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20701

ZIP 20701 is Annapolis Junction, Maryland, mostly in Howard County; area codes 443, 410 and 667; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Howard +1 more
Population
513
Coordinates
39.1325, -76.7883
☼ Live from 20701 — Annapolis Junction, MD

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Where 20701 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 20701
  • 🔢 Type 20701 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: IOLOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,701 = 127 × 163. Its digits add up to 10, a total 513 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20697 (Southern Md Facility, MD, 21 mi away) and 20703 (Lanham, MD, 21 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20701 becomes 10702 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yonkers, NY, 197 miles away.
  • 👥 27 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00721, 01027, 01072, 01270, 01702, 01720, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00721 in Palmer, PR, 1,579 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,160 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20701 and you would come out at 39.13°S, 103.21°E — 866 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 2.2 square miles of land, 20701 is bigger than 12% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.7 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population513This ZIP513
Households358This ZIP358
Housing units358This ZIP358
Median age30.4This ZIP30.4Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$85,594This ZIP$85,594Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Median gross rent$2,139This ZIP$2,139Maryland$1,705US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher73.3%This ZIP73.3%
Mean commute32.8 minThis ZIP32.8 min
Population density233.1 / sq miThis ZIP233.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments234This ZIP234
Employees10,474This ZIP10,474
Annual payroll$1,323,564,000This ZIP$1,323,564,000
Tax returns filed370This ZIP370
Total adjusted gross income$36,513,000This ZIP$36,513,000

Land area

Land area2.20 sq miThis ZIP2.20 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Counties 20701 spans

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CountyShare of this ZIP
Howard County 54.1%
Anne Arundel County 45.9%

Other place names in 20701

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 20701

ZIPCityDistance
20794 Jessup, MD 1.4 mi
20763 Savage, MD 1.7 mi
20755 Fort George G Meade, MD 3.3 mi
20724 Laurel, MD 3.6 mi
21046 Columbia, MD 3.8 mi
20709 Laurel, MD 4.0 mi
20725 Laurel, MD 4.0 mi
20726 Laurel, MD 4.0 mi
20723 Laurel, MD 4.3 mi
21076 Hanover, MD 4.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20701?

20701 is in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, in Howard County, part of the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1325, -76.7883.

What county is 20701 in?

20701 spans 2 counties: Howard County and Anne Arundel County. Most of it falls in Howard County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 20701?

Annapolis Junction uses area codes 443, 410 and 667, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 20701 in?

20701 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 20701?

About 513 people live in ZIP code 20701, in 358 households, at 233.1 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 20701?

$85,594 a year, against $103,678 across Maryland.

What ZIP codes are near 20701?

The closest are 20794 (1.4 mi), 20763 (1.7 mi), 20755 (3.3 mi), 20724 (3.6 mi) and 21046 (3.8 mi).

Is 20701 a PO Box ZIP code?

20701 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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