{
  "zip": "21601",
  "type": "standard",
  "type_source": "inferred",
  "city": "Easton",
  "other_place_names": [],
  "state": "MD",
  "state_name": "Maryland",
  "county": {
    "fips": "24041",
    "name": "Talbot County",
    "short_name": "Talbot"
  },
  "counties": [
    {
      "county_fips": "24041",
      "name": "Talbot County",
      "short_name": "Talbot",
      "weight": 1,
      "basis": "land_area"
    }
  ],
  "location": {
    "lat": 38.792467,
    "lng": -76.087881,
    "source": "gazetteer_internal_point",
    "timezone": "America/New_York"
  },
  "is_zcta": true,
  "parent_zcta": null,
  "metro": {
    "cbsa_code": "20660",
    "name": "Easton, MD",
    "type": "micro",
    "csa_code": "548",
    "csa_name": "Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA"
  },
  "demographics": {
    "population": 24671,
    "households": 10525,
    "housing_units": 11710,
    "median_age": 48.1,
    "median_household_income": 83680,
    "median_home_value": 376400,
    "median_rent": 1262,
    "pct_bachelors_plus": 40.6,
    "mean_commute_min": 23.1,
    "density_per_sqmi": 230.4
  },
  "business": {
    "establishments": 1080,
    "employees": 15010,
    "annual_payroll_thousands": 841672
  },
  "tax": {
    "irs_returns": 12480,
    "irs_agi_thousands": 1355318
  },
  "area": {
    "land_sqmi": 107.07,
    "water_sqmi": 19.647
  },
  "nearest_zips": [
    {
      "zip": "21653",
      "miles": 5.8,
      "city": "Newcomb",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21654",
      "miles": 7.5,
      "city": "Oxford",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21625",
      "miles": 7.6,
      "city": "Cordova",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21663",
      "miles": 7.7,
      "city": "Saint Michaels",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21609",
      "miles": 7.8,
      "city": "Bethlehem",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21662",
      "miles": 8.1,
      "city": "Royal Oak",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21679",
      "miles": 8.9,
      "city": "Wye Mills",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21655",
      "miles": 10,
      "city": "Preston",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21612",
      "miles": 10,
      "city": "Bozman",
      "state": "MD"
    },
    {
      "zip": "21624",
      "miles": 10.5,
      "city": "Claiborne",
      "state": "MD"
    }
  ],
  "release": "2026-10-12",
  "attribution": {
    "source": "zipcodes.pro",
    "url": "https://zipcodes.pro/zip/21601",
    "sources_url": "https://zipcodes.pro/sources",
    "license": "Facts derived from US public-domain data (Census, IRS) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Attribution appreciated: zipcodes.pro",
    "note": "A null value means the source did not publish that figure for this ZIP code. It does not mean zero."
  }
}