Which ZIP code in Baltimore has the highest median household income?

21210 (Baltimore), at $112,428 (±$11,958), among 23 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Richest ZIP codes in Baltimore, MD

These are the 23 ZIP codes in Baltimore, MD with the highest median household income, out of 23 with at least 1,000 residents. 21210 (Baltimore, $112,428), 21212 (Baltimore, $96,685) and 21230 (Baltimore, $91,842) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in Baltimore; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Richest ZIP codes in Baltimore

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median household income	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	21210	Baltimore	$112,428 ±$11,958	14,134	5,202	5,945
2	21212	Baltimore	$96,685 ±$6,687	33,974	12,971	13,109
3	21230	Baltimore	$91,842 ±$6,726	32,977	16,496	19,897
4	21209	Baltimore	$91,437 ±$8,548	30,126	11,621	12,261
5	21224	Baltimore	$89,017 ±$5,240	47,465	20,962	24,354
6	21214	Baltimore	$86,366 ±$7,297	21,092	8,466	7,940
7	21231	Baltimore	$85,254 ±$8,370	14,969	8,136	—
8	21211	Baltimore	$82,828 ±$6,200	14,969	8,192	9,263
9	21226	Curtis Bay	$82,635 ±$19,508	6,674	2,688	2,787
10	21207	Gwynn Oak	$67,060 ±$4,884	47,099	18,976	19,296
11	21206	Baltimore	$64,531 ±$4,943	48,902	20,480	20,390
12	21239	Baltimore	$62,650 ±$4,875	27,346	12,080	12,698
13	21218	Baltimore	$62,488 ±$5,870	44,014	18,703	20,956
14	21229	Baltimore	$60,047 ±$3,279	46,679	19,262	—
15	21202	Baltimore	$59,377 ±$4,036	20,683	10,861	12,822
16	21225	Brooklyn	$54,020 ±$3,994	34,062	12,915	13,017
17	21215	Baltimore	$51,587 ±$5,355	52,229	21,740	23,554
18	21213	Baltimore	$51,344 ±$4,436	28,058	12,009	11,569
19	21223	Baltimore	$45,840 ±$3,902	19,572	8,587	8,978
20	21201	Baltimore	$45,640 ±$7,018	18,307	11,345	13,314
21	21205	Baltimore	$43,176 ±$5,103	13,013	5,111	6,144
22	21216	Baltimore	$42,031 ±$7,909	29,426	12,307	11,296
23	21217	Baltimore	$38,409 ±$2,959	30,792	15,332	13,889

How we ranked them

Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population. ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 23 of 28 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Higher-income ZIP codes suit offers with a bigger ticket: remodeling, pools, roofing, financial planning, private schools, premium dining. A median describes the middle household, not every door, so the routes inside each ZIP still vary.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 67,252 households, on 134 carrier routes with 75,566 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in Baltimore has the highest median household income?: 21210 (Baltimore), at $112,428 (±$11,958), among 23 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median household income (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). The Census Bureau caps published medians at $250,000; ZIP codes at the cap are shown as $250,000+ and ordered by population.
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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