Estimated median household income in 2007: $55,746
| This zip code: | $55,746 | | Maryland: | $68,080 |
Nearest zip codes: 21660, 21639, 21641, 21655, 21636, 21657.
Housing units in zip code 21629 with a mortgage: 1,126 (137 second mortgage, 132 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 596
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,492
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $424
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 9.3% | | Whole state: | 8.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 3.3% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 6.3 | | State: | 6.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.7 | | State: | 4.2 |
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 21629: Caroline County Farm (A), Caroline Country Club (B), Cannons Corner (C), Jones Corner (D), Moot Point Farm (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 21629 include: Thawleys Chapel (A), Union Church (B), Williston Church (C), Burrsville Church of God (D), Concord Methodist Episcopal Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Denton Cemetery (1), Ames Cemetery (2), Saint Paul Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Webber Branch (A), Mill Creek (B), Garey Mill Pond Branch (C), Chapel Branch (D), Hickman Ditch (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Post office: Denton Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map
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Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 79
- 1995 to 1998: 255
- 1990 to 1994: 319
- 1980 to 1989: 560
- 1970 to 1979: 557
- 1960 to 1969: 253
- 1950 to 1959: 300
- 1940 to 1949: 189
- 1939 or earlier: 720
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Denton, MD (21629): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 37
- 2 bedrooms: 427
- 3 bedrooms: 1,307
- 4 bedrooms: 378
- 5 or more bedrooms: 111
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 156
- 2 bedrooms: 287
- 3 bedrooms: 213
- 4 bedrooms: 44
- 5 or more bedrooms: 17
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Vehicles available in 21629 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 58
- 1 vehicle: 642
- 2 vehicles: 922
- 3 vehicles: 509
- 4 vehicles: 102
- 5 or more vehicles: 27
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 151
- 1 vehicle: 295
- 2 vehicles: 227
- 3 vehicles: 27
- 4 vehicles: 17
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 21629:
- Less than $10,000: 4
- $10,000 to $14,999: 2
- $15,000 to $19,999: 2
- $20,000 to $24,999: 2
- $25,000 to $29,999: 3
- $30,000 to $34,999: 3
- $35,000 to $39,999: 10
- $40,000 to $49,999: 26
- $50,000 to $59,999: 28
- $60,000 to $69,999: 2
- $70,000 to $79,999: 10
- $80,000 to $89,999: 10
- $90,000 to $99,999: 12
- $100,000 to $124,999: 71
- $125,000 to $149,999: 121
- $150,000 to $174,999: 119
- $175,000 to $199,999: 201
- $200,000 to $249,999: 630
- $250,000 to $299,999: 364
- $300,000 to $399,999: 626
- $400,000 to $499,999: 343
- $500,000 to $749,999: 259
- $750,000 to $999,999: 48
- $1,000,000 or more: 68
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 21629:
- Less than $100: 34
- $100 to $149: 13
- $200 to $249: 19
- $250 to $299: 19
- $300 to $349: 25
- $350 to $399: 20
- $400 to $449: 30
- $450 to $499: 19
- $500 to $549: 31
- $550 to $599: 24
- $600 to $649: 13
- $650 to $699: 25
- No cash rent: 54
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $284,525.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $293,727
- Black or African American householders: $186,454
- Asian householders: $1,089,672
- Some other race householders: $205,826
- Two or more races householders: $272,418
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $205,826
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $278,763 (it was $116,100 in 2000)
| 21629: | $278,763 | | Maryland: | $347,000 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $160,590 - $301,279
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $313,384| Here: | $313,384 | | State: | $459,189 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $197,714| Here: | $197,714 | | State: | $274,414 |
In 2-unit structures: $125,814| Here: | $125,814 | | State: | $238,436 |
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $192,721| Here: | $192,721 | | State: | $280,693 |
Mobile homes: $71,839| Here: | $71,839 | | State: | $45,619 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,604
- One, attached: 67
- Two: 118
- 3 or 4: 80
- 5 to 9: 88
- 10 to 19: 76
- 20 to 49: 12
- Mobile homes: 187

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 2,829 (80%)
- Carpooled: 436 (12%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 64 (2%)
- Other means: 38 (1%)
- Worked at home: 163 (5%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 131
- 5 to 9 minutes: 315
- 10 to 14 minutes: 474
- 15 to 19 minutes: 391
- 20 to 24 minutes: 291
- 25 to 29 minutes: 288
- 30 to 34 minutes: 549
- 35 to 39 minutes: 71
- 40 to 44 minutes: 87
- 45 to 59 minutes: 328
- 60 to 89 minutes: 285
- 90 or more minutes: 169
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 49.9%
Household type by relationship
Households: 7,505
- In family households: 6,444 (1,620 male householders, 486 female householders)
1,611 spouses, 2,219 children (1,968 natural, 60 adopted, 191 stepchildren), 149 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 108 other relatives, 139 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,061 (374 male householders (293 living alone)), 491 female householders (446 living alone)), 196 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 365 (335 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 953 2-persons, 458 3-persons, 426 4-persons, 174 5-persons, 78 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 739 1-person, 89 2-persons, 30 3-persons, 7 6-persons.
1,216 married couples with children.
453 single-parent households (144 men, 309 women).
95.2% of residents of 21629 zip code speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% very well, 23% well, 24% not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% very well, 11% well, 12% not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% very well, 18% well, 23% not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% not well).
Foreign born population: 146 (1.9%)
(61.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 1.9% | | Whole state: | 9.8% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (21%)
- Germany (19%)
- Canada (14%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Other Northern Africa (8%)
- Poland (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 13
- 1990 to 1994: 17
- 1985 to 1989: 19
- 1980 to 1984: 25
- 1975 to 1979: 6
- 1970 to 1974: 13
- 1970 to 1974: 0
- 1965 to 1969: 53
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White population: 6,620
Black population: 1,069
American Indian population: 14
Asian population: 30
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 1
Some other race population: 14
Two or more races population: 113

First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 1226 |
|  United States or American: 1021 |
|  English: 971 |
|  German: 790 |
|  Irish: 706 |
|  Scottish: 237 |
|  Italian: 211 |
|  European: 94 |
|  Polish: 93 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 84 |
|  Dutch: 66 |
|  French (except Basque): 59 |
|  French Canadian: 54 |
|  Swedish: 53 |
|  Ukrainian: 46 |
|  British: 37 |
|  Welsh: 31 |
|  Russian: 28 |
|  Norwegian: 21 |
|  Greek: 12 |
|  Arab:: 11 |
|  Moroccan: 11 |
|  Danish: 10 |
|  Belgian: 9 |
|  Celtic: 8 |
|  Lithuanian: 8 |
|  Czech: 8 |
|  Slovak: 8 |
|  Portuguese: 8 |
|  Scandinavian: 8 |
|  Alsatian: 6 |
|  Romanian: 6 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 6 |
|  African: 6 |
|  Austrian: 5 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 4 |

Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- MULHOLLAND HARPER COMPANY (24778 MEETING HOUSE RD in DENTON, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - GROUND WATER PROGRAM, OIL CONTROL
STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
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: SIGNS AND ADVERTISING SPECIALTIES; BUSINESS SERVICES
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, MULHOLLAND-HARPER CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ELECTRO-THERM INC (RTE 404 in DENTON, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - NPDES NON-MAJOR, NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT
STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: PLASTICS PRODUCTS; ELECTRIC HOUSEWARES AND FANS
Alternative names: ELECTROTHERM, FIL (US) INC., FIL (US) INC.- DENTON, FIL {US} INC, FEDERAL INDUSTRI
- LOCKERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL (410 LOCKERMAN in DENTON, MD)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-050302
Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Organizations: CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- CAROLINE COUNTRY CLUB (24820 PEALIQUOR ROAD in DENTON, MD)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: MEMBERSHIP SPORTS AND RECREATION CLUBS
- CAROLINE NURSING HOME (520 KERR AVENUE in DENTON, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR
Business SIC classification: SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES
- NEW DENTON POLICE BUILDING (NORTH THIRD & GAY STREET in DENTON, MD)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Permits tracking) - OIL CONTROL
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: POLICE PROTECTION
Alternative names: JOHN D. HYNES & ASSOC., NEW POLICE BUILDING
- NUTTLE LUMBER & COAL (7TH STREET & LINCOLN STREET in DENTON, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR
Business SIC classification: PREFABRICATED WOOD BUILDINGS AND COMPONENTS
- LYNCH GRAIN (CRYSTAL AVENUE in DENTON, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
STATE MASTER (Maryland Air Emissions Database) - AIR MINOR
Business SIC classification: CROP PREPARATION SERVICES FOR MARKET, EXCEPT COTTON GINNING
- BORDEN CHEMICAL SMITH-DOU (PO BOX 462 in DENTON, MD)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- PASSWATERS, WILFORD H & CO INC (2332 CARTER AVE in DENTON, MD)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, PASSWATERS WILFORD H & CO INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
- CAROLINE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION (204 FRANKLIN STREET in DENTON, MD)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
- BRAMBLE, DAVID A INC (MD RTE 404 in DENTON, MD)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- BREEDING'S PIT (ROUTES 404 & 16 in DENTON, MD)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
Business SIC classification: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL
Alternative names: OTTIS E. BREEDING, SR.
Median worth of mobile homes: $86,601
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (5%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5359
- Northeast: 943
- Midwest: 133
- South: 1119
- West: 117
54% of the 21629 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Maryland.
Population in 1990: 7,126. Population change in the 1990s: +735 (+10.3%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 148
| Here: | 14.1% | | Maryland: | 14.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 61
| Here: | 12.1% | | Maryland: | 13.3% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 10.5% | | Maryland: | 21.7% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249 employees: 2 establishments, 20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
- Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (20-49: 2, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 2)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (50-99: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (50-99: 1, 10-19: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 10-19: 3, 1-4: 1)
- Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 4)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
People in group quarters
- 263 people in nursing homes
- 68 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 25 people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Fatal accident statistics in 2006
- Fatal accident count: 2
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 4
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
- Fatalities: 2
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 7
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Fatal accident statistics in 2005
- Fatal accident count: 1
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 1
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 1
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
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