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20839

ZIP 20839 is Beallsville, Maryland, in Montgomery County; area codes 240 and 301; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Population
158
Coordinates
39.1815, -77.4308
☼ Live from 20839 — Beallsville, MD

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Where 20839 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 20839
  • 🔢 Type 20839 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GEBOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,839 = 7 × 13 × 229. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000101100111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20838 (Barnesville, MD, 4 mi away) and 20841 (Boyds, MD, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20839 becomes 93802, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 47 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02839, 02893, 03289, 03298, 08329, 09823, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09832 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,893 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 80%.
  • 🎯1,126 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20839 and you would come out at 39.18°S, 102.57°E — 897 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 56m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 24m.
  • 📏 At 3.1 square miles of land, 20839 is bigger than 14% of ZIP codes — room for about 2.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population158This ZIP158
Households76This ZIP76
Housing units76This ZIP76
Median age50.8This ZIP50.8Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$160,329This ZIP$160,329Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Median home value$950,000This ZIP$950,000Maryland$419,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher61.3%This ZIP61.3%
Population density51.8 / sq miThis ZIP51.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments14This ZIP14
Employees93This ZIP93
Annual payroll$3,843,000This ZIP$3,843,000
Tax returns filed140This ZIP140
Total adjusted gross income$17,098,000This ZIP$17,098,000

Land area

Land area3.05 sq miThis ZIP3.05 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq miThis ZIP0.01 sq mi

ZIP codes near 20839

ZIPCityDistance
20842 Dickerson, MD 1.5 mi
20838 Barnesville, MD 4.4 mi
20837 Poolesville, MD 4.7 mi
20176 Leesburg, VA 5.5 mi
20841 Boyds, MD 5.8 mi
21790 Tuscarora, MD 6.8 mi
20874 Germantown, MD 7.7 mi
20177 Leesburg, VA 8.4 mi
20178 Leesburg, VA 8.4 mi
21777 Point Of Rocks, MD 8.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20839?

20839 is in Beallsville, Maryland, in Montgomery County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1815, -77.4308.

What county is 20839 in?

20839 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 20839?

Beallsville uses area codes 240 and 301, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 20839 in?

20839 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 20839?

About 158 people live in ZIP code 20839, in 76 households, at 51.8 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 20839?

$160,329 a year, against $103,678 across Maryland.

What ZIP codes are near 20839?

The closest are 20842 (1.5 mi), 20838 (4.4 mi), 20837 (4.7 mi), 20176 (5.5 mi) and 20841 (5.8 mi).

Is 20839 a PO Box ZIP code?

20839 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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