Median household income (1999): $113,788
Estimated median household income in 2005: $130,702
| This zip code |  $130,702 | | Maryland: |  $61,592 |
Nearest zip codes: 20812, 20818, 20814, 20816, 20852, 20815.
Housing units in zip code 20817 with a mortgage: 7,311 (954 second mortgage, 1,212 home equity loan, 21 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,849
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,321
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $547
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 3.2% | | Whole state: | 8.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 2.1% | | Whole state: | 4.2% |
| Here: | 8.4 | | State: | 6.9 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 5.9 | | State: | 4.2 |
Year house built:
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- 1999 to March 2000: 52
- 1995 to 1998: 339
- 1990 to 1994: 320
- 1980 to 1989: 1,837
- 1970 to 1979: 1,475
- 1960 to 1969: 3,610
- 1950 to 1959: 4,006
- 1940 to 1949: 1,282
- 1939 or earlier: 609
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Bethesda, MD (20817):
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- no bedroom: 40
- 1 bedrooms: 145
- 2 bedrooms: 696
- 3 bedrooms: 3,393
- 4 bedrooms: 4,535
- 5 or more bedrooms: 2,570
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
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- no bedroom: 80
- 1 bedrooms: 333
- 2 bedrooms: 293
- 3 bedrooms: 453
- 4 bedrooms: 500
- 5 or more bedrooms: 194
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Vehicles available in 20817 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no vehicle: 184
- 1 vehicle: 3,164
- 2 vehicles: 5,816
- 3 vehicles: 1,806
- 4 vehicles: 301
- 5 or more vehicles: 108
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
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- no vehicle: 217
- 1 vehicle: 707
- 2 vehicles: 666
- 3 vehicles: 192
- 4 vehicles: 42
- 5 or more vehicles: 29
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Estimated household income distribution in 2005:
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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 20817:
- $25,000 to $29,999: 8
- $30,000 to $34,999: 15
- $35,000 to $39,999: 7
- $40,000 to $49,999: 11
- $50,000 to $59,999: 11
- $70,000 to $79,999: 9
- $80,000 to $89,999: 20
- $100,000 to $124,999: 26
- $125,000 to $149,999: 62
- $150,000 to $174,999: 46
- $175,000 to $199,999: 267
- $200,000 to $249,999: 767
- $250,000 to $299,999: 1244
- $300,000 to $399,999: 3003
- $400,000 to $499,999: 1609
- $500,000 to $749,999: 1717
- $750,000 to $999,999: 860
- $1,000,000 or more: 478
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Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 20817:
- Less than $100: 64
- $100 to $149: 69
- $150 to $199: 46
- $200 to $249: 63
- $250 to $299: 12
- $300 to $349: 19
- $350 to $399: 15
- $400 to $449: 30
- $500 to $549: 30
- $550 to $599: 27
- $600 to $649: 10
- $650 to $699: 18
- $700 to $749: 61
- $750 to $799: 15
- $800 to $899: 82
- $900 to $999: 114
- $1,000 to $1,249: 160
- $1,250 to $1,499: 189
- $1,500 to $1,999: 351
- $2,000 or more: 300
- No cash rent: 172
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $642,900
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $866,246
- Black or African American householders: $743,635
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $545,332
- Asian householders: $796,752
- Some other race householders: $684,985
- Two or more races householders: $716,634
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $787,014
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 11,236
- One, attached: 866
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 58
- 5 to 9: 81
- 10 to 19: 157
- 20 to 49: 311
- 50 or more: 777
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 11,889 (68%)
- Carpooled: 1,613 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 244 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 43 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 1,375 (8%)
- Railroad: 11 (0%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 42 (0%)
- Bicycle: 123 (1%)
- Walked: 285 (2%)
- Other means: 98 (1%)
- Worked at home: 1,801 (10%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 171
- 5 to 9 minutes: 925
- 10 to 14 minutes: 1546
- 15 to 19 minutes: 2055
- 20 to 24 minutes: 2028
- 25 to 29 minutes: 1200
- 30 to 34 minutes: 2405
- 35 to 39 minutes: 826
- 40 to 44 minutes: 1298
- 45 to 59 minutes: 2477
- 60 to 89 minutes: 625
- 90 or more minutes: 174
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 47.4%
Household type by relationship
Households: 34,944
- In family households: 31,233 (8,034 male householders, 2,143 female householders)
9,014 spouses, 10,338 children (9,828 natural, 347 adopted, 163 stepchildren), 202 grandchildren, 163 brothers or sisters, 278 parents, 369 other relatives, 692 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,711 (987 male householders (804 living alone)), 2,088 female householders (1,842 living alone)), 636 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 239 (115 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,523 2-persons, 2,086 3-persons, 2,312 4-persons, 918 5-persons, 297 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 2,646 1-person, 311 2-persons, 85 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 9 5-persons.
7,583 married couples with children.
928 single-parent households (182 men, 746 women).
72.5% of residents of 20817 zip code speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% very well, 19% well, 8% not well, 3% not at all).
13.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% very well, 17% well, 7% not well, 1% not at all).
6.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% very well, 25% well, 13% not well, 2% not at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (71% very well, 23% well, 6% not well).
Foreign born population: 8,756 (24.9%)
(48.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 24.9% | | Whole state: | 9.8% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- India (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Iran (5%)
- Korea (5%)
- France (4%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Germany (4%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995 to March 2000: 2,378
- 1990 to 1994: 961
- 1985 to 1989: 640
- 1980 to 1984: 1,040
- 1975 to 1979: 869
- 1970 to 1974: 671
- 1970 to 1974: 722
- 1965 to 1969: 1,475
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First ancestries reported:
- Other groups: 6945
- English: 2881
- Irish: 2866
- German: 2618
- Russian: 2075
- United States or American: 1889
- Italian: 1625
- Polish: 1076
- Eastern European: 765
- French (except Basque): 663
- Subsaharan African:: 566
- Iranian: 543
- Greek: 531
- Scottish: 503
- European: 479
- Scotch-Irish: 409
- Swedish: 409
- Arab:: 393
- Norwegian: 364
- Hungarian: 311
- Lebanese: 279
- Ukrainian: 276
- British: 264
- African: 255
- Austrian: 247
- Dutch: 245
- Lithuanian: 199
- Czech: 179
- Brazilian: 158
- Swiss: 158
- Romanian: 157
- French Canadian: 153
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 126
- Danish: 122
- Portuguese: 118
- Slovak: 117
- Canadian: 105
- Armenian: 99
- Turkish: 89
- Welsh: 89
- Nigerian: 89
- Northern European: 79
- Israeli: 71
- Jamaican: 67
- South African: 66
- Egyptian: 63
- Yugoslavian: 62
- Estonian: 59
- Other Subsaharan African: 59
- Czechoslovakian: 58
- Serbian: 58
- Ethiopian: 46
- Haitian: 46
- Senegalese: 44
- Slovene: 34
- Bulgarian: 34
- Belgian: 34
- Scandinavian: 31
- Australian: 30
- Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 29
- Arab/Arabic: 18
- Finnish: 17
- Latvian: 17
- Slavic: 16
- Croatian: 15
- Other Arab: 13
- Barbadian: 13
- Alsatian: 12
- Moroccan: 10
- Afghan: 8
- Sierra Leonean: 7
- Palestinian: 6
- Celtic: 6
- New Zealander: 6
- Luxemburger: 5
- Iraqi: 4
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (80%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4460
- Northeast: 7484
- Midwest: 3009
- South: 9486
- West: 1348
65% of the 20817 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 16% lived in Maryland.
Population in 1990: 33,484. Population change in the 1990s: +1,621 (+4.8%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,321
| Here: | 29.0% | | Maryland: | 14.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 535
| Here: | 26.8% | | Maryland: | 13.3% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 288
| Here: | 33.1% | | Maryland: | 21.7% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Management of Companies and Enterprises: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment, 250-499 employees: 2 establishments, 100-249 employees: 5 establishments, 50-99 employees: 9 establishments, 20-49 employees: 7 establishments, 10-19 employees: 9 establishments, 5-9 employees: 4 establishments, 1-4 employees: 18 establishments)
- Wholesale Trade: Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers (over 1000: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Computer Systems Design Services (500-999: 1, 50-99: 3, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 4, 1-4: 21)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (20-49: 11, 10-19: 7, 5-9: 15, 1-4: 45)
- Educational Services: Elementary and Secondary Schools (100-249: 3, 20-49: 4, 10-19: 1)
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Golf Courses and Country Clubs (250-499: 1, 100-249: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Janitorial Services (250-499: 1, 50-99: 1, 20-49: 1, 1-4: 2)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (100-249: 2, 50-99: 1, 20-49: 1, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 7)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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People in group quarters
- 96 people in nursing homes
- 55 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 50 people in other group homes
- 17 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 15 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in other workers' dormitories
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