
Maryland · Census place 82750
Westernport, MD population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Westernport, Maryland (Westernport, MD — Census place “Westernport town”) is 1,864 residents, ranking #287 of 536 places in Maryland. Median household income is $52,059, the median home is worth $85,800 and median gross rent runs $727 a month. Looking for the Westernport Maryland ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Westernport, MD: 21562.
- Population
- 1,864Westernport town residents
- Median household income
- $52,059Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $85,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $727Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 79.5%Owner-occupied households
Westernport ZIP codes (Maryland)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Westernport.
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What the numbers mean in Westernport town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Westernport town median would spend about 16.8% 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 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 22% of residents and 79.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Westernport town, MD in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Westernport town is a small town in Maryland, with 1,864 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #287 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 46% of them. The median age here is 37.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Westernport town earn a median of $52,059 a year, 33.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 52% below 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 22% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Westernport town is valued at $85,800, 71.7% below the national figure and 78% below the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $727 a month, 48.3% below the national figure, or roughly $8,724 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% 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 1.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 79.5% 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.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Maryland.
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- Derwood CDP 1,830
- Long Beach CDP 1,981
- Cedar Heights CDP 1,748
- Landover Hills town 1,996
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Westernport town?
- Westernport town has 1,864 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #287 of 536 in Maryland.
- What is the median household income in Westernport town?
- Median household income in Westernport town is $52,059 a year, 33.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Westernport town?
- Median gross rent is $727 a month and the median home value is $85,800, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
- Is Westernport town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Westernport town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Westernport town data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.