Maryland · Census place 2486750

Woodsboro, Maryland

Woodsboro is a town in Frederick County, Maryland with an estimated 1,114 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 96th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,114; #96 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020: +2.1%; +23 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi
Density: 1,569 / sq mi; State median 2,607

Orange pin: Woodsboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

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Woodsboro population, 2020 to 2024

Woodsboro added 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,093. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Woodsboro covers 0.71 square miles of land, for 1,569 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Woodsboro is less dense than the typical town.

What county Woodsboro is in

All of Woodsboro's residents live in Frederick County, which had 299,317 residents in 2024. Woodsboro holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Woodsboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Woodsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21798. 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 Woodsboro is

The Census internal point of Woodsboro is at 39.534000, -77.309900. Annapolis, the capital, is 58.2 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Walkersville, MD (6,535 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 40.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.534000, -77.309900
DMS: 39°32'2.40"N 77°18'35.64"W
UTM: 18N 301483.6E 4378585.8N
Geohash: dr10bubwh
Plus code: 87F4GMMR+H2

Daylight in Woodsboro

At 39.53° N, Woodsboro 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 Woodsboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Walkersville, 5.0 miles away, with 6,535 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Woodsboro, MD?

1,114 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 23 (2.1%) from 1,091 in July 2020.

What county is Woodsboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Woodsboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21798.

How far is Woodsboro from Annapolis?

58.2 miles (93.7 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Woodsboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Woodsboro?

Walkersville, MD, with 6,535 residents, 5.0 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.

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