How Rent Near Arlington Metro Stations Compare To DC Region

ARLINGTON, VA — The ever looming potential for rent increases and finding an apartment near Metro are some of the bigger challenges in the DC area. A new analysis takes that into perspective, mapping out rent by Metro and rent changes from year to year.

Apartment search website RentHop compiled the interactive map of rent around the DC Metro system. The good news is, rent dropped at 35 of 91 stops, compared to 19 last year. On average, rent for a one-bedroom apartment rose 0.41 percent in the DC area.

The lowest rent for a one bedroom (under $1,400) can be found in Southeast DC and Prince George's County, Md. The highest rent (around $2,400) is mostly in the downtown DC area.

So how does Arlington stack up?

• Rossyln: Median asking rent is $2,387; 6.6 increase from 2017
• Court House: Median asking rent is $1,875; 6.7 decrease from 2017 *one of the biggest decreases in rent around DC area*
• Arlington Cemetery: Median asking rent is $1,855; 4.7 increase from 2017
• Clarendon: Median asking rent is $2,175; 1.1 decrease from 2017
• Virginia Sq-GMU: Median asking rent is $2,022; 7.2 increase from 2017
• Pentagon: Median asking rent is $2,022; 5.8 decrease from 2017 *one of the biggest decreases in rent around DC area*
• Pentagon City: Median asking rent is $1,962; 5.6 decrease from 2017
• Crystal City: Median asking rent is $2,003; 5.4 increase from 2017
• Ballston-MU: Median asking rent is $1,900; 8.7 increase from 2017 *one of the biggest increases in rent around DC area*
• Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport: Median asking rent is $1,994; 5.6 increase from 2017

Here are the biggest increases in rent around the DC area:

• Suitland (Green Line) - $1,228, year to year change: +10.1 percent
• Ballston-MU (Orange/Silver Lines) - $1,900, year to year change: +8.7 percent
• Potomac Ave (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines) - $2,300, year to year change: +6.9 percent
• Greensboro (Silver Line) - $1,698, year to year change: +6.3 percent
• Foggy Bottom-GWU (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines) - $2,337, year to year change: +6.2 percent
• Cleveland Park (Red Line) - $2,000, year to year change: +6.0 percent

Here are the biggest decreases in rent:

• U St (Green/Yellow Lines) - $2,100, year to year change: -8.7 percent
• Forest Glen (Red Line) - $1,300, year to year change: -7.1 percent
• Court House (Orange/Silver Lines) - $1,875, year to year change: -6.7 percent
• Pentagon (Blue/Yellow Lines) - $2,002, year to year change: -5.8 percent
• Capitol South (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines) - $2,350, year to year change: -5.8 percent
• L'Enfant Plaza (Blue/Green/Orange/Silver/Yellow Lines) - $2,375, year to year change: -4.8 percent

See Rent Hop's full report here.

(Photo by Patch Editor Emily Leayman)