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Washington

The Washington, DC metro area has 6,318,377 people. Median rent is $2,027, 19.2% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in District of Columbia at $2,438. Of the 325 places we track here, Laytonsville has the lightest rent burden.

Median household income

$126,684

Median home value

$579,900

Unemployment

4.8%

2-bedroom fair market rent

$2,438

HUD, District of Columbia

Places in this metro

Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.

Place	Population	Rent	Rent to income
Washington	681,294	$1,954	21.3%
Arlington	236,254	$2,322	19.6%
Alexandria	156,976	$2,089	20.9%
Germantown	90,719	$2,040	20.8%
Frederick	83,395	$1,764	21.8%
Waldorf	82,943	$1,995	20.6%
Silver Spring	81,462	$1,913	23.0%
Centreville	71,706	$2,299	19.8%
Dale City	71,016	$1,876	20.1%
Gaithersburg	69,825	$2,058	22.0%
Bethesda	69,397	$2,469	15.4%
Rockville	67,671	$2,274	21.2%
Reston	64,414	$2,231	18.0%
Bowie	57,926	$2,330	19.7%
Aspen Hill	53,279	$1,916	20.6%
Wheaton	52,926	$2,163	23.3%
North Bethesda	49,677	$2,191	20.4%
McLean	49,627	$3,422	16.4%
Leesburg	49,171	$2,105	17.4%
Lake Ridge	46,049	$2,033	19.2%
Ashburn	46,026	$2,455	19.0%
Potomac	45,902	$2,887	14.6%
Burke	44,029	$2,894	18.7%
Woodbridge	43,945	$2,101	24.1%
Manassas	42,976	$1,850	19.5%
Linton Hall	41,876	$2,575	17.3%
Annandale	41,705	$1,933	20.0%
Clinton	38,376	$1,809	17.4%
Oakton	36,528	$2,276	17.0%
Olney	35,797	$2,404	16.8%
Fair Oaks	35,545	$2,275	22.0%
Chillum	34,871	$1,735	26.1%
College Park	34,540	$1,912	32.9%
South Riding	34,352	$2,905	17.7%
Montgomery Village	34,110	$1,916	24.1%
Sterling	32,411	$2,138	20.8%
West Falls Church	31,279	$2,066	18.4%
Springfield	31,154	$2,656	25.3%
Clarksburg	30,487	$2,495	16.9%
Laurel	29,798	$1,873	22.4%
South Laurel	29,272	$1,830	24.7%
Tysons	28,936	$2,497	23.1%
Fredericksburg	28,873	$1,619	22.6%
Ballenger Creek	26,390	$1,987	21.9%
Fairland	26,231	$1,894	23.0%
Cherry Hill	26,044	$1,931	18.9%
Fort Washington	25,134	$2,690	22.5%
Fairfax	25,026	$2,245	20.4%
Greenbelt	24,678	$1,848	25.8%
Herndon	24,672	$2,259	18.3%
Brambleton	24,537	$2,479	12.5%
Landover	24,514	$1,735	28.9%
Bailey's Crossroads	24,271	$2,021	27.4%
Chantilly	24,036	$2,312	17.7%
North Potomac	23,922	$2,413	15.5%
Suitland	23,793	$1,707	28.6%
McNair	22,655	$2,287	22.4%
Camp Springs	22,544	$2,231	22.2%
West Springfield	22,532	$2,455	18.1%
Montclair	22,387	$2,366	18.2%
Leesylvania	21,632	$2,289	20.7%
Buckhall	21,602	$2,478	16.5%
Langley Park	21,508	$1,707	24.0%
Woodlawn	21,194	$1,828	23.9%
Rose Hill	21,066	$2,475	17.0%
Lorton	20,991	$2,548	22.0%
Hyattsville	20,966	$1,835	24.0%
Culpeper	20,794	$1,416	17.9%
Merrifield	20,698	$2,368	20.8%
Lincolnia	20,320	$2,141	21.1%
Beltsville	19,176	$1,963	23.6%
Sudley	19,162	$2,139	27.2%
Franklin Farm	18,736	$2,625	14.6%
Redland	18,665	$2,221	20.2%
Kingstowne	18,360	$2,406	19.1%
East Riverdale	18,336	$1,716	25.2%
Franconia	18,335	$2,605	20.5%
Seabrook	18,317	$1,840	22.5%
Gainesville	18,196	$2,283	15.7%
Oxon Hill	17,893	$1,721	22.1%
Damascus	17,640	$1,792	13.5%
Takoma Park	17,632	$1,432	15.9%
Calverton	17,624	$2,164	24.2%
Idylwood	17,559	$2,045	20.4%
Adelphi	17,395	$1,804	26.4%
White Oak	17,329	$1,808	26.0%
Hybla Valley	17,257	$1,631	24.2%
Glenmont	17,208	$2,028	19.2%
Burke Centre	17,037	$2,515	18.4%
Glassmanor	16,981	$1,567	28.4%
Bull Run	16,859	$2,002	26.8%
Manassas Park	16,798	$2,146	24.9%
Fort Hunt	16,700	$3,501	19.4%
Cloverly	16,646	$2,129	16.8%
Stone Ridge	16,603	$2,746	17.6%
Vienna	16,412	$2,391	13.2%
Hillcrest Heights	16,063	$1,545	22.4%
Wolf Trap	15,858	$3,501	16.8%
Bensville	15,848	$2,722	19.2%
Front Royal	15,296	$1,135	21.0%
Great Falls	15,228	$3,501	16.8%
Summerfield	15,065	$2,091	27.6%
Falls Church	14,710	$2,190	18.3%
Colesville	14,519	$1,893	17.4%
Linganore	14,444	$2,523	17.2%
Accokeek	14,362	$1,799	14.3%
Broadlands	14,353	$2,694	13.4%
Lake Arbor	14,335	$2,431	24.1%
Urbana	14,260	$2,649	17.4%
Kettering	14,014	$2,297	21.7%
Groveton	13,931	$1,820	21.4%
Flower Hill	13,794	$2,137	22.7%
Glenn Dale	13,772	$1,698	15.2%
Brock Hall	13,615	$3,501	20.3%
Green Valley	13,602	$1,774	12.4%
New Carrollton	13,564	$1,749	25.7%
Huntington	13,502	$2,062	24.8%
Newington	13,478	$2,805	21.7%
Kings Park West	13,442	$2,560	18.1%
Westphalia	13,228	$2,193	16.0%
Mount Vernon	13,122	$1,620	11.9%
Kemp Mill	13,042	$2,177	17.8%
Rosaryville	12,883	$2,362	17.8%
Sugarland Run	12,629	$2,685	19.4%
Fairfax Station	12,566	$2,794	15.8%
Cascades	12,357	$2,657	19.1%
Lansdowne	12,328	$2,365	16.8%
Newington Forest	12,316	$2,618	21.1%
Largo	12,229	$2,180	25.3%
Brandywine	12,160	$2,757	21.0%
Wakefield	11,930	$3,501	17.7%
New Baltimore	11,919	$1,613	10.2%
Dranesville	11,828	$3,187	17.8%
Travilah	11,721	$3,501	16.8%
Lanham	11,433	$2,050	23.8%
Mitchellville	11,359	$2,453	19.7%
Friendly	11,119	$2,306	21.7%
Lowes Island	11,018	$2,840	15.4%
Lake Barcroft	10,973	$1,923	16.4%
Walker Mill	10,931	$1,661	22.6%
Independent Hill	10,853	$2,295	13.4%
La Plata	10,683	$1,559	15.4%
Forestville	10,495	$1,719	29.2%
Triangle	10,450	$1,554	17.0%
Loudoun Valley Estates	10,271	$3,242	17.3%
Marlton	10,222	$2,026	22.2%
Burtonsville	10,203	$2,358	21.1%
Warrenton	10,176	$1,418	20.4%
Difficult Run	9,938	$3,066	14.7%
George Mason	9,937	$2,426	19.4%
Yorkshire	9,782	$1,777	18.9%
Coral Hills	9,756	$1,788	31.3%
Belmont	9,729	$2,825	14.0%
Countryside	9,661	$2,234	18.0%
Bladensburg	9,583	$1,656	31.5%
Woodburn	9,503	$2,347	21.0%
Chevy Chase	9,445	$3,501	19.8%
Marlboro Village	9,382	$2,281	22.3%
Bryans Road	9,371	$2,169	22.0%
Seven Corners	9,371	$1,632	25.3%
Purcellville	8,973	$2,222	16.1%
Temple Hills	8,969	$1,811	32.5%
Dunn Loring	8,957	$3,501	17.2%
North Kensington	8,954	$1,828	16.2%
Fair Lakes	8,894	$2,419	22.8%
Leisure World	8,882	$2,054	39.7%
Brunswick	8,450	$1,217	12.4%
Fort Belvoir	8,449	$3,236	37.3%
Mantua	8,298	$2,064	11.6%
Mount Rainier	8,245	$1,457	25.5%
Greenbriar	8,243	$2,324	19.6%
Four Corners	8,150	$2,554	15.1%
South Kensington	8,148	$3,479	19.8%
Bull Run	7,823	$3,293	16.3%
Woodlawn	7,750	$1,648	21.2%
Floris	7,589	$3,258	15.9%
Fairwood	7,526	$3,435	22.7%
Aquia Harbour	7,481	$2,549	20.0%
Laurel Hill	7,450	$2,413	18.6%
Charles Town	7,337	$1,115	15.0%
Hutchison	7,284	$2,388	27.1%
Riverdale Park	7,270	$1,679	16.8%
Spotsylvania Courthouse	7,180	$1,398	17.6%
Darnestown	7,051	$3,501	18.1%
North Springfield	7,050	$2,193	20.2%
Long Branch	7,034	$2,276	14.7%
Forest Glen	6,840	$1,582	14.9%
South Run	6,600	$3,501	16.8%
Pimmit Hills	6,589	$2,474	17.2%
Belle Haven	6,570	$1,841	15.7%
Braddock	6,536	$2,419	13.7%
Walkersville	6,414	$1,481	13.6%
Glenarden	6,344	$1,620	18.3%
Thurmont	6,254	$927	11.3%
Moorefield	6,123	$2,761	16.1%
Cheverly	6,096	$1,907	18.5%
Spring Ridge	5,922	$1,667	13.7%
District Heights	5,891	$1,379	19.0%
Quantico Base	5,840	$2,529	41.7%
Dumfries	5,816	$1,732	25.2%
Poolesville	5,764	$1,831	10.7%
Potomac Mills	5,741	$1,956	22.5%
Ranson	5,729	$1,536	20.6%
Crosspointe	5,669	$3,501	16.8%
Ashton-Sandy Spring	5,630	$1,369	9.4%
Layhill	5,497	$2,189	18.0%
Dulles Town Center	5,464	$2,393	22.8%
Marlow Heights	5,456	$1,657	35.8%
Peppermill Village	5,238	$845	11.8%
Springdale	5,226	$1,556	11.5%
Falmouth	5,216	$1,873	20.1%
Silver Hill	5,193	$1,523	30.1%
Hillandale	5,060	$3,211	23.4%
Bealeton	5,034	$1,561	17.3%
Middletown	5,014	$1,813	12.6%
Berryville	4,707	$1,443	16.8%
Woodmore	4,613	$3,501	22.8%
Loch Lomond	4,606	$2,161	22.8%
Seat Pleasant	4,489	$1,391	16.4%
Union Mill	4,484	$2,276	10.9%
National Harbor	4,454	$2,271	24.8%
West Laurel	4,428	$2,071	15.1%
Hayfield	4,392	$3,114	19.4%
Kings Park	4,315	$3,239	23.4%
Shenandoah Farms	4,179	$1,765	21.4%
Indian Head	4,055	$1,920	25.9%
Capitol Heights	4,020	$1,306	16.1%
Friendship Heights Village	4,002	$2,289	23.0%
Marlboro Meadows	3,929	$2,278	24.6%
University Center	3,923	$2,094	20.8%
Navy	3,839	$2,276	11.4%
County Center	3,789	$1,918	15.1%
Brentwood	3,777	$1,600	27.6%
Burnt Mills	3,751	$2,315	24.5%
Brookmont	3,671	$2,878	14.0%
Konterra	3,641	$2,972	27.4%
Monrovia	3,568	$1,774	10.3%
Arcola	3,509	$2,577	24.0%
Shannondale	3,465	$1,269	19.0%
Brown Station	3,451	$1,799	12.8%
Melwood	3,401	$1,233	18.2%
Berwyn Heights	3,318	$2,958	24.2%
Jefferson	3,314	$1,379	11.0%
One Loudoun	3,309	$3,053	15.2%
Bartonsville	3,282	$1,774	13.6%
Marshall	3,219	$1,814	23.3%
Lake Wilderness	3,139	$1,859	18.5%
Andrews AFB	3,130	$2,699	37.1%
Chevy Chase	2,906	$3,501	16.8%
Braddock Heights	2,892	$996	9.6%
Emmitsburg	2,845	$635	9.4%
Lovettsville	2,719	$1,871	15.9%
University Park	2,698	$3,200	18.5%
Forest Heights	2,642	$1,484	18.0%
Ravensworth	2,475	$2,414	17.4%
Point of Rocks	2,462	$1,774	13.3%
Goose Creek Village	2,461	$2,921	17.6%
Croom	2,418	$1,799	11.5%
Oak Grove	2,408	$2,519	17.3%
Sully Square	2,394	$2,266	15.5%
Kensington	2,369	$2,076	16.4%
Myersville	2,358	$1,759	14.1%
Baden	2,325	$1,571	12.5%
Cedar Heights	2,213	$1,800	21.2%
Cabin John	2,179	$3,501	16.8%
Queensland	2,168	$1,799	10.6%
Hughesville	2,098	$1,819	20.5%
Mason Neck	2,039	$2,486	17.8%
Landover Hills	2,031	$2,694	34.9%
Adamstown	2,025	$2,045	12.5%
Derwood	1,984	$1,676	17.0%
Chevy Chase Village	1,903	$3,501	16.8%
Bull Run Mountain Estates	1,827	$2,067	9.9%
Camp Barrett	1,681	$2,020	17.6%
Apple Mountain Lake	1,671	$1,669	15.2%
New Market	1,603	$2,136	12.6%
Haymarket	1,580	$2,259	15.6%
Colmar Manor	1,566	$2,222	21.7%
Woodsboro	1,540	$892	9.2%
Shepherdstown	1,460	$1,201	22.6%
Queen Anne	1,443	$1,799	21.0%
Fairmount Heights	1,416	$1,598	24.4%
Great Falls Crossing	1,414	$2,276	10.9%
Potomac Heights	1,351	$1,078	18.0%
Libertytown	1,346	$813	8.6%
Edmonston	1,307	$1,703	26.1%
Nokesville	1,226	$1,477	13.5%
Bolivar	1,215	$1,505	21.7%
Buckeystown	1,192	$3,501	31.4%
Ten Mile Creek	1,184	$1,675	15.2%
Cottage City	1,158	$1,565	23.2%
Shenandoah Junction	1,141	$1,123	13.6%
Somerset	1,088	$3,501	16.8%
Chevy Chase View	1,063	$3,501	16.8%
Innovation	1,034	$1,757	66.0%
Spencerville	1,028	$1,917	12.1%
Martin's Additions	1,012	$2,303	11.1%
Kincora	1,008	$2,047	18.3%
Remington	989	$1,370	29.1%
Opal	984	$1,597	10.5%
Morningside	976	$2,464	42.9%
Garrett Park	932	$3,250	15.6%
Cobb Island	916	$1,859	13.8%
Occoquan	910	$1,880	16.8%
Boyce	891	$1,375	18.6%
Chevy Chase Section Three	887	$3,501	16.8%
Maryland Park	839	$2,729	35.8%
Chevy Chase Section Five	803	$3,501	16.8%
Middleburg	774	$1,517	17.4%
Pomfret	747	$1,920	19.4%
North Chevy Chase	746	$3,472	16.7%
Cedarville	730	$1,799	35.2%
Chester Gap	726	$857	14.9%
Aquasco	719	$1,799	21.2%
Upper Marlboro	683	$1,880	19.3%
Round Hill	678	$1,390	13.1%
Laytonsville	677	$1,438	7.2%
North Brentwood	624	$2,107	25.7%
Skyland Estates	620	$1,199	12.6%
Shenandoah Shores	611	$1,520	19.1%
Shenandoah Retreat	592	$1,371	17.0%
Hamilton	589	$1,500	12.7%
Quantico	578	$1,086	20.2%
Washington Grove	577	$1,750	15.6%
Sabillasville	556	$1,774	31.2%

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.