| City: | Ellicott City, Maryland |
| Names to Avoid: | Ellicott |
| County: | Howard County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:58:26 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 410 / 443 / 667 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 39.2673, -76.7986 |
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ZIP code 21041 serves the Ellicott Center business complex in Ellicott City, Maryland. This is a point-location ZIP with no residential population and no defined geographic territory. It exists entirely within the larger 21043 ZIP code. With 335 PO Boxes and 340 business delivery points, the ZIP functions as a commercial mail hub rather than a residential community.
The address Ellicott Center Drive accounts for nearly all delivery points, with 123 UNIT-designated records indicating a multi-tenant office or commercial building. Street delivery does exist through two city carrier routes, but this isn't a PO Box Only Zone. Residents and businesses in the surrounding area receive mail through the parent 21043 ZIP code.
The post office maintains boxes for businesses in this commercial center and the surrounding Ellicott City area, which sits in Howard County as part of the Baltimore metropolitan region. The alias "Ellicott" is recognized but isn't valid for mailing addresses.
A single commercial address dominates this point-location ZIP.
ZIP Code 21041 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 17 business establishments, employing about 335 people with an annual payroll of $23,834,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 5,171Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 17Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $6,652,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $23,834,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 335Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 21041 is located in Howard County, Maryland, within the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 12580) and Maryland's 3rd Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,710,489 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 21041. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 12580Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,710,489Source: Census |
| MSA: | Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 03Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 304.14 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Baltimore, MD PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2426000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Ellicott City CDP; MarylandSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 21041 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.