Where do houses cost the most and sell the fastest?

Four charts detail Montgomery County's real estate market, from the priciest ZIP codes to the hottest neighborhoods

October 8, 2024 7:00 p.m. | Updated: January 28, 2025 10:18 a.m.


Data is for single-family homes and was provided by BrightMLS and MarketStats for ShowingTime. These statistics were generated Aug. 22, 2024, and include median sale price data and number of houses sold data from Jan. 1, 2024, to June 30, 2024.  Neighborhoods where fewer than three houses sold are not listed. Some numbers have been rounded.

NeighborhoodTownAverage days on marketNumber of sales
East Gate of PotomacPotomac36
WoodhavenBethesda47
AshburtonBethesda510
Glen Mar ParkBethesda55
SumnerBethesda59
BedfordshirePotomac56
Wood AcresBethesda68
Burning Tree EstatesBethesda63
Inverness ForestPotomac610
ParkwoodBethesda63
BannockburnBethesda67
Piney Glen VillagePotomac65
Westmoreland HillsBethesda77
Bradley HillsBethesda93
North Bethesda GroveBethesda243
Zip codeTownAverage days on market
20816Bethesda6
20817Bethesda6
20818Cabin John6
20850Rockville6
20854Potomac6
20878Gaithersburg6
20895Kensington6
20015Upper NW D.C.7
20814Bethesda7
20852Rockville7
20902Silver Spring7
20910Silver Spring7
20016Upper NW D.C.9
20896Garrett Park9
20815Chevy Chase12
School nameAverage SAT scores for 2023 graduatesGraduation percentage for ’22-’23Total enrollment as of Sept. 30, 2023AP/IB Tests*Years of experience of professional personnel: % with more than 15 yearsCollege and career readiness (%) ’22-’23 school year**Original construction dateYear renovated
Albert Einstein96784.72,02442.845.527.119621997
Bethesda-Chevy Chase116493.52,36879.647.16319342001
Clarksburg1044952,21544.164.640.319952006
Col. Zadok Magruder100493.91,62040.752.338.31970n/a
Damascus105091.51,39843.672.140.619501978
Gaithersburg91577.72,45422.245.72219512013
James Hubert Blake94291.41,80933.551.622.11998n/a
John F. Kennedy84677.91,8544052.7≤5.019642022
Montgomery Blair111087.33,26046.958.748.41998n/a
Northwest106395.22,38648.752.346.71998n/a
Northwood93582.91,74528.244.620.719562004
Paint Branch93790.32,1152857.523.319692012
Poolesville128099.41,33273.668.177.519531978
Quince Orchard105290.12,15046.553.846.31988n/a
Richard Montgomery116994.82,38681.455.359.619422007
Rockville98889.21,53952.954.231.119682004
Seneca Valley93485.72,38639.242.42119742020
Sherwood108789.91,6934980.551.919501991
Springbrook94286.31,87560.950.424.719601994
Thomas Edisonn/an/a558n/a65.7n/a19822018
Thomas S. Wootton1271981,87578.664.682.81970n/a
Walt Whitman1285942,04280.259.380.619621992
Walter Johnson117093.72,9846356.465.119562009
Watkins Mill86481.21,6624346.511.41989n/a
Wheaton96182.22,74738.949.527.619542016
Winston Churchill127597.22,20375.251.780.919642001
Rank in MDSchool nameLocationGradesNumber of studentsReligionBoys/girls/coedStudents-teacher ratioYearly tuition
1Holton-Arms SchoolBethesda3-12665n/agirls6:1$52,970
3Landon SchoolBethesda3-12705n/aboys6:1$52,360
5Georgetown Preparatory SchoolNorth Bethesda9-12506Catholicboys9:1$44,725
6Rochambeau The French International SchoolBethesdaPK, K-121,233n/acoed9:1$26,196
8Stone Ridge School of the Sacred HeartBethesdaPK, K-12757Catholicgirls7:1$44,900
10Bullis SchoolPotomacK-121,023n/acoed6:1$55,110
13St. Andrew’s Episcopal SchoolPotomacPK, K-12707Episcopalcoed8:1$47,425
19Sandy Spring Friends SchoolSandy SpringPK, K-12676Quakercoed8:1$40,980
20Our Lady of Good Counsel High SchoolOlney9-121,255Catholiccoed8:1$30,995
21The Academy of the Holy CrossKensington9-12390Catholicgirls9:1$32,575
22German International School, Washington, D.C.PotomacPK, K-12555n/acoed7:1$25,380
25Barrie SchoolSilver SpringPK, K-12364n/acoed7:1$34,210

These charts appear in Bethesda Magazine’s 2024-2025 Insider’s Guide.

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