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Prince George's County, MD

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 36 ZIP codes inside Prince George's County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
36
in this county
Total population
948,492
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
25
distinct city/town names
Avg density
1,534
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Prince George's County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
20744 Fort Washington 56,185 831
20772 Upper Marlboro 53,161 283
20774 Upper Marlboro 50,483 559
20783 Hyattsville 49,648 3,283
20706 Lanham 44,305 1,702
20785 Hyattsville 41,655 1,589
20747 District Heights 41,445 2,025
20748 Temple Hills 40,644 1,687
20735 Clinton 39,181 584
20743 Capitol Heights 38,742 1,552
20740 College Park 37,168 1,634
20707 Laurel 36,020 1,100
20782 Hyattsville 34,492 3,132
20784 Hyattsville 32,355 3,018
20721 Bowie 30,771 706
20745 Oxon Hill 29,736 1,764
20770 Greenbelt 28,820 1,523
20705 Beltsville 27,914 746
20746 Suitland 27,669 1,412
20708 Laurel 27,262 866
20715 Bowie 26,880 739
20720 Bowie 26,042 682
20737 Riverdale 23,562 2,874
20716 Bowie 22,390 752
20613 Brandywine 14,595 78
20781 Hyattsville 12,940 2,031
20607 Accokeek 11,122 219
20712 Mount Rainier 9,784 5,176
20710 Bladensburg 9,699 3,353
20769 Glenn Dale 6,831 406
20722 Brentwood 6,116 1,605
20742 College Park 4,188 5,015
20762 Andrews Air Force Base 3,419 227
20623 Cheltenham 2,534 510
20608 Aquasco 734 16
20771 Greenbelt

About Prince George's County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Prince George's County in Maryland contains roughly 36 ZIP codes spread across 25 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 948,492. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Maryland index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 1,534, which classifies the county overall as a suburban environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Prince George's County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Prince George's County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.