ZIP 20020

20020 is one of 57 ZIP codes that lie mostly in District of Columbia, DC.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 9 of the 12 nearby ZIPs shown.

23 school locations in 20020: 16 elementary, 5 middle, 2 high.

In alphabetical order: Anacostia HS, AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll, Beers ES, Cedar Tree Academy PCS, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 20020 was worth $114,981.

Values peaked at $427,884 in June 2022. The latest reading is −17.7% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $352,084, −4.6% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $352,084. Put 20% down and borrow $281,667 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,950 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $53,015 a year, $4,418 a month. So the payment takes 44.1% 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 14.4% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $688.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,263.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,811 — +43% since December 2020, while the home's value moved −10%.

Reported values rose +206% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $226,927. So the real change is +55%, not +206%.

20020: +206% since January 2000.

District of Columbia: +255% since January 2000.

District of Columbia: +255% since January 2000 — 20020 ran behind it by 48 points.

Owning the typical home costs about $2,302 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,060 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 14.2. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 43 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 96% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 195.

Going out — closed sales: about 29 a month. That is 81% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 58% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 42% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 6.8 months of supply — above the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 14 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 29 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 30 — so sales ran at 97% of it, and below it in 20 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: 195 in June 2026.

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