Tenleytown

Tenleytown Washington DC real estate offers a walkable, transit-connected neighborhood within the Upper Northwest DC real estate market, known for Fort Reno Park, the Tenleytown Metro station, and a strong mix of brick Colonials and Craftsman homes.

Where Tenleytown Starts and Stops

Tenleytown runs along Wisconsin Avenue from roughly Tenley Circle north toward Friendship Heights, with residential streets spreading east toward Reno Road and Fort Reno Park, west to 42nd Street, where American University Park begins, and north to about Fessenden Street. Tenleytown is in ZIP code 20016; Friendship Heights, just to the north, is mostly in 20015. The line between Tenleytown and Friendship Heights is informal, and many listings use the two names interchangeably.

The Homes

The detached housing stock is mostly brick Colonials, American Foursquares, and Craftsman bungalows built between the 1910s and the 1940s, with some earlier Victorian-era homes. The Grant Road Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, preserves a cluster of late 19th-century houses. Many houses on the side streets have been expanded over the decades behind their original fronts, so the year built in a listing often says little about the house's condition.

Condominiums sit mostly along the Wisconsin Avenue corridor. Cityline at Tenley occupies the former 1942 Sears building, a Streamline Moderne landmark converted to residences above street-level retail. Tenley Hill is a smaller condominium building beside Fort Reno Park.

What Homes Cost in Tenleytown

Tenleytown is a small market. In the 12 months through September 2026, 15 homes sold in Tenleytown, according to Bright MLS closed sales records.

• Houses: median sale price about $1.5 million, ranging from the mid-$600,000s to about $3.4 million; median 12 days on market; median 100% of list price.
• Condominiums: median sale price about $520,000, ranging from the high-$300,000s to about $1.8 million; median 23 days on market; median 98% of list price.

Well-prepared houses have been selling at full asking price in under two weeks. Condominiums, most of them one-bedroom units along Wisconsin Avenue, take a little longer.

For sellers, the small number of sales cuts both ways. Buyers have few comparable homes to choose from, which helps a well-prepared house stand out. The same scarcity means pricing depends on reading a handful of recent sales carefully, including those just across the line in Friendship Heights and American University Park.

Getting Around

The Tenleytown–AU Metro station on the Red Line sits at the center of the neighborhood, with trains to downtown DC in about 15 minutes. Wisconsin Avenue carries frequent bus service north to Friendship Heights and Bethesda and south to Georgetown. Most of the residential streets are within a 10 to 15 minute walk of the station.

Along Wisconsin Avenue

Wisconsin Avenue is the neighborhood's everyday corridor, with Whole Foods, Guapo's, Pete's New Haven Style Apizza, and Le Chat Noir. Fort Reno Park hosts a free summer concert series that has run since 1968. The Tenley-Friendship branch of the DC Public Library sits on Wisconsin Avenue near the Metro.

What Is Changing Nearby

Most new development around Tenleytown is concentrated a short walk north, at Friendship Heights. One apartment building has been delivered there so far: Residences at Mazza, on the former Mazza Gallerie site, which added rental apartments rather than condominiums. Larger projects are approved but not yet built, and the former GEICO site is on the Maryland side, in Chevy Chase, MD. For what that pipeline means for home values, see what the Friendship Heights redevelopment means for nearby sellers.

Buying or Selling in Tenleytown

Sherine Monir is a Realtor with Compass and also a licensed Interior Designer in DC, and she has worked in Upper Northwest DC since 2013. For sellers, her design background shapes how a house is prepared and presented before it goes on the market. For buyers, she reads the handful of recent Tenleytown sales so an offer is grounded in what the market is actually doing.

Browse Tenleytown homes for sale or call or text Sherine directly at 202.536.4043. Sherine also works in Chevy Chase MD, Chevy Chase DC, Upper Northwest DC, Arlington, Alexandria, and McLean.

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