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Washington, DC 20017

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The 20017 ZIP Code is centered1 in District of Columbia Neighborhood at latitude 38.938 and longitude -76.994 (Panoramio Photos). It is a standard type ZIP Code. District of Columbia Neighborhood is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours) and observes daylight savings time.

The population in ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 20017 was 19,170 with 7,710 housing units; a land area land area of 2.31 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 8,315.22 people per sq. mile for Census 2000. Demographic Profile

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Nearby Cities, Towns & Census Designated Places

Brookland, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Park View, DC (1.4 miles WSW)
Langdon, DC (1.4 miles SE)
Terra Cotta, DC (1.4 miles NNW)
Woodridge, DC (1.4 miles ESE)
Chillum Station, DC (1.4 miles NNW)
North Woodridge, MD (1.4 miles ENE)
Mount Rainier, MD (1.4 miles E)
Michigan Park Hills, MD (1.4 miles NNE)
Kaywood Gardens, MD (1.4 miles ENE)

Nearby Neighborhoods, Subdivisions & Other Small Populated Places

Metropolis View, DC (< 0.1 mile)
North Michigan Park, DC (< 0.1 mile)
The Cloisters, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Park Place, DC (< 0.1 mile)
University Heights, DC (< 0.1 mile)
 Michigan Park, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Varnum, DC (< 0.1 mile)
Brentwood Village, DC (1.4 miles SSE)
Hampshire Knolls, DC (1.4 miles NNW)
Edgewood, DC (1.4 miles SSW)

ZIP Codes - Key Concepts

  1. ZIP Codes are categories for grouping mailing addresses and are not exact geographic regions.
  2. The centroid of a ZIP Code may be in one Neighborhood and the associated city/town in another.
  3. In rural areas, a single ZIP Code may be used for cities and towns in several different Neighborhoods.
  4. ZIP Code "areas" can overlap, be subsets of each other, or be artificial constructs with no geographic area.
  5. ZIP Codes are only loosely tied to cities.

1 Keeping the above key concepts in mind, what we informally refer to as the "center" of a ZIP Code is most often actually the centroid of a polygon.