ZIP 20001
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 20001 usually run 1.3% below trend in December and 1.3% above it in August, about $69 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 20001 is 0.5% below its high of $2,667 in December 2024, at $2,653 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 20001 changed +2.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 21 District of Columbia ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.5%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 20001 rose 11% while median household income rose 18.8% ($116,195 to $138,059). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 20001 is 10% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 9 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($138,059) is $3,451 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($3,140); a 3-bedroom is $3,960.
19th cheapest of 22 ZIP codes in Washington.
ZIP 20006, 2 miles away, rents for 24% less ($2,017/mo), about $7,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 20001. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 20001 (Washington, DC) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 77.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 20001 in Washington, DC has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in ZIP 20001 in Washington, DC has increased from $2,224 to $2,653, a 19.3% change over five years. Median household income rose from $126,290 to $138,059 between 2021 and 2024, a 9.3% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has contracted by 2.1% since 2021, moving from about 45,551 residents to roughly 44,616. College-educated residents now make up 77.5% of adults here, versus 73.8% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 20001 in Washington, DC reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 20001 covers Washington, DC. The median rent here is $2,653/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,206/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,456/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($138,059/yr), ZIP 20001 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.1% over the past year.
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