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Grant Park Washington, DC

The hilly side of DC

Wooded Residential Playground

Grant Park is a hilly, wooded neighborhood located on the north side of Capitol View and directly east of Lincoln Heights. The narrow streets are lined with square, brick houses and a variety of apartment communities. At the east end of the neighborhood, the Watts Branch Playground includes a spray ground, picnic areas, and the Marvin Gaye Recreation Center. Grant Park is an affordable, mostly residential neighborhood located about seven miles southeast of Downtown DC. Residents have easy access to the Tenleytown Metro Station for car-free commutes into the city.

Rent Trends

As of August 2026, the average apartment rent in Grant Park is $935 for a studio, $972 for one bedroom, $1,189 for two bedrooms, and $2,420 for three bedrooms. Apartment rent in Grant Park has decreased by -1.0% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 600 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $935/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 659 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $972/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 772 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,189/month

    Average Rent

  • 3 BR

  • 894 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $2,420/month

    Average Rent

Learn More About Grant Park

Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

60 / 100

Good Public Transit

Transit

60 / 100

Moderately Drivable

Drivability

70 / 100

Fairly Bikeable

Bikeability

50 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 15 Minute Walk

Groceries

60 / 100

Good Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

60 / 100

Limited Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

20 / 100

Fair Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

40 / 100

Recreation

Exceptional Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

90 / 100

Fair Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

50 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

20 / 100

Limited Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

30 / 100

Not Noisy

Quiet Score

100 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Fort Dupont Park
  • Kingman and Heritage Island Park
  • Bladensburg Waterfront Park
  • Walker Mill Regional Park
  • National Arboretum

Airports

  • Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl
  • Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.