Washington 20005

District Of Columbia County, DC · 3,781 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

55affordability /100

Buyer leverage is balanced; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
27.2%
affordable
Days on market
62
daily
Price cuts
12.9%
of active
Valuation
-12.1%
vs assessor
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66
/100
stable
stable · balanced · prices easing year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

42/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 76d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)25
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)25
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 20005. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 27.2% of median income. Median days on market: 76. Renting is approximately 30% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 15.6).

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
STABLEBALANCED

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers.

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Median price
$502,374
▾ 0.7% YoY
Days on market
62
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,686
ZORI
Investor score
67/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
87
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-12.1%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$441,600
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+31.5%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
District of Columbia+31.5%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$602
Price-to-income4.5×

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How 20005 ranks in DC
percentile vs all DC ZIPs
Comparative ranking not available for this ZIP.

Affordability, supply & momentum

10SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply24.0 mo
Days on Market62d
Inv vs History+37.0%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %12.9%
Momentumstable
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply24
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,686
Price-to-rent15.6
Est. cap rate4.2%
Buy vs rentneutral

Livability

Walk score100
Transit score50
Bike score—

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District Of Columbia County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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