Washington, District of Columbia · Washington–Arlington–Alexandria metro
Direct mail postcards in Washington, DC
Postcards for Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland, from Georgetown to Bethesda, Arlington and Fairfax, saturating rowhouse routes or mailing your member and donor lists, for up to 60% less.
- 680,000 residents in the city
- ZIP codes 200–205
- Entered through the Curseen-Morris Processing & Distribution Center
- Marketing Mail 3–5 days locally
Washington is a city of about 680,000 people at the center of a metro of 6.3 million, the most educated and among the most affluent in the country. ZIP codes 200 through 205 cover the District; 220 through 223 cover Northern Virginia and 207 through 209 suburban Maryland. The District itself mixes rowhouse neighborhoods (Capitol Hill, Petworth, Columbia Heights, Brookland) on dense residential routes with apartment corridors along Connecticut and Wisconsin Avenues and the new high-rise districts of Navy Yard and NoMa. The suburbs, from Arlington and Alexandria to Bethesda, Chevy Chase, McLean and Fairfax, carry some of the highest home values in the country.
Washington mails for its own reasons. Advocacy organizations, associations and nonprofits headquartered here mail members and donors nationally; political campaigns and issue groups mail constantly; law firms, consultancies and contractors mail businesses; and the region's real estate agents, home services companies, private schools, medical practices and restaurants mail the suburbs like anywhere else, with a household income to match.
Who mails in Washington?
Nonprofits, associations and advocacy groups, more per capita than anywhere; political campaigns, PACs and issue campaigns; real estate agents farming Chevy Chase, Bethesda, McLean, Arlington and Capitol Hill; home services companies mailing the older housing stock across the metro; private schools and tutoring (a large category here); dental, medical and cosmetic practices; restaurants saturating the rowhouse neighborhoods; and the law firms, consultancies and government contractors that mail businesses.
District, Virginia and Maryland
Inside the District, the rowhouse neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park are dense saturation routes and agent farms; Northwest west of the park is farmed by home value; downtown and the new high-rise districts are reached through the residents a business already has on file. Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax County are single-family and townhouse suburbs with very high incomes. Montgomery County (Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Silver Spring, Rockville) and Prince George's County mail as suburbs. One mailing can cross all three jurisdictions.
Delivery
Mail for the District is processed at the Curseen-Morris facility; Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland mail through their own facilities. Marketing Mail entered locally typically reaches metro mailboxes in three to five business days; First-Class in one to three. A drop that spans all three jurisdictions goes to the print partner, among the three we hold exclusive partnerships with, whose network and dates suit the region.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we mail around Washington
- Georgetown
- Capitol Hill
- Dupont Circle
- Chevy Chase
- Cleveland Park
- Petworth
- Navy Yard
- Arlington
- Alexandria
- Bethesda
- Silver Spring
- Fairfax
- McLean
- Rockville
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Direct mail in Washington: questions people ask
How much does direct mail cost in Washington, DC?
Washington mail is quoted job by job, so there's no rate card to point you to. Two things move a DC quote most. One is reach: the District's mail runs through Curseen-Morris, while Northern Virginia and suburban Maryland go through their own facilities. The other is method, since rowhouse routes east of Rock Creek Park suit saturation and Northwest beyond the park is farmed by home value from a list.
Can you mail DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland in one campaign?
Yes, all three. The District's ZIP codes run 200 through 205, Northern Virginia's 220 through 223 and suburban Maryland's 207 through 209, and one mailing can span them, from Arlington and Fairfax to Bethesda, Silver Spring and Prince George's County.
Do you mail for nonprofits and associations in Washington?
Yes. Washington has more nonprofit, association and advocacy mailers per capita than anywhere, and the ones headquartered here mail their members and donors nationally, far beyond the District. Political campaigns, PACs and issue groups are the other constant mailers in town.
Can you mail the high-rise buildings in Navy Yard and NoMa?
Yes, from a list you bring. Navy Yard and NoMa are new high-rise districts, and like downtown they're best reached through residents you already know, building by building, rather than by saturating a carrier route. The rowhouse neighborhoods, Capitol Hill and Petworth among them, are the opposite: dense residential routes where a card to every household does the job.
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