Where rents are falling in the Washington area
Rents, 1-year change, September 2026 · Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow) · updated 2026-11-15
Rents fell over the past year in 26 of the 142 ZIP codes in the Washington area with figures; the median change was +1.9%.
The largest fall was 6.1% in ZIP code 22311 (Alexandria, VA), and the tenth-largest was 1.3% in ZIP code 20613 (Brandywine, MD).
Rents rose 1.6% across the Washington area and rose 2.9% nationally over the same 12 months.
Where rents are falling in the Washington area: the 26
| Rank | ZIP code | Rents, 1-year change | Typical rent (monthly) | Home values, 1-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22311Alexandria, VA | −6.1% | $1,812 | +0.8% |
| 2 | 22306Alexandria, VA | −4.7% | $1,951 | +1.1% |
| 3 | 22305Alexandria, VA | −3.0% | $2,155 | +2.8% |
| 4 | 20008Chevy Chase, Washington, DC | −2.3% | $2,160 | +1.1% |
| 5 | 20817Bethesda, MD | −1.9% | $3,077 | +1.1% |
| 6 | 20910Silver Spring, MD | −1.8% | $1,957 | −0.7% |
| 7 | 20121Centreville, VA | −1.7% | $2,438 | +0.5% |
| 8 | 22043Falls Church, VA | −1.7% | $2,529 | +0.9% |
| 9 | 20782Hyattsville, MD | −1.6% | $1,820 | −2.8% |
| 10 | 20613Brandywine, MD | −1.3% | $3,064 | +0.2% |
| 11 | 20912Takoma Park, MD | −1.2% | $1,600 | −0.1% |
| 12 | 20902Silver Spring, MD | −0.8% | $2,078 | 0.0% |
| 13 | 20737East Riverdale, MD | −0.7% | $1,956 | −2.5% |
| 14 | 20015Barnaby Woods, Washington, DC | −0.6% | $2,604 | +2.0% |
| 15 | 22204Arlington, VA | −0.5% | $2,195 | −0.1% |
| 16 | 22554Stafford, VA | −0.5% | $2,363 | 0.0% |
| 17 | 22630Front Royal, VA | −0.5% | $2,052 | +2.5% |
| 18 | 20744Fort Washington, MD | −0.4% | $1,754 | −0.9% |
| 19 | 22304Alexandria, VA | −0.4% | $1,980 | −0.9% |
| 20 | 20111Manassas, VA | −0.3% | $2,174 | +1.2% |
| 21 | 20018Brentwood, Washington, DC | −0.2% | $2,155 | −1.6% |
| 22 | 20147Ashburn, VA | −0.2% | $2,775 | +0.9% |
| 23 | 22003Annandale, VA | −0.2% | $2,482 | +1.8% |
| 24 | 20016Au-Tenleytown, Washington, DC | −0.1% | $2,740 | +1.4% |
| 25 | 20903Silver Spring, MD | −0.1% | $1,786 | 0.0% |
| 26 | 22310Alexandria, VA | −0.1% | $2,791 | +0.4% |
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- +4.0% or more
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Where rents are falling in other metro areas
- New York, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TX
- Houston, TX
- Atlanta, GA
- Miami, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Boston, MA
- Seattle, WA
- Minneapolis, MN
- Tampa, FL
- San Diego, CA
- Denver, CO
- Orlando, FL
- Charlotte, NC
- Baltimore, MD
- San Antonio, TX
- Austin, TX
- Portland, OR
- Sacramento, CA
- Las Vegas, NV
- Cincinnati, OH
- Nashville, TN
- Louisville, KY
- Memphis, TN
- Salt Lake City, UT
Source and method
Rents, 1-year change: Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (142 of them in the Washington area). This page lists only the 26 where the figure fell. The metro area is the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.