Maryland · Census place 2453875
Mount Airy, Maryland
Mount Airy is a town in 2 counties of Maryland with an estimated 9,914 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 24th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,914
- #24 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +267 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Density
- 2,395 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
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Mount Airy population, 2020 to 2024
Mount Airy added 267 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +7. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Mount Airy is 98% of it.
Mount Airy covers 4.14 square miles of land, for 2,395 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Mount Airy is close to the typical town.
The 2 counties Mount Airy spans
Mount Airy crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 9,914 residents as follows; Carroll County holds 64.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Carroll County6,351
- 02Frederick County3,563
ZIP codes in Mount Airy
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Airy by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21771. 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 Mount Airy is
The Census internal point of Mount Airy is at 39.374700, -77.153800. Annapolis, the capital, is 44.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Frederick, MD (89,537 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 29.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.374700, -77.153800
- DMS
- 39°22'28.92"N 77°09'13.68"W
- UTM
- 18N 314477.7E 4360571.5N
- Geohash
- dqcpurfq6
- Plus code
- 87F49RFW+VF
Daylight in Mount Airy
At 39.37° N, Mount Airy gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 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 Mount Airy
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is New Market, 6.5 miles away, with 1,609 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Mount Airy, MD?
9,914 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 267 (2.8%) from 9,647 in July 2020.
What county is Mount Airy in?
It spans 2 counties: Carroll County (6,351 residents), Frederick County (3,563 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Mount Airy?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21771.
How far is Mount Airy from Annapolis?
44.8 miles (72.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Mount Airy.
What is the nearest larger city to Mount Airy?
Frederick, MD, with 89,537 residents, 14.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.