Housing units in zip code 21520 with a mortgage: 462 (7 second mortgage, 75 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 404
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,348
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $365
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
8.4%
Whole state:
9.1%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 21520: Cove (A), Winding Ridge (B), Bear Creek Fish Rearing Station (C), Accident Volunteer Fire Department (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 21520 include: Accident Evangelical Lutheran Church (A), Hoyes United Methodist Church (B), Saint Johns English Lutheran Church (C), Saint Johns Lutheran Church (D), Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (E), Glade Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Fikes Run (A), Cove Run (B), Stony Brook (C), Little Bear Creek (D), South Branch Bear Creek (E), Rocklick Creek (F), Pleasant Valley Run (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Year house built
2005 or later: 83
2000 to 2004: 151
1990 to 1999: 289
1980 to 1989: 366
1970 to 1979: 259
1960 to 1969: 95
1950 to 1959: 172
1940 to 1949: 52
1939 or earlier: 239
Estimated household income distribution in 2009:
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 21520:
Less than $10,000: 28
$10,000 to $14,999: 18
$15,000 to $19,999: 55
$20,000 to $24,999: 13
$25,000 to $29,999: 23
$30,000 to $34,999: 17
$35,000 to $39,999: 13
$40,000 to $49,999: 13
$50,000 to $59,999: 9
$60,000 to $69,999: 22
$70,000 to $79,999: 21
$80,000 to $89,999: 35
$90,000 to $99,999: 32
$100,000 to $124,999: 94
$125,000 to $149,999: 5
$150,000 to $174,999: 75
$175,000 to $199,999: 116
$200,000 to $249,999: 44
$250,000 to $299,999: 85
$300,000 to $399,999: 102
$400,000 to $499,999: 61
$500,000 to $749,999: 86
$750,000 to $999,999: 34
$1,000,000 or more: 34
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 21520:
Less than $100: 9
$100 to $149: 15
$150 to $199: 1
$200 to $249: 10
$250 to $299: 12
$300 to $349: 26
$350 to $399: 45
$400 to $449: 11
$450 to $499: 23
$500 to $549: 7
$550 to $599: 15
$600 to $649: 21
$650 to $699: 4
$700 to $749: 50
$750 to $799: 60
$800 to $899: 4
$900 to $999: 5
$1,000 to $1,249: 6
$1,250 to $1,499: 60
$1,500 to $1,999: 5
No cash rent: 47
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $1,380,807.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $235,424
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $230,114
21520:
$230,114
Maryland:
$321,400
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $132,398 - $403,501
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $349,576
Here:
$349,576
State:
$430,896
Mobile homes: $58,345
Here:
$58,345
State:
$83,233
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,398
One, attached: 72
Two: 23
3 or 4: 28
5 to 9: 46
10 to 19: 19
20 to 49: 28
50 or more: 6
Mobile homes: 163
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 893 (72%)
Carpooled: 153 (12%)
Subway or elevated: 54 (4%)
Motorcycle: 12 (1%)
Walked: 44 (4%)
Other means: 33 (3%)
Worked at home: 121 (10%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 150
5 to 9 minutes: 183
10 to 14 minutes: 147
15 to 19 minutes: 131
20 to 24 minutes: 102
25 to 29 minutes: 59
30 to 34 minutes: 110
35 to 39 minutes: 56
40 to 44 minutes: 57
45 to 59 minutes: 48
60 to 89 minutes: 41
90 or more minutes: 21
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 83.7%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,961
In family households: 1,721 (453 male householders, 101 female householders)
474 spouses, 635 children (611 natural, 10 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 8 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 240 (76 male householders (60 living alone)), 131 female householders (127 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 45 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 392 2-persons, 134 3-persons, 122 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 16 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 258 1-person, 65 2-persons, 24 3-persons
421 married couples with children.
147 single-parent households (63 men, 84 women).
96.7% of residents of 21520 zip code speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% very well, 46% well, 3% not well).
6.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (63% very well, 38% not well).
Foreign born population: 32 (1.3%) (18.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
1.3%
Whole state:
13.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Canada (50%)
Other South America (30%)
United Kingdom (20%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 21
1990 to 1999: 9
1980 to 1989: 1
Before 1980: 16
Races in zip code 21520:
White population: 2,479 Black population: 20 American Indian population: 22 Asian population: 161 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 14 Hispanic or Latino population: 29
Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
NORTHERN HIGH SCHOOL (86 PRIDE PARKWAY in ACCIDENT, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - NPDES NON-MAJOR STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Organizations: BOARD OF ED OF GARRETT COUNTY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: NORTHERN GARRETT HIGH SCHOOL, NORTHERN HIGH & MIDDLE SCHOOL, NORTHERN HIGH EVENING SCHOOL
PHENIX TECHNOLOGIES (116 INDUSTRIAL DRIVE in ACCIDENT, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT, OIL CONTROL STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: POWER, DISTRIBUTION, AND SPECIALTY TRANSFORMERS Business NAICS classification: INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING FOR MEASURING AND TESTING ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS.
ACCIDENT WWTP (427 SOUTH MAIN STREET in ACCIDENT, MD)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - NPDES NON-MAJOR National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) - SDWIS-MD0110001 1, WATER TREATMENT PLANT, SDWIS-MD0110001 2, Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Alternative names: TOWN OF ACCIDENT, TOWN OF ACCIDENT WWTP
AMOCO 312 S MAIN STREET (312 MAIN STREET, SOUTH in ACCIDENT, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR Business SIC classification: GROCERY STORES; GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS
BEAR CREEK TROUT HATCHERY (956 FISH HATCHERY ROAD in ACCIDENT, MD)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - NPDES NON-MAJOR National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: ANIMAL AQUACULTURE Alternative names: MD. DEPT. FO NATURAL RESOURCES
KEYSERS RIDGE AUTO TRUCK STOP (4008 NATIONAL PIKE in ACCIDENT, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR Business SIC classification: GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS Alternative names: KEYSER S RIDGE AUTO/TRUCK STOP
MARYLAND MINERALS-SAVAGE (566 HOYES SANG RUN ROAD in ACCIDENT, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MAJOR Business SIC classification: CUT STONE AND STONE PRODUCTS Alternative names: MD MINERALS INC., MARYLAND MINERALS - SAVAGE QUARRY
MASTER CASTING (621 BRETHEREN CHURCH ROAD in ACCIDENT, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT Business SIC classification: WOOD PRODUCTS
ACCIDENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (534 ACCIDENT-BITTINGER RD in ACCIDENT, MD)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-110501 Organizations: GARRETT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
NORTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL (371 PRIDE PKWY in ACCIDENT, MD)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-110511 Organizations: GARRETT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
NORTHERN HIGH & MIDDLE SCHOOL (US 219 NORTH in ACCIDENT, MD)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Alternative names: GARRETT CO. BD OF EDUCATION, NORTHERN MID.& H S WWTP, NORTHERN MID.&HS WWTP
MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (US RTE 40 AND RTE 219 in ACCIDENT, MD)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, MARYLAND STATE OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3.7%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.5%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
Electricity (22%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
Wood (11%)
Coal or coke (4%)
Utility gas (3%)
Other fuel (3%)
No fuel used (2%)
Population in 1990: 1,968. Population change in the 1990s: +80 (+4.1%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 1,148
Northeast: 532
Midwest: 89
South: 192
West: 31
68% of the 21520 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Maryland.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 78
Here:
29.2%
Maryland:
14.7%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 31
Here:
23.6%
Maryland:
13.9%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here:
6.5%
Maryland:
21.4%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
GREATER MARYLAND TOOL & MFG C (107 S MAIN ST in ACCIDENT, MD; small business) : $1,674,619 in 166 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Nuclear Reactors, Circuit Breakers, Valves, Nonpowered, Hand Tools, Nonedged, Nonpowered, and moreby Navy Signed by year:2000: $320,600; 2001: $146,878; 2002: $0; 2003: $117,750; 2004: $56,473; 2005: $723,714; 2006: $254,196.
Biggest contracts:
$320,600 with Navy for Nuclear Reactors. Signed on 2000-05-22. Completion date: 2001-05-22.
$55,008 with Navy for Circuit Breakers. Signed on 1999-11-04. Completion date: 2000-06-01.
$49,500 with Navy for Valves, Nonpowered. Signed on 2003-08-20. Completion date: 2004-02-17.
$45,000 with Navy for Hand Tools, Nonedged, Nonpowered. Signed on 2001-12-14. Completion date: 2002-11-29.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (10-19 employees: 2 establishments, 1-4 employees: 3 establishments)