Washington, DC — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 20052, part of Washington, D.C., per-capita income stands at $6,324, a figure that shapes how far each dollar has to stretch. County-level property taxes run at an effective rate of 0.58%, while the combined sales tax comes to 6.00%. Together, those two rates pull at a household budget from different directions — one tied to owning a home, the other applied at the register. With income this low, even a half-percent property levy and a six-percent sales tax carry real weight, and housing costs in the nation's capital add further pressure on whatever a family brings in.