Frostburg, Maryland

Frostburg population, 2020 to 2024

Frostburg lost 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -5. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 41st; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Frostburg is 69% of it.

Frostburg covers 3.34 square miles of land, for 2,087 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Frostburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Frostburg is in

All of Frostburg's residents live in Allegany County, which had 67,097 residents in 2024. Frostburg holds 10.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Frostburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frostburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 21532. 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 Frostburg is

The Census internal point of Frostburg is at 39.650500, -78.926800. Annapolis, the capital, is 138.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cumberland, MD (18,643 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 77.8 miles away.

Daylight in Frostburg

At 39.65° N, Frostburg gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Frostburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Cumberland, 9.0 miles away, with 18,643 people.