Washington.
6.44 million people live in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area. Households earn a median $126,244 a year and median gross rent is $2,037 a month (ACS 2024).
Washington at a glance.
Households earn a median $126,244 a year. Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative, and waste management services is the largest employment sector among residents, at 22.2% of employed residents.
27% of commuters reach work in under 20 minutes, while 20% of all workers work from home. Median gross rent is $2,037 a month.
Rent, commuting and remote work.
What these numbers mean
Median gross rent includes contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities for renter-occupied units paying cash rent. It reflects existing tenants, not today’s advertised rents. Commute times cover workers age 16+ who do not work from home; work-from-home and transit shares cover all workers age 16+. Survey estimates have margins of error; small rank differences may not be statistically meaningful.
Census ACS 2024 · B25064 / B08303 / B08301 ↗
