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Thurmont, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thurmont, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 11,622. 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 THURMONT-MD · Thurmont, MD 1 ZIPs · 11,622 pop · #4616/25278 · Frederick County

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

  • INC-HIGH $98,856
  • RANK-TOP #4616/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Emmitsburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-TOWN 11,622
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $379,200

Nearest income peer: Emmitsburg, MD ( $3,620 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 Thurmont

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

Top 18%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
11,622
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$98,856
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 $98,856 and home value $379,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 31.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Thurmont as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Montgomery Village is the closest lower-income city and Gunpowder the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Thurmont.

Population concentration

Thurmont's single ZIP 21788 carries the town

Thurmont is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 21788 is the entire residential footprint (11,622 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 Thurmont's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 216 establishments, 3,063 employees , annual payroll $161,687k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 21788 (216 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (44) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Thurmont, MD

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

Thurmont sits in the lower half of Frederick County on income: Frederick, Mount Airy and New Market report more, and only Emmitsburg reports less. Monrovia marks the far end of that range at $183,571, 86% above Thurmont.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
21788 11,622 $98,856 216 67
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Thurmont 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 Thurmont, .