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We all know that it’s expensive to rent or buy in D.C., but a Post breakdown published over the weekend found more than a dozen D.C.-area neighborhoods where rent for an apartment can easily approach or exceed $2,000 a month:

The average monthly apartment rent of nearly $1,600 requires that households have at least $65,000 in annual income. And in the Washington region, as in most other major metropolitan areas, premier housing in the crème de la crème locations are able to command significantly more than the average apartment.

If “Beverly Hills 90210” helped crystallize the notion that addresses do matter, stratifying the Washington area to analyze average apartment rent at the zip code level illuminates that fact. More than one dozen zip codes in the metro area host apartment properties that command more than $2,000 per month in monthly rent, requiring a $75,000 household income or 43 percent more than the median renter household income in the region.

Not surprisingly, renting in Georgetown far exceeds any other D.C. neighborhood—$3,385 per month, some $800 more than second-place Penn Quarter at $2,575.

There might be some relief coming down the road, though. According to some analysts, a boom in apartment construction could lead to rent declines by the end of the year. Alexandria, Va.-based research firm Delta Associates said earlier that some 8,500 units will enter the market by the end of September, leading to a slight downtick in rents.