Washington, DC — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In ZIP code 20520, which covers part of Washington, a household's overall tax picture leans heavily on income and sales taxes rather than property taxes. The county-level effective property tax rate sits at 0.58%, so a home's assessed value translates into a comparatively small annual bill. Sales taxes, by contrast, add up to 6.00% on qualifying purchases, a cost that shows up steadily throughout the year. Because so much of the local tax base comes from federal employment and commerce rather than residential real estate, homeowners here may find their property tax obligation stays contained even as everyday spending carries the larger share of the total tax load.