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Somerset ZIP codes, Maryland

No ZIP code is named for Somerset, MD; addresses there use a neighbouring town's name. 2 ZIP codes cover it: 20815 and 20816. Its area codes are 240, 301 and 227.

USPS city name
0 ZIP codes
Overlapping the city
2 more
Population
1,088
Area codes
240, 301, 227

NANPA lists no telephone rate centre for Somerset itself, so these are the area codes of the nearest one, Gaithersburg (8.4 miles). A town on an area-code boundary can differ from its neighbour.

Somerset in numbers

About 1,088 people live in Somerset, in 393 households. The median household income is $250,000+ a year (US: $80,734). The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,775,000 (4.2 times the Maryland median), and median gross rent is $3,500+ a month. The median age is 51.2; 93.7% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher (43.4% across Maryland); the average commute takes 33 minutes.

Population1,088Somerset1,088
Households393Somerset393
Median age51.2Somerset51.2Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$250,000+Somerset$250,000+Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Median home value$1,775,000Somerset$1,775,000Maryland$419,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,500+Somerset$3,500+Maryland$1,705US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher93.7%Somerset93.7%Maryland43.4%US 35.7%
Mean commute33.0 minSomerset33.0 minMaryland31.1 minUS 26.4 min
Population density3,942 / sq miSomerset3,942 / sq mi

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, for the census place Somerset town. Survey estimates carry margins of error, wider for small places. Sources and methods.

ZIP codes covering Somerset

These ZIP codes cover part of Somerset but are addressed as somewhere else.

ZIP codes overlapping Somerset
ZIP City Type Population Median income Median home
20815 Chevy Chase , MD Standard 30,505 $194,971 $1,294,200
20816 Bethesda , MD Standard 18,140 $232,656 $1,217,200

Map of Somerset ZIP codes

2081520816

The ZIP codes of Somerset, MD, shaded. Outlines are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2020), which approximate the mail routes; PO-box and single-address codes have no area and are not drawn. Click any area to open its ZIP code.

Towns near Somerset

The nearest larger towns are Friendship Heights Village (4,002 people, 0.4 mi), Chevy Chase Village (1,903 people, 0.9 mi) and Chevy Chase (2,906 people, 1.3 mi).

Towns near Somerset
TownPopulationDistance
Friendship Heights Village 4,002 0.4 mi
Chevy Chase 2,906 1.3 mi
Bethesda 69,397 1.9 mi
Brookmont 3,671 2.0 mi
Chevy Chase 9,445 2.1 mi
South Kensington 8,148 3.8 mi
Forest Glen 6,840 4.5 mi
Silver Spring 81,462 4.8 mi
North Bethesda 49,677 5.0 mi
Takoma Park 17,632 5.1 mi
North Kensington 8,954 5.2 mi
McLean, VA 49,627 5.4 mi
Four Corners 8,150 6.1 mi
Washington, DC 681,294 6.1 mi

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