20899 Zip Code (Gaithersburg, MD) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 143

Houses and condos: 125
Renter-occupied apartments: 126
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 20899: 134.8 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 1,866 people per square mile

(low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:

For population 25 years and over in 20899:

• High school or higher: 88.7%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.4%
• Graduate or professional degree: 26.1%
• Unemployed: 30.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 153.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 20899:

• Never married: 39.5%
• Now married: 11.2%
• Separated: 10.7%
• Widowed: 0.0%
• Divorced: 38.6%

100% urban population.

Nearest zip codes: 20877, 20880, 20886, 20878, 20879, 20850.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 96
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 40

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 62 (0 now married, 62 unmarried)

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 20899 household income distribution in 2022

• 30$10,000 to $14,999
• 37$15,000 to $19,999
• 18$20,000 to $24,999
• 18$25,000 to $29,999
• 10$40,000 to $44,999
• 13$45,000 to $49,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 20899

• 21Less than $100
• 41$800 to $899
• 73$1,000 to $1,249

Median gross rent in 2022: $994.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $502,903.

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $660,791

Here:	$660,791
State:	$526,819

Townhouses or other attached units: $514,335

Here:	$514,335
State:	$328,305

In 2-unit structures: $519,323

Here:	$519,323
State:	$346,599

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $144,645

Here:	$144,645
State:	$295,378

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $289,413

Here:	$289,413
State:	$350,378

Housing units in structures:

• 20 to 49: 19
• 50 or more: 110

Unemployment: 30.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 20899

• 41.4%13Drove a car alone
• 41.4%13Bus or trolley bus

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 20899

• 1320 to 24 minutes
• 1630 to 34 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 106.5%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 143

• Male householders: 38 (38 living alone), Female householders: 89 (73 living alone)

• 0 spouses (0 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 19 children (19 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 18 2-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person

25.9% of residents of 20899 zip code speak English at home.
24.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% well).
54.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (44% very well, 23% well, 33% not at all).

There are 3 Medical Specialists in Zip Code 20899.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (ROUTE I-270 & QUINCE ORCHARD ROAD in GAITHERSBURG, MD) . Federal Facility. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

  AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-03-1990-0123, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Business SIC classification: REGULATION, LICENSING, AND INSPECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL SECTORS
  Organizations: USDC NIST (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
  Alternative names: MATIONAL INSTITUE OF STANDARDS & TECH, NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCI TECH, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARD & TECH, NIST BLDG 245, USDC NATL INSTITUTE OF STDS & TECH

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 14.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 28
• South: 27

85% of the 20899 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 91% moved from this county.

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARD (1134 ADMINISTRATION BLDG in GAITHERSBURG, MD) : $1,227,466 in 10 contracts from 1999 to 2000

  Contracts for Other Defense -- Management and Support (R&D), Other Defense -- Basic Research (R&D), Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D) by Navy
  Signed by year: 2000: $804,029; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $245,384 with Navy for Other Defense -- Management and Support (R&D). Signed on 2000-06-26. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
  $220,000 with Navy for Other Defense -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2000-10-04. Completion date: 2001-09-30.
  $220,000, same as above. Signed on 1999-10-21. Completion date: 2001-09-30.
  $100,000, same as above. Signed on 2000-10-12. Completion date: 2001-11-30.
  

• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARD (RM 204 in GAITHERSBURG, MD) : -$274 in 2 contracts in 2003

  $0 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Soil Studies. Taking place in MA. Signed on 2003-06-17. Completion date: 1999-06-21.
  -$274, same as above. Signed on 2003-06-17. Completion date: 1999-06-21.
  

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Other Services (except Public Administration): Professional Organizations (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (20-49: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Food Service Contractors (10-19: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Travel Agencies (1-4: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Vocational Rehabilitation Services (1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Cafeterias (1-4: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Computer Systems Design Services (1-4: 1)