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Bethesda, MD ZIP Codes

11 ZIP codes use the postal name Bethesda, Maryland (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 6 residential and 5 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $150,996 in 20814 to $249,332 in 20817, 1.7 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Bethesda's most populous ZIP code is 20817, with 37,454 people (ACS 2020-2024); 47% of its land is in the city of Bethesda.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Bethesda's ZIP codes?

20814: $151k median household income20816: $233k median household income20817: $249k median household income20889: – median household income20892: – median household income20894: – median household income208172081420816208892089420814: $151k median household income20816: $233k median household income20817: $249k median household income20889: – median household income20892: – median household income20894: – median household income208172081420816208892089420814: $151k median household income20816: $233k median household income20817: $249k median household income20889: – median household income20892: – median household income20894: – median household income208172081420816
The 6 residential ZIP codes named Bethesda, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Bethesda's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 20817 ($249,332), the lowest in 20814 ($150,996). Home values run from $989,600 in 20814 to $1,217,200 in 20816.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 6 residential ZIP codes of Bethesda

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Bethesda, MD, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
20817 Montgomery County 37,454 2,668 $249k $1.18M
20814 Montgomery County 32,795 7,355 $151k $990k
20816 Montgomery County 18,140 5,090 $233k $1.22M
20889 Montgomery County 584 1,497 – –
20892 Montgomery County no residents 0 – –
20894 Montgomery County no residents 0 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Bethesda

5 ZIP codes named Bethesda have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Bethesda, MD: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
20810Montgomery County
20811Montgomery County
20813Montgomery County
20824Montgomery County
20827Montgomery County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Bethesda's ZIP codes reach?

Bethesda's residential ZIP codes lie in Montgomery County.

Which places do Bethesda's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Bethesda's residential ZIP codes cover Bethesda itself and 5 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • North Bethesda census-designated 20814, 20817
  • Brookmont census-designated 20816
  • Chevy Chase census-designated 20814
  • Potomac census-designated 20817
  • South Kensington census-designated 20814

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Bethesda's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Bethesda starts with 208.

Three-digit prefixes of Bethesda's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Bethesda's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
208 Suburban, MD (SCF 208) 11 59

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.