What is the population of Fruitland city?

Fruitland city has 5,698 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #190 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Fruitland city?

Median household income in Fruitland city is $64,352 a year, 18.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fruitland city?

Median gross rent is $1,354 a month and the median home value is $211,200, so rent absorbs about 25.2% of median household income.

Is Fruitland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fruitland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fruitland, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fruitland, Maryland (Fruitland, MD — Census place “Fruitland city”) is 5,698 residents, ranking #190 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $64,352, the median home is worth $211,200 and median gross rent runs $1,354 a month. Looking for the Fruitland Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fruitland, MD: 21826.

Population: 5,698Fruitland city residents
Median household income: $64,352Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $211,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,354Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 32 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.9%Owner-occupied households

Fruitland ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fruitland.

The Fruitland MD ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

21826

What the numbers mean in Fruitland city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fruitland city median would spend about 25.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.4% of residents and 63.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fruitland city, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fruitland city is a mid-size town in Maryland, with 5,698 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #190 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 64% of them. The median age here is 32 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fruitland city earn a median of $64,352 a year, 18.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 41% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fruitland city is valued at $211,200, 30.4% below the national figure and 47% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,354 a month, 3.7% below the national figure, or roughly $16,248 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Fruitland city?: Fruitland city has 5,698 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #190 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Fruitland city?: Median household income in Fruitland city is $64,352 a year, 18.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fruitland city?: Median gross rent is $1,354 a month and the median home value is $211,200, so rent absorbs about 25.2% of median household income.
Is Fruitland city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fruitland city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fruitland city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.