PlainZIP

Shady Side, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shady Side, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,176. 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 SHADY-SIDE-MD · Shady Side, MD 1 ZIPs · 4,176 pop · #2282/25278 · Anne Arundel County

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

  • INC-TOP $118,857
  • RANK-TOP #2282/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laurel
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 84% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,176
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $432,700

Nearest income peer: Laurel, MD ( $742 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 Shady Side

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shady Side 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, Shady Side, MD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 9%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,176
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$118,857
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 $118,857 and home value $432,700 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 33.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (84.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shady Side as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Reisterstown is the closest lower-income city and Saint Leonard the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shady Side.

Population concentration

Shady Side's single ZIP 20764 carries the town

Shady Side is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 20764 is the entire residential footprint (4,176 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Shady Side

Citywide ZBP: 44 establishments, 164 employees , annual payroll $6,140k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20764 (44 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (11) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Shady Side, MD

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

Shady Side sits in the lower half of Anne Arundel County on income: Annapolis, Pasadena and Severn report more, and only Glen Burnie reports less. Severna Park marks the far end of that range at $172,122, 45% above Shady Side.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
20764 4,176 $118,857 44 406
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Shady Side 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 Shady Side, .