Bethesda, MD population, income and ZIP codes

Bethesda CDP is a small city in Maryland, with 67,403 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #10 of 536 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 43.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Bethesda CDP earn a median of $191,348 a year, 143.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 76% above the $109,026 median for the 332 Maryland cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bethesda CDP is valued at $1,129,700, 272.3% above the national figure and 184% above the $397,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,437 a month, 73.3% above the national figure, or roughly $29,244 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 65.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.