How Rent At Huntington Metro Station Compares To DC Region

HUNTINGTON, 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 Huntington stack up?

Rent near the Huntington Metro stops falls in the mid range between the lowest one bedroom rents ($1,150 or less) and the highest rents ($2,400 and up). Median rent is $1,650, a 0 percent increase from last year. The next closest station, Eisenhower Avenue, saw rent increase by 3.8 percent to $1,688.

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

• 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

Here are the biggest increases in rent:

• 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

See Rent Hop's full report here.

Image via Patch editor Emily Leayman