ZIP 20007
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
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January. Asking rents in ZIP 20007 usually run 0.9% below trend in January and 0.6% above it in August, about $38 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 20007 is 0.7% below its high of $2,540 in March 2025, at $2,521 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 20007 changed +0.8% 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 20007 rose 19.5% while median household income rose 0.6% ($140,208 to $140,996). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 20007 is 23.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($140,996) is $3,525 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($3,100); a 4-bedroom is $3,650.
14th cheapest of 22 ZIP codes in Washington.
ZIP 20008, 2 miles away, rents for 14% less ($2,160/mo), about $4,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 20007. 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 20007 (Washington, DC) is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 87.3% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 20007 in Washington, DC has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 20007 in Washington, DC paid around $2,052 a month. That figure now sits near $2,521, up 22.9% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $134,908 to $140,996 between 2021 and 2024, a 4.5% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 20007 in Washington, DC adding about 291 residents over the five-year window, up 1.2% on net. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 20007 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 20007 covers Washington, DC. The median rent here is $2,521/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,210/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,460/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($140,996/yr), ZIP 20007 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.8% over the past year.
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