21872 Zip Code (Whaleyville, MD) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 573
Zip code population in 2010: 718
Zip code population in 2000: 653

Houses and condos: 252
Renter-occupied apartments: 17
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 21872: 91.3 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 18.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 32 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $5,341 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,852 (0.9%)

For population 25 years and over in 21872:

• High school or higher: 94.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 43.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 21872:

• Never married: 19.3%
• Now married: 66.3%
• Separated: 3.6%
• Widowed: 0.0%
• Divorced: 10.8%

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 21872, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $50,716 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$50,716
State:	$86,905

Salary/wage: $41,706 (reported on 84.2% of returns)

Here:	$41,706
State:	$73,953

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1264.4% for AGIs below $25k, 3705.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6237.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10085.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15773.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $314 (reported on 36.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$314
Maryland:	$1,528

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.8% for AGIs below $25k, 18.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 27.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 36.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,460 (reported on 13.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,460
State:	$8,028

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 58.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 86.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,450 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

Here:	+$1,450
State:	+$25,238

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 18.9% for AGIs below $25k, 205.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,000 (reported on 13.2% of returns)

Here:	+$4,000
State:	+$11,398

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 128.9% for AGIs below $25k, 105.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Total itemized deductions: $18,867 (reported on 7.9% of returns)

Here:	$18,867
State:	$30,672

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1415.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Charity contributions: $6,200 (reported on 5.3% of returns)

Here:	$6,200
State:	$9,065

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 137.8% for AGIs below $25k)

Taxes paid: $6,100 (reported on 7.9% of returns)

21872:	$6,100
State:	$8,475

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 457.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $1,933 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,933
State:	$2,151

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 71.1% for AGIs below $25k, 65.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 92.1%

Here:	92%
State:	90%

(% for various income ranges: 92.3% for AGIs below $25k, 90.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 83.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 21872, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $43,826 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$43,826
State:	$72,703

Salary/wage: $35,590 (reported on 85.7% of returns)

Here:	$35,590
State:	$62,228

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 78.6% for AGIs below $25k, 73.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 72.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 78.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 52.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $517 (reported on 34.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$517
Maryland:	$1,413

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $520 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	$520
State:	$6,933

Profit/loss from business: +$10,100 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	+$10,100
State:	+$12,606

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $6,600 (reported on 5.7% of returns)

21872:	$6,600
Maryland:	$17,065

Total itemized deductions: $20,670 (27% of AGI, reported on 28.6% of returns)

Here:	$20,670
State:	$27,886

Here:	26.6% of AGI
State:	22.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 19.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 13.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $2,850 (reported on 22.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,850
State:	$4,452

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.3% for AGIs below $25k, 2.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $5,910 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

21872:	$5,910
State:	$11,690

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,933 (reported on 17.1% of returns)

Here:	$1,933
State:	$2,199

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.5% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 62.9%

Here:	63%
State:	52%

(% for various income ranges: 56.2% for AGIs below $25k, 57.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 21872, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $35,958 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,958
State:	$60,339

Salary/wage: $31,987 (reported on 85.2% of returns)

Here:	$31,987
State:	$52,211

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 120.1% for AGIs below $10k, 81.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 79.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 55.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $844 (reported on 43.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$844
Maryland:	$1,701

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs below $10k, 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $339 (reported on 16.5% of returns)

Here:	$339
State:	$4,235

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$235 (reported on 9.5% of returns)

Here:	+$235
State:	+$15,888

Profit/loss from business: +$4,167 (reported on 15.1% of returns)

Here:	+$4,167
State:	+$12,221

Profit/loss from farming: +$3,733 (reported on 4.2% of returns)

Here:	+$3,733
State:	-$4,771

Total itemized deductions: $16,045 (23% of AGI, reported on 24.6% of returns)

Here:	$16,045
State:	$22,960

Here:	22.7% of AGI
State:	23.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 44.9% for AGIs below $10k, 10.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 11.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 14.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,048 (3% of AGI, reported on 23.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,048
State:	$4,031

Here:	2.9% of AGI
State:	3.9% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs below $10k, 1.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $4,106 (reported on 76.5% of returns)

21872:	$4,106
State:	$10,167

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs below $10k, 4.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,432 (reported on 12.3% of returns)

Here:	$1,432
State:	$1,700

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 63.1%

Here:	63%
State:	55%

(% for various income ranges: 52.4% for AGIs below $10k, 57.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 71.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 71.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 65.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 77.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 21874, 21862, 21850, 19945, 21811, 21813.
Whaleyville Zip Code Map

No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 14
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 224

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 126 (93 now married, 32 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 21872 with a mortgage: 159
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 21872 household income distribution in 2022

• 17Less than $10,000
• 21$25,000 to $29,999
• 16$45,000 to $49,999
• 11$60,000 to $74,999
• 14$75,000 to $99,999
• 110$100,000 to $124,999
• 21$125,000 to $149,999
• 26$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 21872

• 12$100,000 to $124,999
• 16$175,000 to $199,999
• 13$250,000 to $299,999
• 48$300,000 to $399,999
• 141$500,000 to $749,999

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $591,860
• Black or African American householders: $385,523

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $552,946 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $330,418 - $678,145

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $437,254

Here:	$437,254
State:	$526,819

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 233
• Two: 17

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 21872

• 33.7%117Drove a car alone
• 5.8%20Carpooled
• 76.8%267Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 21872

• 2715 to 19 minutes
• 6020 to 24 minutes
• 3125 to 29 minutes
• 1560 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 94.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 573

• Male householders: 145 (21 living alone), Female householders: 96 (39 living alone)

• 133 spouses (133 opposite-sex spouses), 18 unmarried partners, (18 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 158 children (158 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 15 non-relatives

Size of family households: 38 2-persons, 142 3-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 59 1-person

143 married couples with children.
19 single-parent households (19 women).

91.7% of residents of 21872 zip code speak English at home.
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Population in 1990: 758.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 376
• Northeast: 69
• Midwest: 15
• South: 76

72% of the 21872 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Maryland.

101% of the 21872 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school):

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Construction: Tile and Terrazzo Contractors (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: Electrical Contractors (10-19: 1)
• Construction: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except Operative Builders) (10-19: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Veterinary Services (5-9: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Campgrounds (5-9: 1)
• Wholesale Trade: Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers (1-4: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Advertising Agencies (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (1-4: 1)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 6. The highest number of fire incidents - 10 took place in 2007, and the least - 0 in 2006. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.0%), and Outside Fires (38.0%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 21872
• 4343.0%Structure Fires
• 3838.0%Outside Fires
• 1717.0%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 22.0%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 21872, Maryland

Most common first names in zip code 21872 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	12	82.0 years
Mary	8	76.5 years
William	5	74.0 years
Charles	5	64.2 years
David	4	52.7 years
Maude	4	85.0 years
James	4	72.3 years
Harry	4	70.2 years
Horace	3	70.7 years
Dorothy	3	90.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 21872 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Armstrong	8	80.3 years
Lewis	8	79.4 years
Davis	7	78.8 years
Jones	7	76.2 years
Donaway	6	89.8 years
Mitchell	6	79.7 years
Wimbrow	6	71.0 years
Showell	6	76.7 years
Holland	5	77.0 years
Hamblin	5	76.0 years