Zip lookup · MD

20816
Bethesda, Maryland.

Bethesda, Montgomery County, MD · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro · population 18,140

What it costs per month · 20816 $6,707/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$3,321 (+98%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $22,184 +2%
$1,255,602$1,277,787 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $170,957 +15%
$1,106,829$1,277,787 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 20816 $6,707 United States $1,922
$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 20816$6,707
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.

Typical home values in zip 20816 rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Bethesda, MD — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $3,215 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $1,277,787 as of Sep 2026
+1.8%year on year

Asking rent — 20816

Against the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro and the national benchmark.

$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026 20816 $3,215 Washington $2,407 United States $1,932
$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026
  • 20816$3,215
  • Washington$2,407
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 20816

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 20816 $1,277,787 Washington $569,857 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 $1,250,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 20816$1,277,787
  • Washington$569,857
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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1.5 20812 Glen Echo 276 — $1,284,292
1.9 20016 Washington 32,730 $2,740 $1,096,497
2.6 20818 Cabin John 1,539 — $1,239,976
2.8 22101 McLean 30,953 $3,734 $1,666,581
2.9 20815 Chevy Chase 30,505 $2,801 $1,150,207
3.3 20015 Washington 15,653 $2,604 $1,355,977
3.3 20817 Bethesda 37,454 $3,077 $1,281,391
3.4 22207 Arlington 35,479 $3,301 $1,365,085
3.5 20814 Bethesda 32,795 $2,852 $762,088
3.5 20008 Washington 29,434 $2,160 $819,086
3.7 20007 Washington 24,602 $2,521 $1,244,557
4.9 22213 Arlington 4,021 $3,326 $1,095,941
4.9 22209 Arlington 14,154 $2,791 $726,542
5.0 22201 Arlington 37,473 $2,792 $699,223
5.0 20010 Washington 31,808 $2,259 $679,135
5.0 20012 Washington 17,519 $2,177 $789,996
5.0 20009 Washington 50,150 $2,641 $566,664
5.1 20011 Washington 67,434 $2,275 $600,241
5.1 22205 Arlington 17,738 $3,742 $1,186,654
5.4 20036 Washington 4,605 $2,500 $363,690
5.4 20895 Kensington 19,184 $3,111 $790,306
5.5 20910 Silver Spring 45,943 $1,957 $633,263
5.6 20896 Garrett Park 932 — $1,042,674
5.6 20037 Washington 13,156 $2,678 $517,899
5.7 22203 Arlington 26,594 $2,979 $642,144
5.7 22043 Falls Church 25,750 $2,529 $917,281
5.8 20006 Washington 1,362 $2,017 $225,024
5.8 22046 Falls Church 18,169 $2,743 $1,051,810
5.9 20005 Washington 13,131 $2,565 $498,001
5.9 22102 McLean 29,184 $2,684 $822,717

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.