Código postal 21044 — Columbia, MD

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El código postal 21044 cubre Columbia, Maryland, con una población de unos 44,775 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $132,924.

Población: 44,7753,767 per square mile
Edad media: 39.91.2 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $132,9241.3× the Maryland median
Tasa de pobreza: 7.1%5.3 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $547,534up 15.9% in five years
Alquiler medio: $2,0961.3× the Maryland median
Título universitario o superior: 67.3%32.3 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 61.3%3.7 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 1,179

Dónde está 21044

Columbia, Maryland — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	44,775
Edad media	39.9
Hogares familiares	63.6%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	20.2%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	23.4%
Blanca (no hispana)	44%
Negra (no hispana)	26.3%
Asiática (no hispana)	12.4%
Hispana o latina	10.3%
Veteranos	7.4%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$132,924
Ingreso por persona	$67,519
Tasa de pobreza	7.1%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	9.7%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	3.7%
$10–15k	2.3%
$15–20k	1.4%
$20–25k	1.1%
$25–30k	1.9%
$30–35k	1.0%
$35–40k	0.5%
$40–45k	1.1%
$45–50k	1.2%
$50–60k	4.7%
$60–75k	5.3%
$75–100k	10.0%
$100–125k	13.4%
$125–150k	9.3%
$150–200k	16.0%
$200k or more	27.2%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	22,840
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$114,226
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	15.1%
Returns, under $25k	20.6%
Returns, $25k–$50k	15.5%
Returns, $50k–$75k	13.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.9%
Returns, $100k–$200k	24.5%
Returns, $200k or more	15.1%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$541,100
Alquiler bruto medio	$2,096
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	28.2%
Ocupada por su propietario	61.3%
Viviendas vacías	7%
Año medio de construcción	1984

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	35.5%
Casa adosada	23.8%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	1.6%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	24.3%
20 o más viviendas	14.5%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.3%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$547,534as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 0.3%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 15.9%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 44.1%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$2,320as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 3.5%
Typical asking rent, 5 years	up 22.2%
Typical asking rent, 10 years	up 44.6%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$184,618 in 2000 to $547,534 in 2026.

Alquiler típico solicitado

$1,604 in 2016 to $2,320 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	4.3%
Licenciatura o superior	67.3%
Bachillerato o superior	96.2%
Trabaja desde casa	24.3%
Conduce solo al trabajo	64.2%
Usa el transporte público	3.1%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	22.5%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	31.6% 1.8 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	10.4% 1.6 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	7.3% 5.9 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	35% 0.9 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	12.7% 7.6 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	5.8% 5.5 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	18.7% 3.2 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	16.2% 9.2 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	25.1% same as the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.7% 2.3 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	75.8% 1.1 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	7.9% same as the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.7% 0.7 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	4.9% 1.3 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	80.9% 4.2 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	91.3% 5.4 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	9.6% 5.2 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	70.6% 6.3 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	4.2% 2.4 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	70.5% 9.2 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	21.8% 8.9 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	20.9% 3.9 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	9.9% 7.2 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	7.1% 7.2 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	5% 1.7 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	38.6% 2.4 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	9.4% 4.4 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	5.2% 3.2 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	5.8% 3.4 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	30.8% 3.6 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	83.3% 7.4 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	13% 3.8 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	9.4% 4.6 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	9.7% 3.8 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	2.5% 1.5 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	6% 2.8 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	37.5% 1.1 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.7% 0.7 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	5.6% 7.4 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	3.3% 2.3 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	1,179
Personas empleadas	25,077
Nómina anual	$2,270,914,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 22.9% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively Low en los 10 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	30.7 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	88.7 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Temporal invernal	84.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	75.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	69.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	68.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	67.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	60.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	52.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	52.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	38.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	37.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	36.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	35.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	32.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	4.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Maryland y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Maryland	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$132,924	$101,652	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$67,519	$51,689	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	7.1%	9.3%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$541,100	$397,700	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$2,096	$1,662	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	61.3%	67.5%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	67.3%	42.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	4.3%	4.9%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	24.3%	17.2%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	20.2%	16.3%	13.9%
Edad media	39.9	39.3	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	LAUREL 3 W, MD US14.5 km away
Lluvia al año	48 in

Average high and low by month

enero	42.7°F / 26.1°F3.46 in rain
febrero	46.1°F / 28°F2.73 in rain
marzo	54.8°F / 34.8°F4.2 in rain
abril	67°F / 44.9°F3.8 in rain
mayo	75.5°F / 55.3°F4.41 in rain
junio	84.2°F / 64.5°F4.38 in rain
julio	88.6°F / 69.4°F4.17 in rain
agosto	87.1°F / 67.9°F3.8 in rain
septiembre	80°F / 61.2°F4.7 in rain
octubre	68.5°F / 49.7°F4.41 in rain
noviembre	57.1°F / 38.6°F3.52 in rain
diciembre	47°F / 31.4°F3.93 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	46% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	20% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Howard County Public Schools	100% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	32más vulnerable que el 32% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	20más vulnerable que el 20% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	47más vulnerable que el 47% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	70más vulnerable que el 70% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	39más vulnerable que el 39% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	11.7 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

21045 Columbia, MD	a 4.1 km
21046 Columbia, MD	a 5.3 km
21041 Ellicott City, MD	a 6 km
21150 Simpsonville, MD	a 6 km
21029 Clarksville, MD	a 6.3 km
21042 Ellicott City, MD	a 6.7 km
21043 Ellicott City, MD	a 8.2 km
20759 Fulton, MD	a 8.4 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Howard County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	11.89 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.1 sq mi
Densidad de población	3,767 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	39.2141, -76.8788

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.