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20896

ZIP 20896 is Garrett Park, Maryland, in Montgomery County; area codes 240, 301 and 227; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Montgomery
Population
932
Coordinates
39.0353, -77.0950
☼ Live from 20896 — Garrett Park, MD

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Where 20896 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 20896
  • 🔢 Type 20896 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gGBOZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 20,896 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 653. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 101000110100000
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 20895 (Kensington, MD, 1 mi away) and 20897 (Suburb Maryland Fac, MD, 10 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 20896 becomes 69802, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 42 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (02896, 06829, 08629, 09628, 09682, 09826, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96208 in APO AA, a military post office, 6,894 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 50% 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 20896 and you would come out at 39.04°S, 102.90°E — 876 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 55m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 25m.
  • 📏 At 0.342 square miles of land, 20896 is bigger than 4% of ZIP codes — about 166 football fields.
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People and housing

Population932This ZIP932
Households324This ZIP324
Housing units341This ZIP341
Median age49.7This ZIP49.7Maryland39.4US 38.9
Median household income$250,000+This ZIP$250,000+Maryland$103,678US $80,734
Median home value$1,005,700This ZIP$1,005,700Maryland$419,900US $332,700
Median gross rent$3,250This ZIP$3,250Maryland$1,705US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher88.3%This ZIP88.3%
Mean commute34.2 minThis ZIP34.2 min
Population density2,725.1 / sq miThis ZIP2,725.1 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments20This ZIP20
Employees136This ZIP136
Annual payroll$7,434,000This ZIP$7,434,000

Land area

Land area0.34 sq miThis ZIP0.34 sq mi
Water area0.00 sq mi

Other place names in 20896

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ZIP codes near 20896

ZIPCityDistance
20895 Kensington, MD 1.1 mi
20891 Kensington, MD 1.2 mi
20852 Rockville, MD 1.9 mi
20814 Bethesda, MD 2.1 mi
20889 Bethesda, MD 2.2 mi
20892 Bethesda, MD 2.4 mi
20825 Chevy Chase, MD 2.6 mi
20894 Bethesda, MD 2.7 mi
20902 Silver Spring, MD 2.9 mi
20851 Rockville, MD 3.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 20896?

20896 is in Garrett Park, Maryland, in Montgomery County, part of the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan area. Its published point location is 39.0353, -77.0950.

What county is 20896 in?

20896 lies in Montgomery County.

What area code is 20896?

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

What time zone is 20896 in?

20896 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 20896?

About 932 people live in ZIP code 20896, in 324 households, at 2,725.1 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 20896?

$250,000+ a year, against $103,678 across Maryland.

What ZIP codes are near 20896?

The closest are 20895 (1.1 mi), 20891 (1.2 mi), 20852 (1.9 mi), 20814 (2.1 mi) and 20889 (2.2 mi).

Is 20896 a PO Box ZIP code?

20896 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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