Housing Owner-Occupied % of Units, by Zip Code (ZCTA5) — Washington D.C. Metro

NOTE: Gray indicates insufficient data or a suppressed estimate.

Owner-occupancy rates drop sharply in the urban core around D.C., Alexandria, and the Tysons Corner–Rockville corridor, where many zip codes fall below 50%, reflecting the concentration of rental apartments in these dense, transit-accessible areas. Surrounding suburban and exurban zip codes—particularly to the northwest toward Gaithersburg, the southeast beyond Bowie, and the southwest near Manassas—consistently exceed 80% owner-occupancy, forming a yellow ring of predominantly single-family homeownership. A notable cluster of very low owner-occupancy (under 40%) appears immediately south and east of downtown D.C., likely corresponding to neighborhoods with large multifamily and public housing stocks.

Data: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 ACS

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