Statewide, District of Columbia's median home price runs $577,041, 37% above the $420,000 national median. The 5.3x price-to-income ratio here is measured against a $109,707 median household income.
Property taxes in District of Columbia average 0.6% of assessed value, below the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $3,462 a year, or $289 added to the monthly payment.
District of Columbia levies a state income tax of 4%–10.75% on top of the $3,478/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Day-to-day expenses statewide track at 138 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
District of Columbia's median home price runs 1% lower than New Jersey: $584,072 there versus $577,041 here.