PlainZIP

Sharptown, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sharptown, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 757. 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 SHARPTOWN-MD · Sharptown, MD 1 ZIPs · 757 pop · #7423/25278 · Wicomico County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $86,027
  • RANK-UPPER #7423/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Quantico
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 757
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $192,100

Nearest income peer: Quantico, MD (+ $2,018 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 Sharptown

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sharptown 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, Sharptown, MD sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 29%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
757
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$86,027
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 21861 (757 residents). Household income $86,027 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Maryland, Halethorpe is the closest lower-income city and Kennedyville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sharptown.

Population concentration

Sharptown's single ZIP 21861 carries the town

Sharptown is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 21861 is the entire residential footprint (757 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 Sharptown

Citywide ZBP: 10 establishments, 30 employees , annual payroll $1,409k (~13 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21861 (10 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Sharptown, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Wicomico County, which covers 16 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sharptown. See the Wicomico County roll-up →

Sharptown sits in the upper half of Wicomico County on income: Salisbury, Delmar and Fruitland report less, while Hebron reports more. Hebron marks the far end of that range at $112,991, 31% above Sharptown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21861 757 $86,027 10 112
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Sharptown 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 Sharptown, .