Código postal 20879 — Gaithersburg, MD

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El código postal 20879 cubre Gaithersburg, Maryland, con una población de unos 26,120 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $105,109.

Población: 26,1203,032 per square mile
Edad media: 36.32.4 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $105,109about the Maryland median
Tasa de pobreza: 6.6%5.8 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $442,818up 11.5% in five years
Alquiler medio: $1,8951.1× the Maryland median
Título universitario o superior: 41.6%6.6 points above the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 70.8%5.8 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 980

Dónde está 20879

Gaithersburg, Maryland — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	26,120
Edad media	36.3
Hogares familiares	71%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	34.8%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	48%
Blanca (no hispana)	25.5%
Negra (no hispana)	20.6%
Asiática (no hispana)	13.6%
Hispana o latina	32.3%
Veteranos	3.8%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$105,109
Ingreso por persona	$45,736
Tasa de pobreza	6.6%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	11%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	2.8%
$10–15k	1.6%
$15–20k	2.2%
$20–25k	1.3%
$25–30k	1.6%
$30–35k	1.6%
$35–40k	1.6%
$40–45k	3.4%
$45–50k	1.1%
$50–60k	6.3%
$60–75k	8.8%
$75–100k	14.3%
$100–125k	11.1%
$125–150k	9.1%
$150–200k	13.3%
$200k or more	19.8%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	14,110
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$71,172
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	6%
Returns, under $25k	29.6%
Returns, $25k–$50k	22.2%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.3%
Returns, $100k–$200k	16.9%
Returns, $200k or more	6.0%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$433,500
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,895
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	31.6%
Ocupada por su propietario	70.8%
Viviendas vacías	1.8%
Año medio de construcción	1985

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	38.7%
Casa adosada	33.3%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	1.6%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	18.4%
20 o más viviendas	7%
Casa móvil	1%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$442,818as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 1.9%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 11.5%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 49.1%
Alquiler típico solicitado	$1,928as of 2026-07
Typical asking rent, 1 year	up 5%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$161,015 in 2000 to $442,818 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	6.4%
Licenciatura o superior	41.6%
Bachillerato o superior	87.4%
Trabaja desde casa	13.2%
Conduce solo al trabajo	67.2%
Usa el transporte público	8%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	27.6%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	28.6% 4.8 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	11.4% 0.6 pts below the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	9% 4.2 pts below the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	31.3% 2.8 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	18.5% 1.8 pts below the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	12.6% 1.3 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	17.8% 4.1 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	22.7% 2.7 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	19.4% 5.7 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.6% 2.4 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	73.1% 1.6 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	5.5% 2.2 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	9.6% 0.8 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	4.8% 1.4 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	75% 1.7 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	88.7% 2.8 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	12.3% 2.5 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	66% 1.7 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	4.7% 1.9 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	63.2% 1.9 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	24.4% 6.3 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	25.5% 0.7 pts above the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	17.6% 0.5 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	11.7% 2.6 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	4.7% 2 pts below the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	39.6% 3.4 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	15% 1.2 pts above the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	6.4% 2 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	8.3% 0.9 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	35.4% 1 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	78.3% 2.4 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	13.9% 2.9 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	10.4% 3.6 pts below the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	11.6% 1.9 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	3.3% 0.7 pts below the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	8.2% 0.6 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	36.4% same as the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	2.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	8.3% 4.7 pts below the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	4.8% 0.8 pts below the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	980
Personas empleadas	16,074
Nómina anual	$1,174,108,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 12.7% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively Low en los 15 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	21.1 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	51.7 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Temporal invernal	81.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	70.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	63.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	63.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	54.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	54.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	46.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	36.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	35.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	33.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	31.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	29Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	18.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	16.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Maryland y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Maryland	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$105,109	$101,652	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$45,736	$51,689	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	6.6%	9.3%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$433,500	$397,700	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$1,895	$1,662	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	70.8%	67.5%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	41.6%	42.7%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	6.4%	4.9%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	13.2%	17.2%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	34.8%	16.3%	13.9%
Edad media	36.3	39.3	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	ROCKVILLE 1 NE, MD US8.6 km away
Lluvia al año	41 in

Average high and low by month

enero	42.2°F / 26.9°F3.11 in rain
febrero	45°F / 28.4°F2.6 in rain
marzo	53.7°F / 35.9°F3.66 in rain
abril	65.9°F / 45.6°F3.23 in rain
mayo	74.3°F / 54.9°F3.55 in rain
junio	82.2°F / 63.6°F3.96 in rain
julio	87.1°F / 68.8°F3.98 in rain
agosto	84.9°F / 67°F3.05 in rain
septiembre	77.5°F / 60°F4.01 in rain
octubre	65.9°F / 48°F3.52 in rain
noviembre	55.7°F / 38.2°F3.27 in rain
diciembre	46°F / 30.9°F3.38 in rain

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	45% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Montgomery County Public Schools	100% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	38más vulnerable que el 38% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	35más vulnerable que el 35% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	41más vulnerable que el 41% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	73más vulnerable que el 73% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	35más vulnerable que el 35% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	11 out of 20Above average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

20886 Montgomery Village, MD	a 0.3 km
20885 Gaithersburg, MD	a 2.2 km
20877 Gaithersburg, MD	a 3.5 km
20813 Bethesda, MD	a 3.7 km
20827 Bethesda, MD	a 3.7 km
20848 Rockville, MD	a 3.7 km
20859 Potomac, MD	a 3.7 km
20875 Germantown, MD	a 3.7 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Montgomery County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	8.62 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.04 sq mi
Densidad de población	3,032 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	39.1730, -77.1855

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.