Takoma to Foggy Bottom: The DC Zip Codes Where Home Prices Are Rising Fastest in 2026

• April 17th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Today, UrbanTurf is taking a look at the areas around DC that have seen the highest home price appreciation so far in 2026. 

The 20012 zip code — encompassing Colonial Village and Takoma — has posted the strongest gains of any zip code in this analysis, with the average sold price climbing 14% year-over-year to $874,907 and the median price surging 23% to $807,500. Those figures are underpinned by a 20% jump in transaction volume, with 36 homes changing hands in the first quarter compared to 30 last year. The price increase can be attributed to detached home sales in the area nearly doubling, suggesting that buyers are actively competing for the single-family inventory in the zip code.

Not far behind is the 20005 zip code covering Logan Circle and Thomas Circle, where the average home price rose nearly 13% to $823,012 and the median jumped over 17% to $616,250. The appreciation here is particularly notable given that the neighborhood saw a sharp 38% decline in units sold — meaning fewer deals closed, but at meaningfully higher prices. 

Two other zip codes rounding out the top tier of appreciation are 20037 (West End/Foggy Bottom) and 20017 (Brookland/Catholic University). In 20037, the average sold price climbed nearly 12% to just over $1 million — making it the priciest zip code in this group — with an unusually high share of cash buyers (24 out of 41 sales) reinforcing its luxury positioning. In 20017, prices rose roughly 10% on average and 7% at the median, with detached home sales nearly doubling from 9 to 16 units. 

The lone exception to the appreciation story is 20001, covering Howard University and Shaw, where the average sold price actually dipped about 6% year-over-year despite a 5% uptick in units sold and a modest 5% median price gain. That divergence likely reflects a shift in the composition of sales — fewer high-end transactions pulling the average down — rather than weakness in the market overall. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/takoma_to_foggy_bottom_the_dc_zip_codes_where_home_prices_are_rising_fastes/24534.