Homes
What homes in Petworth sell for, from the deeds DC's Office of Tax and Revenue records. Medians compare the last 12 months with the 12 months before.
Houses
SteadyRow houses, semi-detached and detached houses. Within 5% either way reads as steady.
Condos
RisingFewer than 100 condo sales in a window, so no percentage: a few sales can move this median a long way.
Median house price by month
Bar label: sales that monthMonthly figures
| Month | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 2025 | $695K | 12 |
| Jan 2026 | $835K | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | $858K | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | $835K | 13 |
| Apr 2026 | $720K | 17 |
| May 2026 | $840K | 15 |
| Jun 2026 | $842K | 16 |
| Jul 2026 | $853K | 16 |
| Aug 2026 | $738K | 10 |
| Sep 2026 | $925K | 9 |
| Oct 2026 | $625K | 12 |
| Nov 2026 | — | 0 |
Basis: houses only; calendar months, the last one in progress; median null when under 3 sales. The paler last bar is the month still in progress.
Last 60 days
Houses and condosDeeds reach DC's records a few weeks after closing, so the newest weeks undercount.
Sold above assessment
Last 12 months"Assessed" is OTR's current total assessment, which may be newer than the sale.
Recent sales
23 newest market sales| Date | Address | Type | Price | Assessed | Beds | Sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2026 | 5128 Kansas Ave NW | House | $425K | $685K | 3 | 1,280 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 5121 New Hampshire Ave NW | House | $475K | $654K | 3 | 1,260 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 318 Varnum St NW | House | $845K | $798K ▲ | 3 | 1,488 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5226 7th St NW | House | $440K | $591K | 2 | 1,336 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 5011 Illinois Ave NW | House | $410K | $669K | 3 | 1,640 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 5328 Kansas Ave NW | House | $530K | $814K | 4 | 2,058 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 417 Ingraham St NW | House | $895K | $770K ▲ | 3 | 1,296 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 701 Longfellow St NW | House | $550K | $719K | 3 | 1,496 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 4504 New Hampshire Ave NW | House | $800K | $892K | 4 | 2,040 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 4917 9th St NW | House | $725K | $774K | 3 | 1,630 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 4122 7th St NW | House | $938K | $954K | 3 | 1,716 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 834 Varnum St NW # 2 | Condo | $599K | $594K ▲ | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 706 Longfellow St NW | House | $700K | $641K ▲ | 3 | 1,488 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 822 Madison St NW | House | $1.13M | $1.11M ▲ | 5 | 1,260 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 4840 Kansas Ave NW | House | $945K | $984K | 3 | 1,640 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 813 Delafield Pl NW | House | $789K | $947K | 4 | 1,476 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 810 Madison St NW | House | $725K | $653K ▲ | 3 | 1,260 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 3926 Illinois Ave NW | House | $735K | $763K | 3 | 1,680 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 308 Upshur St NW | House | $934K | $1.05M | 4 | 1,368 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 4928 5th St NW | House | $925K | $739K ▲ | 3 | 1,728 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 4308 4th St NW | House | $1.03M | $638K ▲ | 3 | 1,488 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 415 Varnum St NW # 2 | Condo | $645K | $595K ▲ | — | — |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 5002 7th Pl NW | House | $865K | $831K ▲ | 4 | 1,336 |
▲ marks a sale above its current assessment (10 of these 23). Bedrooms and floor area come from DC's appraisal records and are listed for houses only. Owner and buyer names are never shown.
Which sales count as Petworth
Sales are tied to Petworth through OTR assessment neighborhood "Petworth" (all sub-areas) in OTR's Integrated Tax System Public Extract, not through the DC Health planning-area boundary used elsewhere on this site, because the tax extract has no coordinates. The two areas overlap but do not match exactly. Fit with the Petworth boundary, measured this run by tax square (a square counts as inside if any DC address point on it falls inside the DC Health polygon, so edge squares make these upper bounds; measured 2026-11-01): 61% of the 6,430 house and condo parcels in the OTR area(s) sit on squares inside the boundary, and 93% of house and condo parcels on in-boundary squares belong to the OTR area(s).
Appeal your assessment
If your home's assessed value looks higher than what it would sell for, you can ask DC to review it. Recent sales of similar homes nearby, like the ones above, are the kind of evidence an appeal uses.
- Check your assessment and its notice date on the Office of Tax and Revenue site.
- File the first-level appeal with OTR before the deadline printed on your notice.
- If you disagree with that result, further appeal levels are explained on the same site.
How sales are counted
Only deeds OTR codes "Market Sale" at $75,000 or more are counted (same filter as the prototypes); foreclosures, buyer=seller transfers, speculative, tax-deed, unusual and multi-parcel sales are excluded. "house" = row, semi-detached and detached (use codes 011-013); "condo" = use codes 016-017. Dates are deed sale dates; deeds reach the extract a few weeks after closing, so the newest weeks undercount. The extract keeps only each parcel's most recent sale, so a home that resold within 24 months counts once, in its later window. "Assessed" is OTR's current total assessment (NEWTOTAL), which may postdate the sale. Building area and bedrooms are from CAMA Residential (houses only).