ZIP 20006

20006 is one of 57 ZIP codes that lie mostly in District of Columbia, DC.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 11 of the 11 nearby ZIPs shown.

1 school location in 20006: 1 high.

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In May 2012 the typical home in 20006 was worth $210,702.

Values peaked at $273,074 in April 2020. The latest reading is −17.6% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $225,092, −6.4% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $225,092. Put 20% down and borrow $180,074 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,247 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $36,019 a year, $3,002 a month. So the payment takes 41.5% of income — rated “severe” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 38.9% in 2012.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in May 2012 (3.80%) the payment was $785.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $876.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,158 — +32% since December 2020, while the home's value moved −17%.

Reported values rose +7% since May 2012.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +46% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2012 home was worth $307,818. So the real change is −27%, not +7%.

20006: +7% since May 2012.

District of Columbia: +59% since May 2012.

District of Columbia: +59% since May 2012 — 20006 ran behind it by 52 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $1,472 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,974 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 9.5. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Homes sold: about 1 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 1 — so sales ran at 100% of it, and below it in 1 of the last 24 months.

Across District of Columbia, builders pulled permits for 1,591 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 11% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in District of Columbia County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 12,228 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 15,645 moved out.

Net across those counties: −3,417 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 9 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Prince George's, MD (3,479 households); most departures went to Prince George's, MD (4,089).