Kalorama Today: People and Demographics

A snapshot of Kalorama today. A note on geography: Kalorama is a small, very affluent neighborhood of roughly 2,400 residents that the Census Bureau does not officially define, so precise neighborhood data is limited. The most reliable current figures come from ZIP code 20008, which covers Sheridan-Kalorama and its surroundings; older neighborhood-level estimates come from Statistical Atlas. Each figure is labeled with the geography it covers.¹

The Kalorama neighborhood

• The neighborhood has roughly 2,444 residents and is predominantly non-Hispanic White (about 77%), with smaller Hispanic, Asian, and Black populations.²⁴
• The neighborhood median household income is very high — about $141,756, with extreme wealth at the top end.⁵

ZIP 20008 (Sheridan-Kalorama area)

• Population is about 29,434.³
• The median household income is about $125,212, well above the District and national medians.⁶
• It is majority-renter — roughly 38% owner-occupied — with a median age of about 39 years.⁷⁸
• Educational attainment is exceptionally high: about 90% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.⁹

For current, detailed data, see the sources on the resources page.