Maryland · Census place 2443500

Kensington, Maryland

Kensington is a town in Montgomery County, Maryland with an estimated 2,155 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,155
#70 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+27 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
4,310 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Kensington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

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Kensington population, 2020 to 2024

Kensington added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

2,12820202,11320212,12120222,13220232,1552024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,131. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kensington covers 0.50 square miles of land, for 4,310 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Kensington is denser than the typical town.

What county Kensington is in

All of Kensington's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 1,082,273 residents in 2024. Kensington holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kensington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kensington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 20895. 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 Kensington is

The Census internal point of Kensington is at 39.026800, -77.073700. Annapolis, the capital, is 31.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chevy Chase, MD (2,927 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 9.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.026800, -77.073700
DMS
39°01'36.48"N 77°04'25.32"W
UTM
18N 320494.2E 4321796.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F42WGG+PG

Daylight in Kensington

At 39.03° N, Kensington gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kensington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Chevy Chase View, 0.7 miles away, with 1,017 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kensington, MD?

2,155 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (1.3%) from 2,128 in July 2020.

What county is Kensington in?

Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kensington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20895.

How far is Kensington from Annapolis?

31.5 miles (50.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Kensington.

What is the nearest larger city to Kensington?

Chevy Chase, MD, with 2,927 residents, 3.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.