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Dickerson, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Dickerson, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,824. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet DICKERSON-MD · Dickerson, MD 1 ZIPs · 1,824 pop · #237/25278 · Montgomery County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $204,013
  • RANK-TOP #237/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Bethesda
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 82% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,824
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $745,800

Nearest income peer: Bethesda, MD (+ $6,982 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Dickerson

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Dickerson on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Dickerson, MD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,824
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$204,013
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $204,013 and home value $745,800 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 52.0%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (82.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Dickerson as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Valley Lee is the closest lower-income city and Brookeville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Dickerson.

Population concentration

Dickerson's single ZIP 20842 carries the town

Dickerson is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 20842 is the entire residential footprint (1,824 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Dickerson's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 61 establishments, 444 employees , annual payroll $29,284k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20842 (61 units) ; leading NAICS Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (18) · also Construction · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Dickerson, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Montgomery County, which covers 45 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Dickerson. See the Montgomery County roll-up →

Dickerson sits in the upper half of Montgomery County on income: Silver Spring, Gaithersburg and Rockville report less, while Bethesda and Potomac report more. Takoma Park marks the far end of that range at $83,870, 59% below Dickerson.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
20842 1,824 $204,013 61 13
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Dickerson roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Dickerson, .