ZIP code · Taneytown · Maryland · United States
ZIP code 21787 — Taneytown
ZIP code 21787 serves Taneytown, Maryland.
- Postal code
- 21787Single source Value from one source, not cross-checked.
- City
- Taneytown
- County
- Carroll FIPS 24013
- State
- Maryland
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 39.6658, -77.1691 — precision precise (locality)
View on OpenStreetMap - Population
- 11,549 (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Population density
- 189 / sq mi
- Land area
- 61.1 sq mi (158.2 km²) (ZCTA, ACS 5-year)
- Median household income
- $88,212
- Per-capita income
- $39,350
- Median age
- 39.5
- Households
- 4,262
- Housing units
- 4,429
- Median home value
- $344,800
- Median gross rent
- $870 / month
- Congressional districts
- MD-2 (also MD-6) (119th Congress)
- USDA hardiness zone
- 7a (0 to 5 °F)Planting / growing zone from the 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: average annual extreme minimum temperature, 1991–2020.
- Time zone
- America/New_York (UTC−5 / UTC−4 DST)
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Map of ZIP code 21787
Climate — monthly normals
Warmest month Jul (avg high 85°F), coldest Jan (avg low 22°F).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high °F | 40 | 43 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 44 |
| Avg low °F | 22 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 33 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals from the nearest station: EMMITSBURG 2 SE (6.2 mi) · NOAA NCEI
Places in ZIP 21787
- 3 schools
- 1 pharmacies
- 3 supermarkets
- 11 restaurants & cafés
- 6 parks
- 7 playgrounds
- 2 gyms & sports centres
- 1 libraries
- 1 post offices
- 9 places of worship
- 3 banks
- 3 gas stations
- 1 EV charging stations
- 4 police & fire stations
Places mapped inside this ZIP’s ZCTA area in OpenStreetMap. OSM is community-maintained: counts reflect what has been mapped, and completeness varies by area — treat them as at-least figures. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Methodology
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US ZIP codes have five digits. They are postal routing areas, not administrative boundaries: a ZIP can span more than one city or county, and the city shown is the primary USPS name for that code.
GeoNames · U.S. Census Bureau (ACS) · U.S. Census Bureau · NOAA NCEI · usda-phzm. Data generated on 2026-08-21. Methodology · Report an error on this page