| City: | Silver Spring, Maryland |
| City Alias: | Colesville |
| County: | Montgomery County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 9:57:59 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 227 / 301 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 39.0756, -77.0022 |
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ZIP 20914 in Silver Spring, Maryland serves a unique postal function within Montgomery County. This is a PO Box-only ZIP code maintaining 366 PO Boxes along New Hampshire Avenue, though it doesn't reflect the delivery reality for residents in the area. The ZIP covers an extremely small footprint and exists within the larger 20904 ZIP code, which provides street delivery to the surrounding Colesville neighborhood.
The post office handles mail for 358 businesses alongside the residential boxes, creating a concentrated commercial mailing address despite the minimal geographic area. Residents in this part of Silver Spring receive street delivery through neighboring ZIP codes while businesses and individuals who prefer PO Box service use 20914. This arrangement is common in suburban Maryland, where PO Box ZIPs provide optional mailing addresses rather than serving as the sole delivery method for a community.
New Hampshire Avenue is the sole street reference for this facility, representing a major north-south arterial road through Montgomery County that connects downtown Silver Spring to points north.
ZIP Code 20914 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 8 business establishments, employing about 27 people with an annual payroll of $920,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 724Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 8Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $204,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $920,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 27Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 20914 is located in Montgomery County, Maryland, within the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 47900) and Maryland's 8th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 5,582,170 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 20914, and is subdivided into the Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 47900Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Frederick-Gaithersburg-Bethesda, MD (CBSA Div 23224)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 5,582,170Source: Census |
| MSA: | Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 08Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 859.85 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 2472450Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Silver Spring CDP; MarylandSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 20914 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.