DMV · ZIP-level

Where rents are moving

Median asking-rent change by ZIP code across Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Each shape is colored by the percent change between the first week of our daily scrape and the most recent week. See per-building prices →

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Honest about what this is

A direction signal, not a migration map

Rent prices can rise because demand is climbing, or because supply is shrinking — the two look identical from the rent axis alone. Don't read this as "people are moving in here." Read it as "asking rents went up here over the last few weeks, for reasons that include demand but also listing mix and seasonal churn."

How the math works

Median-to-median, not a regression

For each ZIP we take the median asking rent in the earliest week of our scrape window and the median in the most recent week, then report the percent change. ZIPs below a 5-building confidence floor are shown greyed out. Noisy enough to keep honest, slow enough to show real weekly market direction.

Where the data comes from

Daily scrapes, Census boundaries

Per-building asking rents from apartments.com and Zillow, refreshed daily. ZIP polygons from the US Census Bureau's TIGER/Line 2020 ZCTA file. Basemap from OpenFreeMap and OpenStreetMap contributors.