Maryland · Census place 2410900

Brunswick, Maryland

Brunswick is a city in Frederick County, Maryland with an estimated 9,015 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,015
#26 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+15.6%
+1,216 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.44 sq mi water
Density
2,748 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Brunswick. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Brunswick population, 2020 to 2024

Brunswick added 1,216 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +15.6%. In the latest year it moved by +234. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Brunswick is 89% of it.

7,79920208,13720218,57720228,78120239,0152024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,770. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brunswick covers 3.28 square miles of land and 0.44 of water, for 2,748 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Brunswick is close to the typical town.

What county Brunswick is in

All of Brunswick's residents live in Frederick County, which had 299,317 residents in 2024. Brunswick holds 3.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brunswick

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Brunswick by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 21716, 21758. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Brunswick is

The Census internal point of Brunswick is at 39.318000, -77.625300. Annapolis, the capital, is 65.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Frederick, MD (89,537 people), 13.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 43.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.318000, -77.625300
DMS
39°19'4.80"N 77°37'31.08"W
UTM
18N 273676.0E 4355353.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F4899F+5V

Daylight in Brunswick

At 39.32° N, Brunswick gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brunswick

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Middletown, 9.8 miles away, with 5,055 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brunswick, MD?

9,015 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,216 (15.6%) from 7,799 in July 2020.

What county is Brunswick in?

Frederick County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Brunswick?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 21716, 21758.

How far is Brunswick from Annapolis?

65.1 miles (104.8 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Brunswick.

What is the nearest larger city to Brunswick?

Frederick, MD, with 89,537 residents, 13.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.