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Taneytown, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Taneytown, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,693. 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 TANEYTOWN-MD · Taneytown, MD 1 ZIPs · 10,693 pop · #5997/25278 · Carroll County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $91,682
  • RANK-UPPER #5997/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Union Bridge
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,693
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $355,000

Nearest income peer: Union Bridge, MD (+ $1,333 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 Taneytown

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

Top 24%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,693
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$91,682
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 $91,682 and home value $355,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 22.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Taneytown as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Big Pool is the closest lower-income city and Rosedale the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Taneytown.

Population concentration

Taneytown's single ZIP 21787 carries the town

Taneytown is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 21787 is the entire residential footprint (10,693 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 Taneytown's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 193 establishments, 2,370 employees , annual payroll $142,967k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21787 (193 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (37) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Taneytown, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Carroll County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Taneytown. See the Carroll County roll-up →

Every one of the 8 cities sharing Carroll County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Taneytown, Westminster, Sykesville and Hampstead among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Marriottsville marks the far end of that range at $191,804, 109% above Taneytown.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21787 10,693 $91,682 193 72
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Taneytown 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 Taneytown, .