Local servicesHospitalEastern Shore Hospital Center17.4 miPost officeCrapo Post Office2.9 miFire stationLakes and Straits Volunteer Fire Department Station 41under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport SBY32 miMajor airportRonald Reagan Washington National Airport DCA64 miUS highwayUS 5018 miAmtrakNew Carrollton, MD NCR62 miCoachCambridgeBayRunner Shuttle19 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 21675 ZIP area.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 50 min5:41 am – 8:31 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 30 min7:17 am – 4:47 pm
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People43 residentsin the ZIP code areaMedian age 67.427 householdsMedian household income $23,958100% of homes owner-occupiedMedian property tax $1,646 a yearSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 87°F, lows 71°FColdest month January: highs 45°F, lows 30°F45 in of rain a year, on about 72 dayswettest month August13 in of snow a year, on about 5 days26 days above 90°F, 68 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Patuxent River Nas station, 18 mi away
Nearby landmarksPiney Pointcape · 1.0 miLong Pointcape · 1.2 miDuck Point Covebay · 1.4 miWingate Creekbay · under a mileHooper Islandsisland · 5.4 miSheep Islandisland · 2.4 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsFishing Bay Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 3.1 mi · 5,588 acresFishing Bay Wmastate conservation land · 3.5 mi · 28,873 acresBlackwater National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 6.2 mi · 33,433 acresHarriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Parkstate park · 11.3 miSavanna Lake Lodge Heritage Conservationstate conservation land · 10.9 mi · 566 acresEllis Bay Wmastate conservation land · 11.3 mi · 2,730 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
EarthquakesNone of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 1970Source: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowDorchester County, MD, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsCoastal flooding Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality86% of days had good air in 2025314 of 365 days measured51 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 84main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Dorchester County monitors, MD
Internet at home85% of households have a broadband subscription67% have cable, fibre or DSL0% rely on a mobile data plan alone15% have no internet at homeSource: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2019-2023
Drinking waterCity of Cambridge Waterserves 15,000 people from ground waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation1 ft0 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
