Maryland · Census place 2420050
Cottage City, Maryland
Cottage City is a town in Prince George's County, Maryland with an estimated 1,322 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 90th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,322
- #90 of 100 in Maryland
- Change since 2020
- -0.5%
- -7 people
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 4,896 / sq mi
- State median 2,607
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Cottage City population, 2020 to 2024
Cottage City lost 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +11.
Cottage City covers 0.27 square miles of land, for 4,896 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Cottage City is denser than the typical town.
What county Cottage City is in
All of Cottage City's residents live in Prince George's County, which had 966,629 residents in 2024. Cottage City holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cottage City
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cottage City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 20722. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cottage City is
The Census internal point of Cottage City is at 38.938400, -76.949400. Annapolis, the capital, is 24.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brentwood, MD (3,795 people), 0.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 4.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 38.938400, -76.949400
- DMS
- 38°56'18.24"N 76°56'57.84"W
- UTM
- 18N 331044.8E 4311747.6N
- Geohash
- dqcm8bx0t
- Plus code
- 87C5W3Q2+96
Daylight in Cottage City
At 38.94° N, Cottage City gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cottage City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Brentwood, 0.6 miles away, with 3,795 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cottage City, MD?
1,322 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 7 (0.5%) from 1,329 in July 2020.
What county is Cottage City in?
Prince George's County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cottage City?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20722.
How far is Cottage City from Annapolis?
24.8 miles (39.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Cottage City.
What is the nearest larger city to Cottage City?
Brentwood, MD, with 3,795 residents, 0.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.