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Charles County · Maryland

ZIP code 20632

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 20632 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
687

ZCTA residents

Median income
$204,071

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$491,200

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Maryland state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 20632 sits in Charles County, Maryland and is home to 687 people. Median household income is $204,071, the median home is worth $491,200 and median gross rent is —. 90.5% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Maryland state rate).

County
Charles County

FIPS 24017

State
Maryland (MD)

477 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 20632

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
687ZIP 20632 residents
Median household income
$204,071Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$491,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
39.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
90.5%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 20632 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 20632 is a very small community in Charles County, Maryland, with 687 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #374 of 477 ranked by population — larger than 21% of them. The median age here is 39.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 20632 earn a median of $204,071 a year, 159.8% above the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 2.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 20632 is valued at $491,200, 61.9% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 90.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 687 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 20632 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for ZIP 20632 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 20632 in context

How 20632 sits inside Charles County and Maryland.

ZIP 20632 is tabulated inside Charles County, Maryland, one of 22 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 477 across Maryland. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 20632 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 20632 reports a median household income of $204,071, 64% above the $124,733 county median, and 96% above the $104,338 typical MD ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $491,200, 14% above the county figure and 22% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at not published a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Maryland charges 6% statewide, and no local sales tax is layered on top, so the state rate is the full amount collected in 20632.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 20632 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 20632

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$60Before any exemptions

Maryland levies 6% statewide with no local add-ons. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
2.4×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$2,549/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
2.1%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 20632 compares

ZIP 20632 against the median ZIP in Charles County and across Maryland.

MeasureZIP 20632County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$204,071$124,733$104,338+96%
Median home value$491,200$429,800$401,000+22%
Median gross rent—$1,803$1,600—
Population6872,2204,995-86%

Medians are computed across the 22 ZIP areas in Charles County and the 477 ZIP areas in Maryland.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 477 Maryland ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 96% of 428 state ZIPs

#18
Home value

above 72% of 425 state ZIPs

#121
Population

larger than 22% of 477 state ZIPs

#374

Comparable ZIP codes

Maryland ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
20833Montgomery County$203,631$762,200$2,254
21104Howard County$199,803$659,700—
20815Montgomery County$198,243$1,230,700$2,408
20837Montgomery County$191,927$701,000$1,879
21042Howard County$190,504$674,700$2,253
20777Howard County$218,808$808,700$2,893

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Charles County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Charles County, Maryland.

ZIP 20632 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 20632?
ZIP 20632 lies mostly in Charles County, Maryland. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 20632?
Maryland charges 6% statewide.
Is 20632 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs — a month, and the median home is worth $491,200 — +22% against the typical Maryland ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 20632, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.