ZIP 22202
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 22202 usually run 1.8% below trend in January and 1.7% above it in August, about $94 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 22202 is 0.9% below its high of $2,700 in April 2025, at $2,677 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 22202 changed +1.0% over the year to September 2026. Across the 169 Virginia ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 22202 rose 18.7% while median household income rose 17.1% ($114,224 to $133,762). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 22202 is 17.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($133,762) is $3,344 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($3,020); a 2-bedroom is $3,370.
4th cheapest of 9 ZIP codes in Arlington.
ZIP 22305, 2 miles away, rents for 19% less ($2,155/mo), about $6,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 22202. 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 22202 (Arlington, VA) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 84.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 22202 in Arlington, VA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 22202 in Arlington, VA has shifted from $2,004 to $2,677, up 33.6% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $127,214 to $133,762 between 2021 and 2024, a 5.1% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 22202 in Arlington, VA adding about 902 residents over the five-year window, up 3.4% on net. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 22202 in Arlington, VA 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 22202 covers Arlington, VA. The median rent here is $2,677/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,222/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,479/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($133,762/yr), ZIP 22202 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.0% over the past year.
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