Dupont Circle DC Real Estate
Homes for Sale Near 17th Street, Embassy Row & the Phillips Collection. From Marc Dosik & the Fed City Team, your DC real estate experts.
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Living in Dupont Circle
Dining & Nightlife
Tabard Inn (operating since 1922), Iron Gate, Bistrot du Coin, and Pizzeria Paradiso anchor the dining scene. Annie's Paramount Steakhouse on 17th Street has been open since 1948 and is a foundational LGBTQ+ space. Kramers (originally Kramerbooks, 1976) on Connecticut Avenue still runs a full bar and restaurant.
Culture & Museums
The Phillips Collection at 1600 21st Street, founded 1921, is recognized as America's first museum of modern art. The Heurich House Museum is DC's best-preserved Richardsonian Romanesque mansion. Embassy Row runs roughly two miles up Massachusetts Avenue, with dozens of diplomatic missions opening their doors during Passport DC each May.
Transit & Commute
The Dupont Circle Metro station on the Red Line has two entrances (Q Street north, 19th & Connecticut south) and averages around 17,000 weekday entries. Farragut North, Farragut West, Foggy Bottom-GWU, and U Street are all walkable from various edges of the neighborhood.
What makes Dupont Circle distinctive.
The neighborhood was laid out in the 1870s under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and named for Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. Through the Gilded Age, the diagonal avenues — Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire — filled in with mansions for industrialists, newspaper barons, and political figures. The marble fountain at the center of the circle was completed in 1921, designed by Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon — the same pair behind the Lincoln Memorial.
The Great Depression ended the mansion era. Most of the largest houses were sold off cheaply and broken up into apartments, embassies, rooming houses, and clubs. Only two of the original mansions still front the circle today. The rest of the housing stock — Victorian rowhomes north and east of the circle, Beaux-Arts mansions on Massachusetts Avenue, prewar apartment buildings on Connecticut and Q — collectively make up one of the largest concentrations of intact pre-1930 architecture in the city.
From the late 1960s on, Dupont became the center of LGBTQ+ Washington. Lambda Rising bookstore hosted the city's first Gay Pride Day in 1975 — the seed of today's Capital Pride. The intersection of 17th & R Streets is officially co-designated Frank Kameny Way, after the federal astronomer who organized the first White House gay-rights pickets in 1965, four years before Stonewall. The cultural anchors are still here, and Dupont consistently scores 98 on Walk Score — one of the highest in the city.
Explore Dupont Circle Block by Block
17th Street Corridor (East)
Running east toward Logan Circle, the 17th Street strip between P and R is the historic LGBTQ+ commercial spine — Annie's Paramount Steakhouse, JR's Bar, gay-owned cafés, rainbow crosswalks. Dense, walkable, lots of brunch and rooftop life. Some of Dupont's most lived-in, most social real estate.
West of Circle (Embassy Row)
Quieter, leafier, mansion-and-embassy dominated. Massachusetts Avenue anchors the area, and the streets transition into Sheridan-Kalorama as you head west and north. Most expensive single-family stock in Dupont and a noticeably more residential mood than the east side.
Strivers' Section (North)
The blocks north of R Street — particularly the Strivers' Section Historic District added to the National Register in 1985 — were the late-19th and early-20th-century enclave of DC's Black middle class. Frederick Douglass owned three houses at 17th and U Streets as an investment. Townhouse-heavy, with beautiful Edwardian and late-Victorian rowhomes.
Dupont Circle Real Estate Market
$520K–$670K
Median Sale Price
$350K–$1.3M
Condo + Co-op Range
$2.2M–$5M+
Single-Family Rowhome
98
Walk Score
Dupont Circle is overwhelmingly a condo and co-op market, with single-family rowhomes a small minority of inventory. Roughly 75 condo units are typically active in the neighborhood at any given time. Studios run from the mid-$200Ks to low $400Ks, one-bedrooms from $350K to $650K, and two-bedrooms from $650K to $1.3M+ for larger renovated units in boutique buildings. New construction and recent infill projects sit at the higher end of the range.
Iconic prewar buildings anchor the market. The Cairo (1615 Q Street, 1894) was DC's tallest residential building when it was built — its construction prompted the 1899 Heights of Buildings Act that has shaped the entire DC skyline since. The Northumberland (2039 New Hampshire) and The Dresden (2126 Connecticut) are two of the most iconic prewar co-ops in the city.
Co-op ownership is one of the things that makes Dupont distinctive. Many of the most beautiful prewar buildings are co-ops, not condos. Buyers purchase shares in a corporation rather than a deed. Boards interview buyers and review financial packages. Sublet, pet, and renovation rules are stricter, and financing is via share loans rather than traditional mortgages. Comparable units in co-ops typically trade at a 10% to 25% discount to equivalent condos — for some buyers, the discount is the opportunity; for others, the underwriting and board process is a deal-breaker.
For sellers preparing a Dupont condo or rowhome for market, our We Pay to Fix Your Home program covers renovation costs upfront so you can compete with fully renovated listings. We also handle estate sales for inherited Dupont properties.
Dupont Circle agents who know the buildings, the boards, and the blocks.
Our office is at 843 Upshur Street NW in Petworth, and Marc Dosik has been selling DC real estate since 1998. We've closed deals across all four sides of the circle — co-op buildings on Connecticut, condos near 17th Street, rowhomes in Strivers' Section, and the rare single-family on R Street.
For Buyers
If you've only ever owned a condo, the Dupont co-op process is materially different — share loans, board interviews, sublet rules, and 2-to-6+ weeks of approval time on top of a normal closing. We walk you through which buildings make sense for your situation before you spend a Saturday touring. We also help first-time buyers access up to $17,500 in DC down payment assistance through grant programs most buyers don't know exist.
For Sellers
Our We Pay to Fix Your Home program covers pre-sale repairs upfront — bathroom, kitchen, paint, flooring — and you pay us back at closing with $0 out of pocket. We've used it on Dupont estate sales where an inherited condo or rowhome needed updates before listing.
Many of Dupont's most iconic prewar buildings are co-ops, not condos — and comparable units typically trade at a 10% to 25% discount to equivalent condos.
Co-op ownership means buying shares in a corporation rather than a deed. Boards interview buyers, review financial packages, and can deny purchases. Sublet, pet, and renovation rules are stricter, and financing runs through share loans or specialized portfolio mortgages rather than FHA or VA loans. For some buyers the discount is the opportunity; for others the underwriting and board process is a deal-breaker. We walk you through which buildings match your situation before you make an offer.
Dupont Circle Real Estate FAQs
What is the typical price range in Dupont Circle DC?
Dupont's market is dominated by condos and co-ops. Studios run from the mid-$200Ks to low $400Ks. One-bedrooms typically range $350K to $650K, two-bedrooms $650K to $1.3M+. Trophy Victorian single-family rowhomes — when they come available — list $2.2M to $5M+. The neighborhood's median sale price in late 2025 / early 2026 ranged roughly $520K to $670K.
What is the difference between a condo and a co-op in Dupont Circle?
In a condo, you own a deed to a specific unit. In a co-op, you own shares in a corporation that owns the entire building, plus a proprietary lease for your unit. Co-op boards interview buyers, review financial packages, and can deny sales. Sublet rules, pet policies, and renovation processes are often stricter. Financing is via share loans rather than traditional mortgages, and FHA/VA loans are generally unavailable. Comparable units in co-ops trade at roughly a 10% to 25% discount to equivalent condos. Several of Dupont's most iconic prewar buildings — The Northumberland, The Dresden — are co-ops.
How walkable is Dupont Circle?
Very. Walk Score consistently rates Dupont Circle at 98, one of the highest in DC. Most daily needs — groceries, dining, transit, museums — are within a 10-minute walk. The Dupont Circle Metro station on the Red Line is the primary station, but Farragut North, Farragut West, Foggy Bottom-GWU, and U Street are all walkable from various edges of the neighborhood.
Is Dupont Circle a good investment?
Dupont has shown long-term appreciation driven by limited inventory (the historic district restricts new development), Metro access, walkability, and one of the country's most stable employer bases (federal government, embassies, nonprofits, universities). The 2025/2026 market is more buyer-friendly than recent years, which can be opportunity for long-term holders.
What are the best blocks to buy on in Dupont Circle?
It depends on priorities. For walkability to nightlife and dining, the 17th Street corridor between P and R is hard to beat. For quiet residential character, the streets west of the circle (toward Embassy Row and Kalorama) and Strivers' Section north of R Street offer leafier, mansion-and-rowhome blocks. For the lowest entry point, condos in larger prewar buildings around the circle itself or south toward Foggy Bottom can offer real value.
What is the parking situation in Dupont Circle?
Difficult. Most prewar buildings predate parking requirements, and Residential Permit Parking (RPP) zones are competitive. Many buyers go car-light or rent monthly garage spaces ($250 to $400 per month). Buildings with deeded parking command premiums.
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