Washington 20020

District Of Columbia County, DC · 11,502 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

32affordability /100

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

Payment burden
41.4%
severe
Days on market
88
daily
Price cuts
15.1%
of active
Valuation
-13.6%
vs assessor
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28
/100
weak
cooling · 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

58/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
Needs 27.5% correction for affordability
DOM: 69d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)90
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)75

Balanced market in 20020. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 41.5% of median income. A 16% price correction needed to reach 30% affordability threshold. Median days on market: 69. Renting is approximately 22% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 14.7).

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

Market is cooling with expanding inventory. Conditions are balanced between buyers and sellers. Prices down 4.9% YoY.

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Median price
$362,376
▾ 4.9% YoY
Days on market
88
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,058
ZORI
Investor score
61/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
192
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-13.6%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$313,000
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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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$415
Price-to-income6.8×

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How 20020 ranks in DC
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Affordability, supply & momentum

13SUPPLY
OversuppliedSupply Tightness

Ample inventory — buyers have time and leverage to negotiate.

Months of Supply43.9 mo
Days on Market88d
Inv vs History-0.8%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %15.1%
Momentumcooling
LeverageBALANCED
Months of supply43.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,058
Price-to-rent14.7
Est. cap rate4.4%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score5
Transit score71
Bike score

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District Of Columbia County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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