Elkton, Maryland

Elkton population, 2020 to 2024

Elkton added 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +7. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Elkton is 1.6 times that size.

Elkton covers 9.04 square miles of land and 0.27 of water, for 1,767 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Elkton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elkton is in

All of Elkton's residents live in Cecil County, which had 106,305 residents in 2024. Elkton holds 15.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elkton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21921. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Elkton is

The Census internal point of Elkton is at 39.605800, -75.821700. Annapolis, the capital, is 56.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newark, DE (30,506 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 46.0 miles away.

Daylight in Elkton

At 39.61° N, Elkton gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elkton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is North East, 6.4 miles away, with 4,191 people.