21705 ZIP Code
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ZIP code 21705 covers Frederick, Maryland.
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
- Businesses
- 17
Where 21705 is
Frederick, Maryland — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.
Business and employment
Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022
| Business establishments | 17 |
|---|---|
| People employed | 255 |
| Annual payroll | $18,762,000 |
Natural hazard risk
FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.
| Overall risk | Higher than 11.7% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| FEMA rating | Very Low |
| Expected annual loss | 11.2 out of 100 |
| Community resilience | 69.3 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.
| Drought | 84.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Hail | 70Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Earthquake | 68Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Hurricane | 66.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Winter weather | 63Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Strong wind | 50.9Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Wildfire | 46.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Tornado | 44.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Lightning | 41.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Landslide | 37.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Heat wave | 25.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| River flooding | 21.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Ice storm | 20.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
| Cold wave | 20.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code |
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 station | FREDERICK POLICE BRKS, MD US2.4 km away |
|---|---|
| Rain in a year | 44 in |
Average high and low by month
| January | 43.1°F / 26.5°F2.58 in rain |
|---|---|
| February | 47.8°F / 28.5°F2.95 in rain |
| March | 55.3°F / 35.6°F3.71 in rain |
| April | 68.6°F / 44.7°F3.55 in rain |
| May | 77.4°F / 55°F3.99 in rain |
| June | 85.2°F / 63.3°F4.26 in rain |
| July | 88.6°F / 68.4°F3.9 in rain |
| August | 86.7°F / 66.4°F2.89 in rain |
| September | 80°F / 59.3°F5.8 in rain |
| October | 68.8°F / 47.2°F3.26 in rain |
| November | 56.3°F / 37.8°F2.66 in rain |
| December | 47.1°F / 30.7°F3.97 in rain |
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 supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
|---|---|
| Far from a supermarket | None of this ZIP code |
| No vehicle and far from a supermarket | None 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%.
| Frederick County Public Schools | 100% 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 vulnerability | 58more vulnerable than 58% of US census tracts |
|---|---|
| Socioeconomic status | 62more vulnerable than 62% of US census tracts |
| Household characteristics | 11more vulnerable than 11% of US census tracts |
| Racial and ethnic minority status | 48more vulnerable than 48% of US census tracts |
| Housing type and transport | 84more vulnerable than 84% of US census tracts |
| Walkability | 15.4 out of 20Most walkable |
Nearby ZIP codes
The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.
| 21709 Frederick, MD | 6.4 km away |
|---|---|
| 21703 Frederick, MD | 7.2 km away |
| 21701 Frederick, MD | 7.4 km away |
| 21704 Frederick, MD | 8 km away |
| 21714 Braddock Heights, MD | 8.2 km away |
| 21793 Walkersville, MD | 8.9 km away |
| 21717 Buckeystown, MD | 9.4 km away |
| 21702 Frederick, MD | 9.7 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.
| Frederick County | 100% of this ZIP code's land area |
|---|---|
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard) |
| Daylight saving time | Observed |
| Land area | 0.02 sq mi |
| Latitude, longitude | 39.4143, -77.4105 |
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.