District of Columbia
State, USPS DC · 38.90, -77.02
13 findings fired for District of Columbia this run, against a typical home value of $570,119 in August 2026 and covered employment of 715,766 in 2026 Q1. 1 further finding is not listed here.
- 90th pct · 6th of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index, state file: the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 10th pct · 46th of 51 US states · median 2.1%
Zillow's own twelve-month change on the state row.
- 23rd pct · 40th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
BLS QCEW covered employment, third month of the quarter, all ownerships.
- 100th pct · 1st of 52 US states · median $1,416
Total quarterly wages divided by average employment and by thirteen weeks; one covered job, not a household.
- 13th pct · 45th of 52 US states · median 161,279
BLS QCEW reporting units, all ownerships.
- 0th pct · 52nd of 52 US states · median -0.2%
BLS's own published over-the-year change. The newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so this is their figure, not a subtraction of ours.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $570,119 (Aug 2026), -1.0% over one year, -10.2% over five
- 90th pct · 6th of 51 US states · median $350,752
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $570,119 · -1.0% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rent #
Rather than print an empty row that suggests a number could arrive, the rows are omitted and the reason is stated. The rent figures for this state's counties are on their own pages.
Jobs & wages #
715,766 jobs at 51,365 employers (2026 Q1); -4.5% jobs and +4.5% average weekly wage over the year
- 23rd pct · 40th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 715,766 jobs · $2,725/wk · -4.5% YoY |
| Sector | Jobs | Average weekly wage | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional and technical services | 111,115 | $4,211 | 2.25 |
| Health care and social assistance | 74,960 | $1,687 | 0.70 |
| Accommodation and food services | 63,780 | $889 | 0.99 |
| Other services | 63,638 | $2,669 | 2.98 |
| Administrative and waste services | 46,144 | $1,588 | 1.13 |
| Educational services | 45,274 | $1,653 | 2.94 |
| Retail trade | 19,149 | $1,206 | 0.27 |
| Finance and insurance | 13,877 | $7,815 | 0.48 |
| Real estate and rental | 11,666 | $2,759 | 1.06 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 10,737 | $1,560 | 0.91 |
| Management of companies | 3,316 | $9,784 | 0.28 |
| Utilities | 2,018 | $4,079 | 0.71 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Construction | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Manufacturing | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Wholesale trade | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Information | withheld | withheld | not published |
| Unclassified | withheld | withheld | not published |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Affordability #
A 30-year mortgage on the typical home at 7.28% costs about $3,121 a month in principal and interest.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $570,119 × 80% = $456,095, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $3,121/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $2,725 × 52 / 12 = $11,808) = 26% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $570,119 / ($2,725 × 52) = 4.0
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Trade gateways #
5 ports within 200 km, 0 land crossings within 250 km
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore | 740,638 TEU 2023 · #11 US | 56 km |
| Philadelphia | 605,079 TEU 2023 · #14 US | 200 km |
| Wilmington | 188,551 TEU 2023 · #21 US | 157 km |
| Camden | 70,349 TEU 2023 · #29 US | 200 km |
| Chester | large harbour, channel 11.0 m | 178 km |
These are the gateways near the state’s centroid, within the radii named above, not every port and crossing inside the state boundary. lib/economy searches a disc around a point; there is no clip-to-boundary path.
NGA World Port Index harbours (medium and large, or any with BTS statistics) and BTS Border Crossing Entry Data ports; BTS Port Performance volumes for the latest reporting year.
National pulse #
1 national series, latest 2026-10-01
FRED series (Freddie Mac, Census, BEA, EIA, BLS, S&P) and BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators; each item carries its own date and source.
Largest counties #
The 1 counties of District of Columbia with the most covered jobs.
| County | Jobs | FIPS |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 715,729 | 11001 |
Ranked by BLS QCEW third-month covered employment from the same nationwide table the screener uses. A county whose cell BLS withheld is absent from the ranking, not last in it.
Metropolitan areas #
1 metropolitan statistical areas lie wholly or partly in District of Columbia.
| Metropolitan area | CBSA |
|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 47900 |
From the bundled place manifest, which derives its metro table offline from the committed BLS OEWS metro index. A metro that spans a state line appears on both states' pages.
Water #
Drought, reservoirs, stream gauges and groundwater wells are reported around a point, with every row's distance printed. That is a county page's section, not a state's.
National indicator context #
None of these series is keyed to this state. They are national, gauge, single-state or port series, shown as context for the numbers above.
| Indicator | Latest | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage | 16.50 | ft | ok |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) | 5,170.00 | ft³/s | ok |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full | 71.30 | % | ok |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly | 258,700.00 | trucks | ok |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual | 10,513,167.00 | TEU | watch |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports | 6.00 | ships | ok |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate | 6,830.00 | $ per 40 ft box | watch |
| US diesel retail price | not published | $ per gallon | no data |
| WTI crude oil, spot | 96.16 | $ per barrel | watch |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate | 7.28 | % | watch |
| Housing starts, annual rate | 1,275.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Building permits, annual rate | 1,403.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Case-Shiller US home price index | 337.31 | index, Jan 2000 = 100 | ok |
| Unemployment rate | 4.10 | % | ok |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly | -88,576.00 | $ millions | ok |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly | 646,347.00 | $ millions | ok |
lib/indicators has no geographic selection: every registry entry is a United States, gauge, Texas, port, crossing or world series. Reading these as this state's own readings would be wrong.
What changed #
District of Columbia: 13 findings, 1 at an alert level, 2 at a watch level and 10 noted
alertDistrict of Columbia's covered employment is -4.5% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -4.5 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchDistrict of Columbia's covered employment is -4.5% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -4.5 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchDistrict of Columbia's typical home value is -1.0% against a year earlier, a watch level here: typical home value below a year ago (arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: home.yoyPct = -1.0443486037145244 < 0
arithmetic on Zillow ZHVI, county and metro files; not an official level
noteDistrict of Columbia's average weekly wage was 4.5% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +4.5 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteDistrict of Columbia's covered employment was 4.5% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -4.5 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
The full District of Columbia brief, with the arithmetic behind every sentence.
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