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20894

ZIP 20894 is in Bethesda, Maryland, in Montgomery County; area codes 240, 301 and 227; Eastern time. Bethesda has 11 ZIP codes in all.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Population
0
Coordinates
38.9959, -77.1021
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Where 20894 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 20894
  • 🔢 Type 20894 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: hGBOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,894 = 2 × 31 × 337. Its digits add up to 23, a total 2,533 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000110011110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20892 (Bethesda, MD, 0 mi away) and 20895 (Kensington, MD, 3 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20894 becomes 49802 — and that is a real ZIP code: Kingsford, MI, 730 miles away.
  • 👥 51 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02894, 04289, 04928, 04982, 09248, 09824, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09824 in APO AE, a military post office, 5,655 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 51% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 81%.
  • 🎯1,145 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 20894 and you would come out at 39.00°S, 102.90°E — 875 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 54m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 26m.
  • 📏 At 0.131 square miles of land, 20894 is bigger than 2% of ZIP codes — about 63 football fields.
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People and housing

Population0
Households0
Housing units0
Population density0.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments4This ZIP4
Employees19This ZIP19
Annual payroll$1,876,000This ZIP$1,876,000

Land area

Land area0.13 sq miThis ZIP0.13 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 20894

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ZIP codes near 20894

ZIPCityDistance
20892 Bethesda, MD 0.3 mi
20814 Bethesda, MD 0.6 mi
20889 Bethesda, MD 1.0 mi
20824 Bethesda, MD 1.1 mi
20810 Bethesda, MD 1.1 mi
20811 Bethesda, MD 1.1 mi
20815 Chevy Chase, MD 1.5 mi
20825 Chevy Chase, MD 1.7 mi
20891 Kensington, MD 2.5 mi
20895 Kensington, MD 2.5 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20894?

20894 is in Bethesda, Maryland, in Montgomery County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 38.9959, -77.1021.

What county is 20894 in?

20894 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 20894?

Bethesda uses area codes 240, 301 and 227, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 20894 in?

20894 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 20894?

About 0 people live in ZIP code 20894. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 20894?

The closest are 20892 (0.3 mi), 20814 (0.6 mi), 20889 (1 mi), 20824 (1.1 mi) and 20810 (1.1 mi).

Is 20894 a PO Box ZIP code?

20894 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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