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20868

ZIP 20868 is Spencerville, Maryland, in Montgomery County; area codes 443, 410 and 667; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Population
198
Coordinates
39.1259, -76.9614
☼ Live from 20868 — Spencerville, MD

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Where 20868 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 20868
  • 🔢 Type 20868 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BgBOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,868 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 37 × 47. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000110000100
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20866 (Burtonsville, MD, 2 mi away) and 20871 (Clarksburg, MD, 19 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20868 becomes 86802, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 24 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02886, 06828, 08628, 08826, 08862, 20688, …). The farthest-flung twin is 86028 in Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ, 1,823 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 50% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 82%.
  • 🎯1,151 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20868 and you would come out at 39.13°S, 103.04°E — 873 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 1.6 square miles of land, 20868 is bigger than 10% of ZIP codes — room for about 1.2 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population198This ZIP198
Households70This ZIP70
Housing units70This ZIP70
Median age54.3This ZIP54.3Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$143,333This ZIP$143,333Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Median home value$622,200This ZIP$622,200Maryland$419,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher39.0%This ZIP39.0%
Population density121.8 / sq miThis ZIP121.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees260This ZIP260
Annual payroll$14,483,000This ZIP$14,483,000
Tax returns filed350This ZIP350
Total adjusted gross income$88,732,000This ZIP$88,732,000

Land area

Land area1.63 sq miThis ZIP1.63 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq miThis ZIP0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 20868

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ZIP codes near 20868

ZIPCityDistance
20905 Silver Spring, MD 1.8 mi
20866 Burtonsville, MD 1.9 mi
20759 Fulton, MD 2.5 mi
20861 Ashton, MD 2.6 mi
20777 Highland, MD 3.4 mi
20904 Silver Spring, MD 3.9 mi
20860 Sandy Spring, MD 4.3 mi
20707 Laurel, MD 4.7 mi
20862 Brinklow, MD 4.8 mi
20723 Laurel, MD 5.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20868?

20868 is in Spencerville, Maryland, in Montgomery County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.1259, -76.9614.

What county is 20868 in?

20868 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 20868?

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

What time zone is 20868 in?

20868 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 20868?

About 198 people live in ZIP code 20868, in 70 households, at 121.8 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 20868?

$143,333 a year, against $103,678 across Maryland.

What ZIP codes are near 20868?

The closest are 20905 (1.8 mi), 20866 (1.9 mi), 20759 (2.5 mi), 20861 (2.6 mi) and 20777 (3.4 mi).

Is 20868 a PO Box ZIP code?

20868 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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