$593,331Average Value$305Average Price per Sq Ft19Homes For Sale
Settled between Rock Creek parks and Westfield Wheaton mall
North Kensington is a census-designated place and a prime example of a Montgomery County suburb. “Back in the ‘80s, everyone wanted to go to Chevy Chase or Bethesda and probably didn’t know where Kensington was if you asked them — now people want to live here,” says Gary and Diana Ditto, two longtime Kensington residents and real estate agents with the Ditto Group of Long & Foster. Buyers are drawn to the area’s midcentury homes cloaked in mature trees, especially in subdivisions like the Rock Creek Woods Historic District. The community has three public schools within the neighborhood limits, convenient access to Rock Creek Trail and other parks to the west, and a dense retail center in Wheaton bordering to the east. North Kensington's homes branch out from Connecticut Avenue, which stretches to the nation's capital about 10 miles south.
Midcentury classics and Charles Goodman contemporary homes
Home values range from $450,000 to $1 million, varying by age, square footage and lot size. Much of the development came in the post-World War II housing boom, which spread for miles surrounding Washington, D.C. Styles include Cape Cods, split-levels and brick ramblers, often sitting on spacious grass lawns and shaded by consistent tree coverage. The Rock Creek Woods Historic District lies at the heart of North Kensington and was plotted and designed by architect Charles M. Goodman in the mid-1950s. “The houses are avant-garde and designed very differently than in nearby areas,” Gary Ditto says. “[There are] California-style ranchers with lots of grass, open space, and not many walls. For a long time, it was populated by medical doctors from NIH.” Goodman wanted to distinguish his contemporary home designs from the typical Virginia Colonial Revival homes on the other side of the Potomac. The result is a modern suburb that preserves native plants and topography, creating winding cul-de-sacs dotted with beech, poplar and dogwood trees between homes.
Rock Creek Trail runs through Ken-Gar Palisades Park
"One of the great features of this neighborhood is that it backs right up to Rock Creek Park," explains Harry Moore, a Realtor with eXp Realty LLC. "So biking, hiking, walking and just wandering the woods are all just outside your front door." The vast regional green space of Rock Creek borders North Kensington to the west, so locals can quickly access the 18-mile Rock Creek Trail, which stretches from Rockville into Northwest D.C. Ken-Gar Palisades Park also takes up 20 acres of Rock Creek close to home, featuring basketball and tennis courts, fields for soccer and softball, and a playground for kids. The Montgomery County Road Runners Club, the largest running club in the region, usually trains in Ken-Gar Palisades Park. Farther north is Dewey Local Park, which was renovated in 2020. It has a picnic shelter, a large, lighted dog park and a playground with a "trike track" for kids still pedaling with training wheels. East of Connecticut Avenue is Newport Mill Park, beside Albert Einstein High School. It has a playground and a multiuse field where the community comes out for Mid-County Sparkles in July, a fireworks show that also brings spectators from Wheaton and Kensington.
Train history and community pride in the town of Kensington
Ditto, who served on the board of the Kensington Historical Society for many years, speaks highly of Kensington’s stalwart community spirit and its popular annual events, like the Kensington Train Show, which takes place over a weekend in the fall. “We started that about 12 to 14 years ago,” he says. “Around 2,000 people come, including the local Boy Scouts. There are hot dogs, and on that Sunday, we have a storyteller who comes in and sings old-time train songs.” There’s also the Kensington Farmer’s Market, which runs year-round on Saturday mornings along Howard Avenue, close to the train station. Folks can buy local produce, preserves and artisan goods less than a mile south of home. There’s also the Kensington 8K in the fall, which Ditto says brings out the serious runners in town, while the 1K race is more popular for kids and young adults.
Westfield Wheaton mall is down the street
Less than a mile down Veirs Mill Road is Westfield Wheaton, an indoor mall featuring over 100 retailers with 27 restaurants. Locals can shop at JCPenney or Target and grab a fast-casual lunch from Firehouse Subs or Grill Kabob in the food court. Down Connecticut Avenue is Kensington Shopping Center, with a Safeway for groceries and Artha Rini Indonesian Restaurant, which is locally loved for its authentic dishes like jackfruit curry and lamb satay. It is also the first halal Indonesian Restaurant in the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region.
Einstein High School focuses on college and career readiness
Montgomery County Public Schools serve North Kensington. Students can attend Rock View Elementary and Albert Einstein High, earning A-minus overall ratings on Niche. Then there's Newport Mill Middle School, which has a B rating. Einstein High has an extensive College & Career Center, and the school is part of the Montgomery County Career Advising Program, which works in collaboration with Montgomery College to help middle and high school students search for the right careers.
Trains still chug through Kensington
Commuters can take Connecticut Avenue or 16th Street NW to reach the major employers in downtown D.C. after a 10-mile drive, which takes about 40 to 50 minutes, depending on traffic. The Wheaton Metro station is less than 2 miles east and offers Red Line access through D.C. and Maryland. North Kensington is also within a mile of the Kensington and Garrett Park train stations, which offer MARC train access as far north as Frederick and as far south as far as Union Station in D.C. As Ditto says, Kensington is “where the train still stops, and the people still walk.”
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North Kensington Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in North Kensington, Wheaton sell after 30 days on the market compared to the national average of 54 days. The median sale price for homes in North Kensington, Wheaton over the last 12 months is $606,200, down 1% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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