What is the population of Mount Airy town?

Mount Airy town has 9,746 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #140 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Mount Airy town?

Median household income in Mount Airy town is $154,514 a year, 96.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mount Airy town?

Median gross rent is $1,939 a month and the median home value is $474,800, so rent absorbs about 15.1% of median household income.

Is Mount Airy town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mount Airy town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Mount Airy, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Mount Airy, Maryland (Mount Airy, MD — Census place “Mount Airy town”) is 9,746 residents, ranking #140 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $154,514, the median home is worth $474,800 and median gross rent runs $1,939 a month. Looking for the Mount Airy Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Mount Airy, MD: 21771.

Population: 9,746Mount Airy town residents
Median household income: $154,514Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $474,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,939Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 93.3%Owner-occupied households

Mount Airy ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Mount Airy.

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

21771

What the numbers mean in Mount Airy town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Mount Airy town median would spend about 15.1% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.3% of residents and 93.3% of households own their home.

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

Mount Airy town, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Mount Airy town is a mid-size town in Maryland, with 9,746 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #140 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 38 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Mount Airy town earn a median of $154,514 a year, 96.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 42% above 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 2.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Mount Airy town is valued at $474,800, 56.5% above the national figure and 20% above the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,939 a month, 37.9% above the national figure, or roughly $23,268 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.1% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 93.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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.

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What is the population of Mount Airy town?: Mount Airy town has 9,746 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #140 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Mount Airy town?: Median household income in Mount Airy town is $154,514 a year, 96.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Mount Airy town?: Median gross rent is $1,939 a month and the median home value is $474,800, so rent absorbs about 15.1% of median household income.
Is Mount Airy town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Mount Airy town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Mount Airy town 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.