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Shaft ZIP codes, Maryland

No ZIP code is named for Shaft, MD; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. The ZIP code covering it is 21532. Its area codes are 240 and 301.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
1 more
Population
285
Area codes
240, 301

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Shaft itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Frostburg (0.0 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Shaft in numbers

About 285 people live in Shaft, in 149 households. The median household income is $86,958 a year, 16% below the Maryland median of $103,678 (US: $80,734). The median age is 48.9; 59.7% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (43.4% across Maryland); the average commute takes 16 minutes.

Population285Shaft285
Households149Shaft149
Median age48.9Shaft48.9Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$86,958Shaft$86,958Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Bachelor's degree or higher59.7%Shaft59.7%Maryland43.4%US 35.7%
Mean commute16.0 minShaft16.0 minMaryland31.1 minUS 26.4 min
Population density363 / sq miShaft363 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Shaft CDP. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Shaft

These ZIP codes cover part of Shaft but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Shaft
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
21532 Frostburg , MD Standard 13,647 $63,690 $182,400

Map of Shaft ZIP codes

21532

The ZIP codes of Shaft, MD, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Shaft

The nearest larger towns are Midlothian (377 people, 0.8 mi), Grahamtown (537 people, 1.9 mi) and Frostburg (6,977 people, 2.1 mi).

Towns near Shaft
TownPopulationDistance
Frostburg 6,977 2.1 mi
Cresaptown 5,121 6.1 mi
La Vale 4,196 7.1 mi
Cumberland 18,804 10.0 mi
Keyser, WV 4,857 12.8 mi
Somerset, PA 5,944 27.4 mi

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