Maryland · Census place 2481275
Walkersville, Maryland
Walkersville is a town in Frederick County, Maryland with an estimated 6,535 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 32nd largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 6,535
- #32 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- +5.9%
- +366 people
- Land area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Density
- 1,373 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
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Walkersville population, 2020 to 2024
Walkersville added 366 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.9%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Walkersville is 64% of it.
Walkersville covers 4.76 square miles of land, for 1,373 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Walkersville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Walkersville is in
All of Walkersville's residents live in Frederick County, which had 299,317 residents in 2024. Walkersville holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Walkersville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Walkersville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21793. 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 Walkersville is
The Census internal point of Walkersville is at 39.474300, -77.363400. Annapolis, the capital, is 57.9 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Frederick, MD (89,537 people), 3.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 41.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.474300, -77.363400
- DMS
- 39°28'27.48"N 77°21'48.24"W
- UTM
- 18N 296711.2E 4372078.6N
- Geohash
- dr0bxd1dq
- Plus code
- 87F4FJFP+PJ
Daylight in Walkersville
At 39.47° N, Walkersville gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Walkersville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Frederick, 3.9 miles away, with 89,537 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Walkersville, MD?
6,535 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 366 (5.9%) from 6,169 in July 2020.
What county is Walkersville in?
Frederick County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Walkersville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21793.
How far is Walkersville from Annapolis?
57.9 miles (93.2 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Walkersville.
What is the nearest larger city to Walkersville?
Frederick, MD, with 89,537 residents, 3.9 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.