Rockville, MD
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rockville, MD: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 130,569. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet ROCKVILLE-MD · Rockville, MD 4 ZIPs · 130,569 pop · #1420/25278 · Montgomery County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH
- INC-TOP $133,478
- RANK-TOP #1420/25278
- BELOW-PEER under Burtonsville
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 59% owners
- POP-MID 130,569
- SPREAD-MOD 20852→20853
- HOME-HIGH $645,100
Nearest income peer: Burtonsville, MD (+ $6,830 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 Rockville
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rockville on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Takoma Park · lowest $83,870
Takoma Park · lowest
$83,870 median HH income
- Silver Spring · near
Silver Spring · near
$113,151 median HH income
- Germantown · near
Germantown · near
$117,377 median HH income
- Rockville · this city
Rockville · this city
$133,478 median HH income
- Burtonsville · near
Burtonsville · near
$140,308 median HH income
- Derwood · near
Derwood · near
$149,110 median HH income
- Potomac · highest
Potomac · highest
$250,001 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rockville, MD sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 6%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 130,569
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $133,478
- 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 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $133,478 and home value $645,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 59.7%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (59.3%) for this income tier, rent $2,109 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Maryland, New Windsor is the closest lower-income city and Upper Marlboro the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rockville.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Rockville differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Rockville: $122,472 in ZIP 20852 to $159,080 in 20853. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.3×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 2.3 points
20852 to 20853
20851 to 20850
20852 to 20851
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Rockville residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Rockville: the largest, 20850, is only about 35% of 130,569 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Rockville
Citywide ZBP: 5,751 establishments, 113,903 employees , annual payroll $10,528,273k (~44 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 20850 (2,728 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (1,373) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .
ZIP Codes in Rockville, MD
These ZIP codes sit in Montgomery County, which covers 45 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Rockville. See the Montgomery County roll-up →
Rockville lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Montgomery County: Bethesda, Potomac and Chevy Chase earn more and Silver Spring, Gaithersburg and Germantown earn less. Potomac marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 87% above Rockville.
Side-by-side: Compare 20850 vs 20852 →
Rockville 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 Rockville, .