Mount Aetna, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Mount Aetna CDP is a very small community in Maryland, with 581 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #373 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 30% of them. The median age here is 48.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Mount Aetna CDP earn a median of $120,417 a year, 53.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 10% above the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 4.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mount Aetna CDP is valued at $457,100, 50.7% above the national figure and 15% above the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,184 a month, 15.8% below the national figure, or roughly $14,208 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 581 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Mount Aetna CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.