Plain

City ZIP codes · Maryland

Bowie, MD ZIP Codes

7 ZIP codes use the postal name Bowie, Maryland (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 3 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $125,034 in 20716 to $163,105 in 20721, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Bowie's most populous ZIP code is 20721, with 31,032 people (ACS 2020-2024); 16% of its land is in the city of Bowie.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Bowie's ZIP codes?

20715: $144k median household income20716: $125k median household income20720: $159k median household income20721: $163k median household income2072020715207212071620715: $144k median household income20716: $125k median household income20720: $159k median household income20721: $163k median household income2072020715207212071620715: $144k median household income20716: $125k median household income20720: $159k median household income20721: $163k median household income20720207152072120716
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Bowie, 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 Bowie's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 20721 ($163,105), the lowest in 20716 ($125,034). Home values run from $429,600 in 20716 to $580,200 in 20721.

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

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Bowie

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Bowie, MD, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
20721 Prince George's County 31,032 1,844 $163k $580k
20715 Prince George's County 26,915 1,915 $144k $453k
20720 Prince George's County 25,015 1,697 $159k $565k
20716 Prince George's County 22,362 1,946 $125k $430k

Download the 7 ZIP codes as CSV

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 Bowie

3 ZIP codes named Bowie 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.

Bowie, 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
20717Prince George's County
20718Prince George's County
20719Prince George's County

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

Which counties do Bowie's ZIP codes reach?

Bowie's residential ZIP codes lie in Prince George's County.

Which places do Bowie's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Bowie's residential ZIP codes cover Bowie itself and 6 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Mitchellville census-designated 20720, 20721
  • Fairwood census-designated 20720
  • Glenn Dale census-designated 20720
  • Lake Arbor census-designated 20721
  • Queen Anne census-designated 20716
  • Woodmore census-designated 20721

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

Which first three digits do Bowie'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 Bowie starts with 207.

Three-digit prefixes of Bowie'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 Bowie's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
207 Southern, MD (SCF 207) 7 79

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