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Lanham, MD

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lanham, MD: 1 USPS ZIP, population 38,692. 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 LANHAM-MD · Lanham, MD 1 ZIPs · 38,692 pop · #3757/25278 · Prince George's County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $104,523
  • RANK-TOP #3757/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Laurel
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-SMALL 38,692
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $429,000

Nearest income peer: Laurel, MD ( $8,986 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 Lanham

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lanham 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, Lanham, MD sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 15%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
38,692
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$104,523
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 $104,523 and home value $429,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 33.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lanham as a pure owner town.

Within Maryland, Marbury is the closest lower-income city and Clements the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lanham.

Population concentration

Lanham reads through its lone ZIP, 20706

38,692 ACS residents, one ZIP: 20706 is not the leading code inside Lanham, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Lanham's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 1,066 establishments, 24,760 employees , annual payroll $1,652,186k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20706 (1,066 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (170) · also Construction · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Lanham, MD

These ZIP codes sit in Prince George's County, which covers 35 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lanham. See the Prince George's County roll-up →

Lanham sits in the upper half of Prince George's County on income: Hyattsville, Laurel and District Heights report less, while Bowie, Upper Marlboro and Fort Washington report more. Bowie marks the far end of that range at $147,717, 41% above Lanham.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
20706 38,692 $104,523 1,066 1,444
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Lanham 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 Lanham, .