District of Columbia cities and towns

This directory lists every place the US Census Bureau tabulates in District of Columbia, ranked from the largest to the smallest by population. Incorporated cities, towns and villages appear alongside census-designated places (CDPs) — unincorporated communities that have no local government of their own but are counted separately because they have a recognised name and settled population. The suffix in each name ("city", "town", "village", "CDP") is the Census legal/statistical description, which is why you will see entries such as "Washington city".

The largest place in District of Columbia is Washington city with 672,079 residents, and the 1 places on this page hold 672,079 people between them. Median household income across the listed places runs from $106,287 to $106,287, and median home values range from $724,600 to $724,600 — a spread that shows how much local housing markets diverge inside a single state.

Every figure comes from the American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates, which average survey responses over sixty months. That averaging is what makes small towns measurable at all, but it also means the numbers describe the period as a whole rather than today. Blank cells are estimates the Census suppressed because the local sample was too small to publish reliably. Select any place to open its full profile with affordability ratios, poverty and homeownership rates, and links to nearby communities of similar size.

District of Columbia is tabulated as a single place, so there is nothing to rank here — the row below is the whole jurisdiction, and the numbers on it are the statewide numbers.

Housing is the defining pressure in District of Columbia. It posts a home value of $724,600 against a household income of $106,287 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.8, well past the national 3.9. High local incomes do not close that gap. Median gross rent runs $1,900 including utilities, or about 21% of median household income annually.

Every row on this page carries a published income estimate, which is unusual — it means the Census sample was large enough in the one place tabulated here to release figures within an acceptable margin of error.

How many places does District of Columbia have? 1 appears in the current federal tabulation, counting incorporated cities, towns and villages together with census-designated places — unincorporated communities with no local government of their own. The District is tabulated as one place rather than a set of neighbourhoods, so ward- and neighbourhood-level figures are not part of this dataset.

Which District of Columbia row should I compare mine against? There is only one row, so the useful comparison is external: set District of Columbia against other large cities rather than against a state average, since it is a city and a state-equivalent at the same time.

How current is this? Every figure comes from the American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year release published by the US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates. It reflects the full survey window rather than a single date, and it is the most recent vintage available for places this small.