Postal Codes

21240 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 21240 covers Baltimore, Maryland, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
131

Where 21240 is

Baltimore, Maryland — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments131
People employed8,136
Annual payroll$642,501,000
Natural hazard risk

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

Overall riskHigher than 0.7% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low
Expected annual loss0.5 out of 100
Community resilience82.3 out of 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.

Hurricane64.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide58.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake56.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail44.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire23.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado22.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm22Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather21.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind20.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave16.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning2.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave1.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding0.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Maryland and the United States

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

This ZIPMarylandUnited States
Median household income$101,652$78,538
Income per person$51,689$43,289
Poverty rate9.3%12.4%
Median home value$397,700$303,400
Median gross rent$1,662$1,348
Homeownership67.5%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher42.7%35%
Unemployment rate4.9%5.2%
Works from home17.2%13.5%
Born outside the US16.3%13.9%
Median age39.338.7
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Climate

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.

Weather stationBALTIMORE WASH INTL AP, MD US1.3 km away
Rain in a year45 in
Snow in a year19 in

Average high and low by month

January43.2°F / 25.4°F3.08 in rain, 6.4 in snow
February46.4°F / 26.9°F2.9 in rain, 7.5 in snow
March54.8°F / 33.9°F4.01 in rain, 2.8 in snow
April66.5°F / 43.6°F3.39 in rain
May75.5°F / 53.3°F3.85 in rain
June84.4°F / 62.6°F3.98 in rain
July88.8°F / 67.7°F4.48 in rain
August86.5°F / 65.8°F4.09 in rain
September79.7°F / 58.8°F4.44 in rain
October68.3°F / 46.5°F3.94 in rain
November57.3°F / 36.5°F3.13 in rain, 0.1 in snow
December47.5°F / 29.6°F3.71 in rain, 2.5 in snow
Access to food

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.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

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%.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

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.

Racial and ethnic minority status57more vulnerable than 57% of US census tracts
Walkability8.7 out of 20Below average
Nearby ZIP codes

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

21077 Harmans, MD3 km away
21090 Linthicum Heights, MD3.8 km away
21061 Glen Burnie, MD4 km away
21076 Hanover, MD4.7 km away
21144 Severn, MD5.7 km away
21227 Halethorpe, MD6.5 km away
21225 Brooklyn, MD7.5 km away
21075 Elkridge, MD7.7 km away
Location, counties and time zone

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.

Anne Arundel County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area4.51 sq mi
Latitude, longitude39.1753, -76.6732

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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