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Dickerson, MD 20842 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 20842: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Dickerson, MD 20842

Not Acceptable, USPS

Comus, MD 20842

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Montgomery County
Centroid: Latitude 39.204, Longitude -77.422
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 20842 has segments in 2 Counties / Independent Cities (Frederick, Montgomery).

Businesses Addresses: 43
PO Box Addresses: 57
Residential Addresses: 708

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 708

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

20842 ZIP Code Map

Dickerson, MD 20842 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	1,986
Daytime Population: Workers	829
Daytime Population: Residents	930
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	1,759
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.89
Population in Households	1,978
Population in Familes	1,676
Population in Group Qrtrs	8
Population Density²	40
Diversity Index³	35

INCOME
Median Household Income	$109,965
Average Household Income	$146,452
Per Capita Income	$55,604

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	814 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	590 (72.5%)
Renter Occupied HU	162 (19.9%)
Vacant Housing Units	62 ( 7.6%)
Median Home Value	$645,963
Average Home Value	$672,034

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	752
Average Household Size	2.63
Family Households	548
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	1.07%	1.51%
Households	1.09%	1.42%
Families	1.02%	1.38%
Median Household Income		1.21%
Per Capita Income		1.8%

Dickerson, MD 20842 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 20842 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.