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WashingtonDC averageUS Census ACS
Population
672,079
Per-capita income
$75,253
Median home value
$724,600
Bachelor's or higher
64%
Typical home value $566,961 -0.7% yr/yr · -9.6% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
👮 Police incidents (open data)
600,371 incidents · Tue Jan 1, 2008–Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 100% mapped
property504,271
violent96,100

The most recent records from the city police department’s own open-data portal — a recent slice, not full history. Full per-incident records with coordinates (mappable, joinable to individual addresses) are in the public dataset. Source: maps2.dcgis.dc.gov.

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Development activity

Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20251,591 housing units ($288.6M)

Recent meetings

Tue Oct 20, 2026

Thirty-Eighth (Additional) Legislative Meeting, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Tue Oct 20, 2026

Committee of the Whole, Committee Meeting, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Mon Oct 19, 2026

Committee on Public Works & Operations, Public Hearing, Brianne Nadeau, Chairperson

Mon Oct 19, 2026

Legislative Media Briefing, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Mon Oct 19, 2026

Committee on Executive Administration & Labor, Public Roundtable, Anita Bonds, Chairperson

Mon Oct 19, 2026

Committee on Housing, Public Roundtable, Robert White, Chairperson

Fri Oct 16, 2026

Committee of the Whole, Public Hearing, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Thu Oct 15, 2026

Committee on Housing, (Add'l) Committee Meeting, Robert White, Chairperson

Thu Oct 15, 2026

Committee on Health, Public Roundtable, Christina Henderson, Chairperson

Thu Oct 15, 2026

Committee on Public Works & Operations, (Add'l) Committee Meeting, Brianne Nadeau, Chairperson

Wed Oct 14, 2026

Committee on Youth Affairs, (Add'l) Committee Meeting, Zachary Parker, Chairperson

Wed Oct 14, 2026

Committee on Human Services, Public Hearing, Matthew Frumin, Chairperson

Wed Oct 14, 2026

Committee on Health, Public Hearing, (Part 2), Christina Henderson, Chairperson

Wed Oct 14, 2026

Committee on Health, Public Hearing, Christina Henderson, Chairperson

Wed Oct 14, 2026

Committee on Health, (Add'l) Committee Meeting, Christina Henderson, Chairperson

Tue Oct 13, 2026

Committee of the Whole, Public Hearing, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Fri Oct 9, 2026

Committee of the Whole, Public Oversight Hearing, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Thu Oct 8, 2026

Committee on Human Services, Public Oversight Roundtable, Matthew Frumin, Chairperson

Wed Oct 7, 2026

Committee on Youth Affairs, Public Roundtable, Zachary Parker, Chairperson

Tue Oct 6, 2026

Thirty-Seventh Legislative Meeting, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Mon Oct 5, 2026

Committee on Public Works & Operations, Public Roundtable, Brianne Nadeau, Chairperson

Fri Oct 2, 2026

Committee on Health, Public Roundtable, Christina Henderson, Chairperson

Fri Oct 2, 2026

Committee of the Whole, Public Hearing, Phil Mendelson, Chairman

Thu Oct 1, 2026

Committee on Housing, Public Roundtable, Robert White, Chairperson

Thu Oct 1, 2026

Committee on Transportation & the Environment, Public Hearing, Charles Allen, Chairperson

Wed Sep 30, 2026

Committee on Transportation & the Environment, (Add'l) Committee Meeting, Charles Allen, Chairperson

Wed Sep 30, 2026

Committee on Health, Public Hearing, Christina Henderson, Chairperson

Wed Sep 30, 2026

Committee on Human Services, Public Oversight Roundtable, Matthew Frumin, Chairperson

Wed Sep 30, 2026

Joint Public Hearing, Committee of the Whole, Phil Mendelson & Subcommittee on Local Business Development, Wendell Felder, Chairpersons

Tue Sep 29, 2026

Committee on Housing, Public Roundtable, Robert White, Chairperson

Showing the 30 most recent meetings of 332 on record.

💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$6.7BCHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Agency for International Development · IGF::CL::IGF - GHSC IDIQ - HIV/AIDS TO
$2.9BCHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Agency for International Development · IGF::CL::IGF - GHSC IDIQ - MALARIA TASK ORDER
$920.0MDOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED)
Agency for International Development · OVERSEAS CONTRACT
$897.3MDOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED)
Agency for International Development · THE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THIS CONTRACT IS TO PROVIDE STRATEGIC TECHNIC
$870.9MDOMESTIC AWARDEES (UNDISCLOSED)
Department of Defense · TASM-O AVIATION FIELD MAINTENANCE IGF::OT::IGF
$832.4MACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE
Department of the Interior · DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, ADMINISTRATION OF CHILDREN AN
$809.1MCHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Agency for International Development · IGF::CL::IGF - GHSC IDIQ - PRH TASK ORDER
$518.1MADVANTAGED SOLUTIONS, LLC
Department of Defense · ERP CLOUD HOSTING
$389.7MGOVCIO, LLC
Department of Veterans Affairs · HEALTH SERVICES PORTFOLIO TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGIC SOLUTIONI
$356.3MACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE
Department of Health and Human Services · UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN (UAC) LEGAL SERVICES BRIDGE

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (District of Columbia)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Net migration-3,043 people (-$864.1M net AGI · 2023)
Federal disasters (10 yr)4 ({"Severe Storm": 8, "Hurricane": 6, "Snowstorm": 3, "Other": · last Fri Feb 20, 2026)
Traffic fatalities47 (19 pedestrian · 2024)
Business establishments23,801 (558,653 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,314/mo (27,680 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy22.3% (low numeracy 34% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

1,591
Permitted housing units

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.476
All kids
0.349
Black kids
0.344

Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.

Where it’s happening

geocoded land-use decisions
🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.
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