AreaProfile

21060Glen Burnie, Maryland

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 21060.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordabilityTop 20% of 4,553 published ZIP areas93
ClimateTop 38% of 4,621 published ZIP areas73
Physical resilienceTop 4% of 4,554 published ZIP areas94
AccessTop 25% of 4,623 published ZIP areas98
Economic stabilityTop 11% of 4,591 published ZIP areas80
The quick read

Natural-hazard exposure is lower than in most comparable published ZIP profiles, placing 21060 in the top 4% for physical resilience.

A major airport is 5 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
39,730
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$104,715
Top 16% nationally
Density
3,061/sq mi
13.0 sq mi of land
Median age
37.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Glen Burnie
Maryland
Metro area
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
Nearest major airport
BWI
5 mi · Baltimore/Washington Intl Thurgood Marshall
Median home value
$377,100
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

33% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 71% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$7,374$104,715Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,115$50,006Top 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate7.7%Bottom 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute31.3 minTop 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher33.4%Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation71.2%Top 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$76,370Top 22%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$59,070Top 19%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024105k87k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $104,715 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
General and Operations Managers44,960$117,040
Retail Salespersons39,920$34,800
Registered Nurses30,930$99,550
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive29,780$49,220
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand28,350$43,250
Home Health and Personal Care Aides26,880$37,640

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,597 takes 18% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.6 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
18.3%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.6×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,597
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$377,100
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.60Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate77.4%Bottom 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±74416,350Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$103$1,597Top 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$11,580$377,100Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income18.3%Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2.2%Bottom 9%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 89°F and January a low of 25°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 45.0 inches, including 19.3 inches of snow.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station BALTIMORE WASH INTL AP, 5.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.5"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation45.0"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall19.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low25°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high89°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing44°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

94 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, earthquake and cold wave.

HurricaneModerate
EarthquakeModerate
LandslideModerate
DroughtModerate
Coastal floodingModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, lightning, heat wave, strong wind, tornado, inland flooding, hail, ice storm, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

4 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 5 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Baltimore/Washington Intl Thurgood MarshallBWI5 mi10,503 ft
Washington Dulles IntlIAD50 mi11,500 ft
Harrisburg IntlMDT71 mi10,001 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

21060 vs Glen Burnie

How this ZIP area compares with Glen Burnie as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

21060
Glen Burnie
Median household income
$104,715
vs
$88,280
Per capita income
$50,006
vs
$42,687
Population density
3,061/sq mi
vs
4,193/sq mi
Median home value
$377,100
vs
$348,900
Median gross rent
$1,597
vs
$1,648
Homeownership rate
77.4%
vs
64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
33.4%
vs
27.4%
Poverty rate
7.7%
vs
9.3%
Median age
37.7
vs
38.2

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.