What is the population of Thurmont town?

Thurmont town has 6,439 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #176 of 536 in Maryland.

What is the median household income in Thurmont town?

Median household income in Thurmont town is $92,391 a year, 17.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,011 a month and the median home value is $325,700, so rent absorbs about 13.1% of median household income.

Is Thurmont town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Thurmont town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Thurmont, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Thurmont, Maryland (Thurmont, MD — Census place “Thurmont town”) is 6,439 residents, ranking #176 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $92,391, the median home is worth $325,700 and median gross rent runs $1,011 a month. Looking for the Thurmont Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Thurmont, MD: 21788.

Population: 6,439Thurmont town residents
Median household income: $92,391Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $325,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,011Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 75.1%Owner-occupied households

Thurmont ZIP codes (Maryland)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Thurmont.

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

21788

What the numbers mean in Thurmont town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Thurmont town median would spend about 13.1% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.3% of residents and 75.1% of households own their home.

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

Thurmont town, MD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Thurmont town is a mid-size town in Maryland, with 6,439 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #176 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 41.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Thurmont town earn a median of $92,391 a year, 17.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Thurmont town is valued at $325,700, 7.4% above the national figure and 18% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,011 a month, 28.1% below the national figure, or roughly $12,132 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.1% 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 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 75.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Thurmont town?: Thurmont town has 6,439 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #176 of 536 in Maryland.
What is the median household income in Thurmont town?: Median household income in Thurmont town is $92,391 a year, 17.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Thurmont town?: Median gross rent is $1,011 a month and the median home value is $325,700, so rent absorbs about 13.1% of median household income.
Is Thurmont town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Thurmont town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Thurmont 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.