Glen Burnie, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Glen Burnie CDP is a small city in Maryland, with 72,772 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #8 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 38.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Glen Burnie CDP earn a median of $88,291 a year, 12.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 19% 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 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Glen Burnie CDP is valued at $329,200, 8.5% above the national figure and 17% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,607 a month, 14.3% above the national figure, or roughly $19,284 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.8% 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 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.3% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.