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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROPERTY TAX · 2026

District of Columbia property tax calculator

The District of Columbia's effective property tax rate is 0.603%: owner-occupiers paid a median $4,312 a year on homes with a median value of $737,100. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $1,809.00 a year.

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Property tax estimate

Property tax a year
$1,809.00
A month
$150.75
Rate
0.603%, statewide

District of Columbia homestead exemption

  • The District's homestead deduction takes $91,950 off a home's assessed value for tax year 2026, a saving of $781.58.
  • The assessment cap credit limits the yearly increase in a homestead's taxable assessment to 10%, or 2% for owners who also receive senior or disabled owner relief.

This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.

District of Columbia property tax questions

How much is property tax in the District of Columbia?

The District of Columbia's effective property tax rate is 0.603%: owner-occupiers paid a median $4,312 a year on homes with a median value of $737,100. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $1,809.00 a year.

Does the District of Columbia have a homestead exemption?

The District's homestead deduction takes $91,950 off a home's assessed value for tax year 2026, a saving of $781.58. The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.

Why might a the District of Columbia tax bill differ from this estimate?

The rate is what owner-occupiers in the District of Columbia paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.

What the calculator leaves out

  • The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
  • The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
  • An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
  • Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.

Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.

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