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Kensington, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kensington, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 19,054. 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 KENSINGTON-MD · Kensington, MD 1 ZIPs · 19,054 pop · #447/25278 · Montgomery County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $173,625
  • RANK-TOP #447/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Olney
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 19,054
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $781,500

Nearest income peer: Olney, MD ( $5,101 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 Kensington

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

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

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

National city placement

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

Top 2%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
19,054
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$173,625
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 $173,625 and home value $781,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 74.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Kensington as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Severna Park is the closest lower-income city and Poolesville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kensington.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 20895, is all of Kensington

There is no split to weigh here: 20895 holds every one of Kensington's 19,054 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Kensington's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 585 establishments, 7,981 employees , annual payroll $477,309k (~31 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20895 (585 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (102) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Kensington, MD

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

Kensington sits in the upper half of Montgomery County on income: Silver Spring, Gaithersburg and Rockville report less, while Bethesda, Potomac and Chevy Chase report more. Takoma Park marks the far end of that range at $83,870, 52% below Kensington.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
20895 19,054 $173,625 585 1,808
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Kensington 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 Kensington, .