Northwest DC · Washington, DC
U Street
1890s Brick Row Houses Along the U Street Corridor.
Quick Answer
U Street is a row house neighborhood in Northwest DC. Its row houses run from 10th Street to 15th Street, and from S Street north past Florida Avenue on 12th Place, 12th Street and 13th Street. Nine in ten are brick. About half were built before 1900, and about one in five since 2000. The U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station (Green Line) has entrances on U Street at 10th and at 13th Streets. Ben's Chili Bowl and the Lincoln Theatre share the 1200 block of U Street.
Row House Market
Fee simple & rowhouse condo · Closed sales, last 12 months
Median Sale Price
$1M
◀▶ Flat YoY
Median Days on Market
23 days
▲ +7d YoY
List-to-Sale Ratio
97.6%
Slight Discount
Median $/sqft
$708
Fee Simple
$890
Condo
Row Houses in U Street
723
142 recorded as two units
23 currently for sale
How We Calculate $/sqft
$/sqft is calculated on above-grade finished square footage, the standard used by DC appraisers, MLS systems, and most market participants. Properties with finished below-grade space (English basements, rental units) carry that square footage as additive value, but appraisers typically apply a discount of 50 to 75 cents on the dollar relative to above-grade space. Blending the two into a single $/sqft figure would make a home with a finished basement look cheaper than it is and obscure the real comparison. When a property has significant finished below-grade square footage, both metrics are presented in context so you understand the full picture before the appraiser does.
Row homes only (fee simple & rowhouse condo) · Source: BrightMLS via Compass · 35 closed sales · 12-month rolling period · Median figures · Updated periodically
Brian's Take
"U Street is two building booms a century apart, and they share blocks. An 1890s brick house can sit next to one built after 2000. I sort every sale here by era before I compare it. The record also counts the blocks north of Florida Avenue as U Street, on 12th Place, 12th Street and 13th Street. I would walk those and the blocks near 14th Street before deciding which part you want."
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The Neighborhood
U Street, Washington DC: What You Are Buying Into
U Street's row houses sit on the blocks around the U Street corridor, from S Street north past Florida Avenue and from 10th Street to 15th Street. About half were built before 1900, most of them in the 1890s. About one in five went up after 2000. Nine in ten are brick. Much of the area south of Florida Avenue is in the Greater U Street Historic District, designated in 1998, where exterior changes go through historic preservation review.
14th Street NW crosses the west side of the neighborhood and runs south to Logan Circle. U Street itself is the commercial strip. Ben's Chili Bowl has been at 1213 U Street NW since 1958, next door to the Lincoln Theatre. The median row house sale here is $1M, against $1.4M in Logan Circle.
Before You Offer
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Single-family row houses and row houses recorded as two units both trade here: about 580 of the first and about 140 of the second. Check which one a listing is before you compare prices.
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About one in five row houses here was built after 2000. Compare a new infill house to other new houses, not to the 1890s house next door.
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The record counts the row houses on 12th Place, 12th Street and 13th Street north of Florida Avenue as U Street, and this page does too.
Market Position
What Drives U Street Prices
The median row house sale in U Street is $1M, against $1.4M in Logan Circle. Houses take 23 days on market, from 16 a year ago. The median is down 2.4% year-over-year.
Streets + Pockets
Best Streets and Blocks in U Street
Not all blocks price the same. Street by street, what sets each one apart.
V Street NW (10th to 13th)
About 40 row houses in the record, from the 1000 block to the 1300 block. The U Street station entrance at 10th Street is a block south.
12th Place NW
The street with the most row houses in the record, about 90, in the 2100 and 2200 blocks north of Florida Avenue.
Wallach Place NW
A one-block street between T and U Streets, from 13th Street to 14th Street. About 40 row houses in the 1300 block.
T Street NW (12th to 15th)
About 55 row houses from the 1200 block to the 1400 block, one block south of U Street.
13th Street NW
About 60 row houses from the 1800 block, just north of S Street, to the 2200 block past Florida Avenue. The U Street station has an entrance at 13th and U.
Row Houses
U Street Row Houses: How Many There Are, and How Many Are for Sale
How to read a DC row house →Total Row Houses
723
in U Street, 142 of them recorded as two units
Currently for Sale
23
active listings
Housing stock: DC public property records, two-unit conversions included · Active listings: BrightMLS via Compass
The Houses
Tell the 1890s house from the 2000s house before you compare them
U Street is two building booms, a century apart.
The public record lists about 720 row houses on U Street. About 580 are single-family houses, and about half of those went up before 1900, most of them in the 1890s. Then almost nothing was built for decades. Since 2000, about one in five has been added: infill houses on lots that had been empty or were rebuilt. The median lot is about 1,150 square feet, and the typical house has about 1,850 square feet in total. Only about one in seven has four bedrooms or more.
The other 140 are recorded as converted to two units, and a third of them rise three stories or more.
An 1890s row house and a 2010s infill house can sit side by side at a similar price and be different purchases. One has old brick and systems that were replaced along the way. The other was built new, with everything that came with it.
Here is what I do with that. I sort U Street sales by era before I compare them. An older house gets compared to older houses, and the newer ones to each other. For a newer house I ask who built it and what the warranty covered. For an older one I ask what was replaced and when.
On U Street, the year built decides which comparison is fair.
Housing stock: DC public property records and BrightMLS closed sales, fee simple row houses
From the Record
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By the 1920s the U Street corridor was known as 'Black Broadway', for its theaters and jazz clubs. The Lincoln Theatre opened at 1215 U Street NW in 1922. Duke Ellington, born in Washington in 1899, lived on the 1800 block of 13th Street NW from 1910.
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Ben's Chili Bowl opened at 1213 U Street NW in 1958, founded by Ben and Virginia Ali. It stayed open through the 1968 riots. President-elect Barack Obama ate there on January 10, 2009, ten days before his inauguration.
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The 1968 riots after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. damaged much of the 14th Street and U Street corridors.
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The U Street/African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo station opened on the Green Line in 1991. It has entrances at 10th and U and at 13th and U.
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The Lincoln Theatre was restored and reopened in 1994. It is still a performance venue.
Market Updates
View all →- October 2026$1M$736/sqft23 days on market+0.3% YoY
- September 2026$1.0M$726/sqft20 days on market+4.4% YoY
- August 2026$998K$714/sqft20 days on market0.0% YoY
What closed in U Street, October 2026
1 row house settled. Pick any address for every sale on its block over the last 24 months, free.
| Address | Settled | Sold price |
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| 1913 13th St NW | Oct 1 | $1,950,000 |
Closed row house sales, BrightMLS via Compass. Address and sold price are DC public record.
Frequently Asked
U Street Real Estate: Your Questions, Answered First
What is the median home price in U Street?
The median row house sale in U Street is $1M, across 35 sales in the last 12 months, from BrightMLS. It counts fee simple row houses and condo units in converted row houses.
How does U Street compare to Logan Circle?
The median row house sale in U Street is $1M, against $1.4M in Logan Circle. The two share 14th Street, which runs south from U Street into Logan Circle. Both are historic districts, so exterior changes on either side go through preservation review. About one in five U Street row houses was built after 2000.
What types of homes are available in U Street?
Brick row houses. About half were built before 1900, most of them in the 1890s. About one in five was built after 2000. The record also carries about 140 row houses recorded as converted to two units.
What makes U Street culturally significant?
Its history as an entertainment district. By the 1920s the corridor was known as 'Black Broadway', for its theaters and jazz clubs. The Lincoln Theatre opened in 1922 and Ben's Chili Bowl in 1958. Both are still open on the 1200 block of U Street.
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Also Consider
Neighborhoods Near U Street, DC
Shaw
Next door to the south and east. The Shaw-Howard U station is on the Green Line. Median row house sale $1.1M.
Median Price
$1.1M
Median DOM
20 days
Logan Circle
South along 14th Street. The Logan Circle Historic District reviews exterior changes. Median row house sale $1.4M.
Median Price
$1.4M
Median DOM
20 days
Columbia Heights
North, up 14th Street past Florida Avenue. Its Green Line station is at 14th and Irving Streets. Median row house sale $875K.
Median Price
$875K
Median DOM
13 days
Next Step
Before you decide on U Street, one conversation.
The median and the days on market are the start. The specific blocks, the condition range, and what the numbers leave out are the conversation. 20 minutes. No commitment.