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Silver Spring, MD ZIP Codes

16 ZIP codes use the postal name Silver Spring, Maryland (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 7 residential and 9 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $80,768 in 20903 to $159,740 in 20905, 2.0 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Silver Spring's most populous ZIP code is 20906, with 70,595 people (ACS 2020-2024); 0% of its land is in the city of Silver Spring.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Silver Spring's ZIP codes?

20901: $131k median household income20902: $115k median household income20903: $81k median household income20904: $96k median household income20905: $160k median household income20906: $98k median household income20910: $112k median household income2090620904209052090220910209012090320901: $131k median household income20902: $115k median household income20903: $81k median household income20904: $96k median household income20905: $160k median household income20906: $98k median household income20910: $112k median household income2090620904209052090220910209012090320901: $131k median household income20902: $115k median household income20903: $81k median household income20904: $96k median household income20905: $160k median household income20906: $98k median household income20910: $112k median household income20906209042090520902209102090120903
The 7 residential ZIP codes named Silver Spring, 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 Silver Spring's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 20905 ($159,740), the lowest in 20903 ($80,768). Home values run from $455,800 in 20906 to $730,900 in 20910.

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

All 7 residential ZIP codes of Silver Spring

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Silver Spring, MD, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
20906 Montgomery County 70,595 5,544 $98k $456k
20904 Montgomery County 58,646 4,272 $96k $560k
20902 Montgomery County 54,261 7,174 $115k $551k
20910 Montgomery County 45,943 9,996 $112k $731k
20901 Montgomery County 36,435 6,813 $131k $590k
20903 Montgomery County 24,815 7,277 $81k $486k
20905 Montgomery County 19,004 1,612 $160k $657k

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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 Silver Spring

9 ZIP codes named Silver Spring 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.

Silver Spring, 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
20907Montgomery County
20908Montgomery County
20911Montgomery County
20914Montgomery County
20915Montgomery County
20916Montgomery County
20918Montgomery County
20993Montgomery County
20997Montgomery County

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

Which counties do Silver Spring's ZIP codes reach?

Silver Spring's residential ZIP codes lie in 2 counties: Montgomery County (7 ZIP codes mainly there), Prince George's County (part of a ZIP code).

Which places do Silver Spring's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Silver Spring's residential ZIP codes cover Silver Spring itself and 19 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • White Oak census-designated 20901, 20903, 20904
  • Burnt Mills census-designated 20901, 20903
  • Cloverly census-designated 20905, 20906
  • Fairland census-designated 20904, 20905
  • Forest Glen census-designated 20902, 20910
  • Kemp Mill census-designated 20901, 20902
  • Wheaton census-designated 20902, 20906
  • Ashton-Sandy Spring census-designated 20905
  • Aspen Hill census-designated 20906
  • Calverton census-designated 20904
  • Colesville census-designated 20904
  • Four Corners census-designated 20901
  • Glenmont census-designated 20906
  • Hillandale census-designated 20903
  • Layhill census-designated 20906
  • Leisure World census-designated 20906
  • North Kensington census-designated 20902
  • Olney census-designated 20906
  • Spencerville census-designated 20905

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

Which first three digits do Silver Spring'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 Silver Spring starts with 209.

Three-digit prefixes of Silver Spring'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 Silver Spring's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
209 Suburban, MD (SCF 208) 16 18

16 of the 18 ZIP codes that start with 209 are Silver Spring's, all sorted at Suburban, MD (SCF 208). The other 2 are 20912 (Takoma Park), 20913 (Takoma Park, PO Box or unique).

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