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21790 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 21790 covers Tuscarora, Maryland.

Poverty rate
0%12.4 points below the US average
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
3

Where 21790 is

Tuscarora, 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

Born outside the US0%
White (non-Hispanic)100%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0%
Hispanic or Latino0%
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Poverty rate0%
Health

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

Obesity31.6% 1.8 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes9.4% 2.6 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes7.2% 6 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure30.3% 3.8 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health13.3% 7 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)7.7% 3.6 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression20.5% 1.4 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity18.2% 7.2 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis23.6% 1.5 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking16.4% same as the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication75.6% 0.9 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)8.3% 0.6 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma9.4% 1 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease5% 1.2 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year77.5% 0.8 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening88.9% 3 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability11% 3.8 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening69.8% 5.5 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD4.4% 2.2 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist70.2% 8.9 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability22.1% 8.6 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support22.1% 2.7 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity8.7% 8.4 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps5% 9.3 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability5.6% 1.1 pts below the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol38.2% 2 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity8.3% 5.5 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability5.3% 3.1 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport5.4% 3.8 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness32.7% 1.7 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use78.3% 2.4 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)14.8% 2 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability8.6% 5.4 pts below the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)9.9% 3.6 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability2.3% 1.7 pts below the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat4.8% 4 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours34% 2.4 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke2.4% 1 pts below the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost13% same as the national average of 13%
Vision disability3.3% 2.3 pts below the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments3
People employed22
Annual payroll$960,000
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 23.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low to Relatively Low across the 2 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss35.1 out of 100
Community resilience69.3 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.

Drought92.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather73.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane69.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide67.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail67.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind61.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning55.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake47.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado44.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave44.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding41Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire35.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave26.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm22.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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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 rate0%9.3%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 US0%16.3%13.9%
Median age39.338.7
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 stationFREDERICK POLICE BRKS, MD US17.7 km away
Rain in a year44 in

Average high and low by month

January43.1°F / 26.5°F2.58 in rain
February47.8°F / 28.5°F2.95 in rain
March55.3°F / 35.6°F3.71 in rain
April68.6°F / 44.7°F3.55 in rain
May77.4°F / 55°F3.99 in rain
June85.2°F / 63.3°F4.26 in rain
July88.6°F / 68.4°F3.9 in rain
August86.7°F / 66.4°F2.89 in rain
September80°F / 59.3°F5.8 in rain
October68.8°F / 47.2°F3.26 in rain
November56.3°F / 37.8°F2.66 in rain
December47.1°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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket34% of this ZIP code's area
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 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 vulnerability6more vulnerable than 6% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status6more vulnerable than 6% of US census tracts
Household characteristics13more vulnerable than 13% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status40more vulnerable than 40% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Walkability4.9 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

21777 Point Of Rocks, MD2.4 km away
21710 Adamstown, MD5.4 km away
20176 Leesburg, VA9.7 km away
20842 Dickerson, MD9.8 km away
21717 Buckeystown, MD10.1 km away
21716 Brunswick, MD11.2 km away
21755 Jefferson, MD11.3 km away
21703 Frederick, MD11.6 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 County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area4.77 sq mi
Water area0.84 sq mi
Latitude, longitude39.2667, -77.5101

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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