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Sykesville, MD 21784 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 21784: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Sykesville, MD 21784

Acceptable Alternative

Eldersburg, MD 21784

Gaither, MD 21784

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Carroll County
Centroid: Latitude 39.338, Longitude -76.972
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 21784 has segments in 2 Counties / Independent Cities (Carroll, Howard).

Businesses Addresses: 1,072
PO Box Addresses: 416
Residential Addresses: 14,145

Multi-Family Addresses: 724
Single Family Addresses: 13,421

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

21784 ZIP Code Map

Sykesville, MD 21784 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	39,628
Daytime Population: Workers	12,305
Daytime Population: Residents	18,180
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	30,485
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.77
Population in Households	38,470
Population in Familes	34,241
Population in Group Qrtrs	1,158
Population Density²	736
Diversity Index³	25

INCOME
Median Household Income	$106,517
Average Household Income	$126,735
Per Capita Income	$44,579

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	14,097 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	11,523 (81.7%)
Renter Occupied HU	2,083 (14.8%)
Vacant Housing Units	491 ( 3.5%)
Median Home Value	$391,042
Average Home Value	$434,724

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	13,606
Average Household Size	2.83
Family Households	10,671
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.61%	0.47%
Households	0.57%	0.46%
Families	0.5%	0.41%
Median Household Income		1.06%
Per Capita Income		2.05%

Sykesville, MD 21784 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 21784 to the other 456 ZIP Codes in Maryland by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.