ZIP Code 20816

A high-line Maryland ZIP, not a thin-dollar one

One hundred nine thousand two hundred twenty-eight itemized lines add to $42,619,433. That is a volume ZIP: many receipts, a mid-eight-figure dollar total. Dividing the two packet facts yields about $390 per line. A mean in that band usually means a long list of modest itemizations with a thinner tail of larger checks. Sort the ZIP 20816 FEC page by amount to inspect the tail. The mean can look ordinary even if a few transfers are large, because 109,228 lines dilute them.

Receipt count is not unique people. This packet has no donor-distinct figure. Treat 109,228 as lines on committee reports. Repeat itemizers across cycles add rows without adding new residents. Payroll-style deductions reported on separate dates do the same. Cite 109,228 as an itemization count, not a census of West Bethesda.

Montgomery County mail mixes homes with professional offices. A street near the river can host both. $42,619,433 is every itemization labeled 20816, not a certified resident-only subtotal. Anyone who wants only household rows has to read names on the hub table.

What the 20816 rollup omits

The aggregate is not a Maryland state-board total and not a Bethesda municipal report. It is federal itemizations from FEC.gov. It is also not a party index. FEC schedules do not score ZIP codes by ideology, and this packet does not invent one. Occupation and employer strings live on individual receipts. This ZIP rollup does not tally them.

Unitemized federal gifts sit outside $42,619,433. Independent expenditures paid from another ZIP are omitted even if they mention a Maryland race. Do not fold 20816 into a homemade Montgomery County total; that combined figure is not in the packet. Neighboring Maryland codes have their own hubs on the all-ZIP index.

Questions

How much did ZIP 20816 itemize in federal contributions?

LobbyVault’s ZIP aggregate shows $42,619,433 across 109,228 FEC contributions listing 20816, sourced from FEC.gov. The five-digit field is the contributor ZIP on each receipt. The mean is about $390 per line, which is not a unique-donor average and not a median resident gift.

What is the average 20816 contribution?

Dividing $42,619,433 by 109,228 receipts yields about $390 per line. That is a mean, not a median, and not a per-person average. This packet does not include a unique-donor count, so the receipt total should not be read as a headcount of West Bethesda residents.

Does 20816 cover all of Bethesda?

No. 20816 is one five-digit code used in West Bethesda, Maryland. Other local ZIPs have separate FEC hubs with their own dollar totals. Compare them on the all-ZIP index. The $42,619,433 figure is only the itemizations labeled 20816, not a citywide Bethesda census.

Where can I see 20816 receipts?

On the ZIP 20816 FEC page, which lists the table behind $42,619,433 and 109,228 receipts. Rank other mailing codes on the all-ZIP index. Use the donor directory for person-level records. LobbyVault’s 20816 packet reports the dollar total and the contribution count only.