Washington, D.C. market data
27K active listings out of 2.05M total properties we track across 623 Washington, D.C. ZIPs — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history. Refreshed nightly.
Over the past 12 months, Washington, D.C. has recorded 69,923 home sales. Last month saw 1,203 sales (-74.4% vs the prior month). Most recent median sale price: $616K. Drag the time slider above to watch the sales wave ripple month by month across the metro.
- Sales (12mo)
- 70K
- Last month
- 1.2K
- MoM
- -74.4%
- Peak month
- May 2024
- Median sale
- $616K
Right now, 27K homes are actively for sale across Washington, D.C.. Median list price is $540K at $304/sqft. Hover any hex above to see its local median price and property-type mix.
- Active total
- 27K
- Median list
- $540K
- Median $/sqft
- $304
- Top ZIP
- 20002
- Top type
- Single Family (42%)
Flip activity in Washington, D.C. surfaces in the hex map — dense cells are sub-neighborhoods where buy-and-resell transactions have clustered. Out of 69,923 sales in the past year, a meaningful slice fits the classic flip profile. Hover for local flip counts and median profit.
- Sales (12mo)
- 70K
- Median sale
- $350K
- Top ZIP
- 20002
6.0% of recorded sales in Washington, D.C. have cleared the $1M mark. Median sale price across all recorded transactions is $350K. Drag the decade slider to see the $1M line sweep across the metro.
- $1M+ share
- 6.0%
- Median sale
- $350K
- Current list
- $540K
Washington, D.C.'s housing stock peak-built in the 1980s. 49% of homes were built after 1980; just 10.8% predate 1940. Since 2020 we've tracked 69K newly-built homes.
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Post-1980
- 49%
- Pre-war
- 10.8%
- New (2020+)
- 69K
Corporate and LLC buyers show up in the map — dense hexes mark neighborhoods with high investor purchase activity. Our current dataset shows 1.93M rental listings with enough data to calculate yield in Washington, D.C..
- Rental listings
- 1.93M
- Avg gross yield
- 235.32%
- Tracked
- 2.05M
Inventory breakdown
Distribution of the 27K currently-active listings in Washington, D.C.. Our full dataset covers 2.05M Washington, D.C. properties — listings, off-market homes, rentals, and full sales/tax history — queryable per-ZIP or per-property via the API.
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"total_tracked": 2054958,
"active": 27335,
"median_list": 540000,
"sold_this_month": 1203,
"median_sold": 616000
}Washington, D.C. ZIPs by activity
Drill into any ZIP for hex-level breakdowns. 623 ZIPs total in this metro.
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Authorization: Bearer $STRAPLY_KEY{
"metro": "dc",
"total_tracked": 2054958,
"active": 27335,
"median_list": 540000,
"sold_this_month": 1203
}