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21560 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 21560 covers Spring Gap, Maryland, with a population of about 0.

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

Where 21560 is

Spring Gap, 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
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 30.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss24.5 out of 100
Community resilience73.4 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.

Landslide97.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought87.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind81.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail74.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather73.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave70.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane61.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire61.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning55.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding54.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake48.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche45.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado42.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm39.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave22.3Relatively 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 stationCUMBERLAND 2, MD US9.2 km away
Rain in a year39 in
Snow in a year29 in

Average high and low by month

January39.2°F / 22.5°F2.79 in rain, 8.2 in snow
February43.4°F / 23.9°F2.38 in rain, 7.7 in snow
March53°F / 31.2°F3.42 in rain, 6.8 in snow
April66.3°F / 40.9°F3.41 in rain, 0.1 in snow
May74.6°F / 51.2°F4.22 in rain
June82.5°F / 60.1°F3.87 in rain
July87.1°F / 64.4°F3.73 in rain
August85.4°F / 62.7°F3.4 in rain
September78.5°F / 55°F3.55 in rain
October66.8°F / 43.2°F2.82 in rain
November53.9°F / 33.5°F2.58 in rain, 0.5 in snow
December42.9°F / 27.1°F3.05 in rain, 5.4 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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
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%.

Allegany 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.

Overall social vulnerability57more vulnerable than 57% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status47more vulnerable than 47% of US census tracts
Household characteristics41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status40more vulnerable than 40% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport79more vulnerable than 79% of US census tracts
Walkability4.1 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

21504 Cumberland, MD2.8 km away
26753 Ridgeley, WV6.2 km away
26767 Wiley Ford, WV7.3 km away
26719 Fort Ashby, WV9.1 km away
21555 Oldtown, MD9.8 km away
26722 Green Spring, WV10.3 km away
21501 Cumberland, MD10.5 km away
21503 Cumberland, MD10.5 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.

Allegany County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.56 sq mi
Latitude, longitude39.5654, -78.7164

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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