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21117

ZIP 21117 is Owings Mills, Maryland, in Baltimore County; area codes 443, 410 and 667; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Baltimore
Population
62,816
Coordinates
39.4276, -76.7758
☼ Live from 21117 — Owings Mills, MD

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Where 21117 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 21117
  • 🔢 Type 21117 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: LIIIZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 21,117 = 3 × 7039. Its digits add up to 12, a total 940 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101001001111101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 21114 (Crofton, MD, 29 mi away) and 21120 (Parkton, MD, 16 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 21117 becomes 71112 — and that is a real ZIP code: Bossier City, LA, 1,057 miles away.
  • 👥 11 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (11217, 11721, 12117, 17112, 17121, 17211, …). The farthest-flung twin is 71112 in Bossier City, LA, 1,057 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 52% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 83%.
  • 🎯1,158 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 21117 and you would come out at 39.43°S, 103.22°E — 876 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 57m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 23m.
  • 📏 At 29.7 square miles of land, 21117 is bigger than 46% of ZIP codes — room for about 23 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population62,816This ZIP62,816
Households25,193This ZIP25,193
Housing units26,690This ZIP26,690
Median age36.7This ZIP36.7Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$101,831This ZIP$101,831Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Median home value$387,400This ZIP$387,400Maryland$419,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$1,848This ZIP$1,848Maryland$1,705US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher50.8%This ZIP50.8%
Mean commute30.2 minThis ZIP30.2 min
Population density2,113.8 / sq miThis ZIP2,113.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments1,655This ZIP1,655
Employees33,971This ZIP33,971
Annual payroll$2,633,627,000This ZIP$2,633,627,000
Tax returns filed29,340This ZIP29,340
Total adjusted gross income$2,843,343,000This ZIP$2,843,343,000

Land area

Land area29.72 sq miThis ZIP29.72 sq mi
Water area0.09 sq miThis ZIP0.09 sq mi

Other place names in 21117

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ZIP codes near 21117

ZIPCityDistance
21136 Reisterstown, MD 3.8 mi
21133 Randallstown, MD 3.9 mi
21153 Stevenson, MD 4.1 mi
21208 Pikesville, MD 4.1 mi
21071 Glyndon, MD 4.3 mi
21282 Pikesville, MD 4.7 mi
21022 Brooklandville, MD 5.9 mi
21244 Windsor Mill, MD 6.4 mi
21020 Boring, MD 6.7 mi
21023 Butler, MD 6.9 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 21117?

21117 is in Owings Mills, Maryland, in Baltimore County, part of the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.4276, -76.7758.

What county is 21117 in?

21117 lies in Baltimore County.

What area code is 21117?

Owings Mills uses area codes 443, 410 and 667, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 21117 in?

21117 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 21117?

About 62,816 people live in ZIP code 21117, in 25,193 households, at 2,113.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 21117?

$101,831 a year, against $103,678 across Maryland.

What ZIP codes are near 21117?

The closest are 21136 (3.8 mi), 21133 (3.9 mi), 21153 (4.1 mi), 21208 (4.1 mi) and 21071 (4.3 mi).

Is 21117 a PO Box ZIP code?

21117 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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