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Washington housing market intelligence

Fixture-backed housing signal profile for Washington, DC — rent, prices, supply, jobs, and climate.

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Geography scope

MSA-level economic and housing inputs

Washington, DC uses city/district inputs for Census, FEMA, and BLS, and MSA-level inputs for FHFA HPI, Census BPS, and BEA Regional.

Census ACS uses the Washington city/place (FIPS 1150000), which is coterminous with the District of Columbia.
FEMA NRI and BLS LAUS use the District of Columbia county-equivalent (FIPS 11001) — coterminous with the city.
FHFA HPI, Census BPS, and BEA Regional use the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA (CBSA 47900), spanning DC, Northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, and the West Virginia eastern panhandle.
This profile should not be read as a property-level or neighborhood-level assessment.

Affected sources: census-acs, fema-nri, bls-laus, fhfa-hpi, census-bps, bea-regional

Learn more in methodology or browse the data catalog.

Raw source values

Direct values from the underlying public datasets, before any Housing BuildDesignHub scoring.

Total population
671,803 people
Updated 2019-2023
Median household income
$101,722
Updated 2019-2023
Median gross rent
$1,768
Updated 2019-2023
Median home value (owner-occupied)
$714,900
Updated 2019-2023
Total housing units
339,935 units
Updated 2019-2023
House Price Index (all-transactions-nsa, 1991-Q1 = 100)
519.8
Updated 2024-Q4
Residential permits (trailing 12 months)
26,260 units
Updated 2024-12

Sources

American Community Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
fixturefresh
ACS 5-Year Estimates
Confidence
high
Cadence
annually
Release
2024-12-12
Retrieved
2026-05-21
Open source ↗
House Price Index
Federal Housing Finance Agency
fixturestale
FHFA HPI — All-Transactions (NSA), MSA
Confidence
high
Cadence
quarterly
Release
2025-02-25
Retrieved
2026-05-21
Open source ↗
Building Permits Survey
U.S. Census Bureau
fixturestale
Census BPS — Monthly metro permits
Confidence
high
Cadence
monthly
Release
2025-02-19
Retrieved
2026-05-21
Open source ↗
FEMA National Risk Index
Federal Emergency Management Agency
fixturestale
National Risk Index — county-level
Confidence
high
Cadence
annually
Release
2023-03-23
Retrieved
2026-05-21
Open source ↗
BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
fixturestale
Local Area Unemployment Statistics — county
Confidence
high
Cadence
monthly
Release
2025-03-12
Retrieved
2026-05-21
Open source ↗
BEA Regional Economic Accounts
Bureau of Economic Analysis
fixturefresh
Regional Economic Accounts — MSA
Confidence
high
Cadence
annually
Release
2024-11-14
Retrieved
2026-05-21
Open source ↗

Computed signals

Updated 2026-05-21

62/100

Affordability80 / 100
Supply100 / 100
Supply score is at the v5.0 methodology ceiling (MSA permits / city housing units). See methodology limitations →
Price momentum81 / 100
Job market42 / 100
Economic strength89 / 100
Climate risk80 / 100

Computed from raw source values — see methodology

Data freshness

Static source fixture

fixtureStale

Retrieved: 2026-05-21
Latest source release: 2025-03-12

Static source fixtures bundled with the repo — not live. Replace with scheduled-ETL artifacts to flip provenance to live.

Data integrity notice

Housing BuildDesignHub currently uses source-attributed static fixtures to validate the data model and UI. Metrics are not live and should not be treated as investment, legal, financial, or property-level advice.

Data export

Static fixture data · not live data

JSON profile or one-row-per-metric CSV. See /api-docs.

Deeper reports

See methodology for how each signal is computed, or data status for current ETL coverage.