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20892 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 20892 covers Bethesda, Maryland, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
50

Where 20892 is

Bethesda, Maryland — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments50
People employed3,406
Annual payroll$382,688,000
Natural hazard risk

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

Overall riskHigher than 9.9% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low
Expected annual loss19.6 out of 100
Community resilience51.7 out of 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.

Winter weather79Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane73.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail67.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake64.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide63.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind54.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave51.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning34.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave33.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado32.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire23.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm14.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding14Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Maryland and the United States

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

This ZIPMarylandUnited States
Median household income$101,652$78,538
Income per person$51,689$43,289
Poverty rate9.3%12.4%
Median home value$397,700$303,400
Median gross rent$1,662$1,348
Homeownership67.5%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher42.7%35%
Unemployment rate4.9%5.2%
Works from home17.2%13.5%
Born outside the US16.3%13.9%
Median age39.338.7
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Climate

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.

Weather stationDALECARLIA RSVR, MD US7.1 km away
Rain in a year49 in
Snow in a year6 in

Average high and low by month

January42.9°F / 25.5°F3.32 in rain, 2.9 in snow
February46.4°F / 27.3°F3.24 in rain, 1.4 in snow
March54.8°F / 33.5°F4.15 in rain, 0.7 in snow
April67.6°F / 43.6°F3.53 in rain
May75.7°F / 53.7°F4.44 in rain
June84°F / 62.8°F4.24 in rain
July88.2°F / 68°F5.11 in rain
August86.2°F / 66.3°F4.42 in rain
September79.4°F / 59.2°F4.54 in rain
October68°F / 46.8°F4.4 in rain
November56.4°F / 36.4°F3.32 in rain
December46.9°F / 29.6°F3.81 in rain, 0.8 in snow
Access to food

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.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket1% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
School districts

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 Schools100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

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.

Overall social vulnerability30more vulnerable than 30% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status16more vulnerable than 16% of US census tracts
Household characteristics10more vulnerable than 10% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status44more vulnerable than 44% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport80more vulnerable than 80% of US census tracts
Walkability13.3 out of 20Above average
Nearby ZIP codes

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

20814 Bethesda, MD0.3 km away
20824 Bethesda, MD2.4 km away
20810 Bethesda, MD2.4 km away
20811 Bethesda, MD2.4 km away
20825 Chevy Chase, MD2.8 km away
20815 Chevy Chase, MD3.3 km away
20891 Kensington, MD3.5 km away
20895 Kensington, MD3.7 km away
Location, counties and time zone

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 County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.12 sq mi
Latitude, longitude39.0024, -77.1034

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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