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Fort Washington, MD 20744 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 20744: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Fort Washington, MD 20744

Acceptable Alternative

Ft Washington, MD 20744

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Prince Georges County
Centroid: Latitude 38.753, Longitude -76.982
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

Businesses Addresses: 493
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 19,532

Multi-Family Addresses: 2,279
Single Family Addresses: 17,253

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

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Fort Washington, MD 20744 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	52,661
Daytime Population: Workers	8,559
Daytime Population: Residents	25,467
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	34,026
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.65
Population in Households	52,441
Population in Familes	43,987
Population in Group Qrtrs	220
Population Density²	2,076
Diversity Index³	54

INCOME
Median Household Income	$94,364
Average Household Income	$113,635
Per Capita Income	$40,207

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	19,805 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	14,035 (70.9%)
Renter Occupied HU	4,527 (22.9%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,243 ( 6.3%)
Median Home Value	$336,525
Average Home Value	$370,837

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	18,562
Average Household Size	2.83
Family Households	13,293
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.56%	0.85%
Households	0.41%	0.72%
Families	0.28%	0.59%
Median Household Income		1.58%
Per Capita Income		2.04%

Fort Washington, MD 20744 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 20744 to the other 456 ZIP Codes in Maryland by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.