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Foggy Bottom vs Logan Circle
Foggy Bottom and Logan Circle are two official neighborhood clusters in Washington, DC. Foggy Bottom is the calmer DC Code map (100 vs 89). Walk is a wash (40 vs 39). Logan Circle has the lower ACS median ($2,390).
Data period. ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · MPD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Oct 2026. ACS and MPD retrieved 2026-10-01; OSM retrieved 2026-10-01. Editorial copy last revised Sep 2026.
Scores
Fit axes among official Washington, DC neighborhood clusters.
| Axis | Foggy Bottom | Logan Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | 100 | 89 |
| Schools | 50 | 50 |
| Walk | 40 | 39 |
| Cost fit | 100 | 100 |
| Vibe | 51 | 39 |
| Median rent | $2,479 | $2,390 |
| Median home | $696,389 | $768,801 |
| Population | 15,926 | 26,109 |
| Commute to Downtown | 10 min | 8 min |
| Commute to Capitol | 18 min | 14 min |
| Commute to Navy Yard | 24 min | 22 min |
Living numbers
Who rents, how old, how much crime, how many shops — beside the scores.
| Fact | Foggy Bottom | Logan Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Renters | 71% | 64% |
| Median age | 28.8 | 35.4 |
| Median income | $104K | $142K |
| DC Code per 1k | 15.6 | 23.5 |
| Groceries / 800m | 12 | 17 |
| Transit stops / 800m | 68 | 83 |
| Parks / 800m | 71 | 43 |
| 311 last 14 days | — | — |
Rent
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Washington city. Up 50% since 2014. Foggy B. is 27% above the 2024 city median. Logan is 22% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. Dashed marks are each area’s ACS 2024 median.
Which to pick
The same numbers as the table, in sentences. Nobody wins the city.
Pick Foggy Bottom if you want the cafes and the night and the quieter map matters more than the scene. Vibe is 51 vs 39. Safety is 100 vs 89. Read both pages before you decide.
Pick Logan Circle if you want the cafes and the night and the rent gap is the point. Vibe is 39 vs 51. ACS median rent is $2,390 vs $2,479. Read both pages before you decide.
Foggy Bottom
Cluster 5 is West End, Foggy Bottom, and GWU. The campus pulls the median age to 28.8, the youngest in this set. Property rate is the lowest here, 14.0 per 1,000. Georgetown is the hill west. Downtown is the Mall side — a different cluster.
$2,479 median rent · safety 100 · walk 40
Logan Circle
Cluster 7 is Shaw and Logan Circle. Search Shaw or U Street and you land here, not on the Howard cluster to the north. 14th Street is the strip; the side blocks are houses. Property rate is 21.4 per 1,000, quieter than Dupont’s visitor count. Dupont is west.
$2,390 median rent · safety 89 · walk 39
Common questions
Same pair, said in questions. The numbers are in the tables.
Which is cheaper, Foggy Bottom or Logan Circle?
Logan Circle is the lower ACS median: $2,479 vs $2,390. About 64% rent in Logan Circle vs 71% in Foggy Bottom. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Foggy Bottom more walkable than Logan Circle?
Walk is basically a tie (40 vs 39). Count groceries if you care: 12 in Foggy Bottom vs 17 in Logan Circle, inside 800 meters.
Which is safer on this map, Foggy Bottom or Logan Circle?
Foggy Bottom is the calmer DC Code read (100 vs 89). Combined rate 15.6 vs 23.5 per 1,000. Visitors count in those numbers.
Which scores higher for families, Foggy Bottom or Logan Circle?
Foggy Bottom leads the school axis (50 vs 50). Nearby rating is thin vs thin. Median age 28.8 vs 35.4. Logan Circle has more of the night. Neither number is a school assignment.
Which has the shorter commute to Downtown?
10 minutes from Foggy Bottom to Downtown, 8 from Logan Circle. Logan Circle is the shorter weekday. Not this hour's traffic.
If you drop both
Closest official neighborhood cluster that is not Foggy Bottom or Logan Circle: Dupont Circle. Cluster 6 is Dupont Circle and Connecticut Avenue/K Street. The circle is the lawn and the night. OSM counted 245 restaurants in or near the cluster — visitors write the property rate, 62.6 per 1,000. Logan Circle is east. Adams Morgan is north.
Scores are relative among official Washington, DC neighborhood clusters with the same editorial weights. Read the method.