mount Airy. See the Frederick County roll-up →

Mount Airy sits in the upper half of Frederick County on income: Frederick, Thurmont and Middletown report less, while New Market, Ijamsville and Myersville report more. Emmitsburg marks the far end of that range at $95,236, 39% below Mount Airy.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21771 29,563 $157,302 759 134
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Mount Airy 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 Mount Airy, .