Overviewa ridge kept by its trees

Life in Wesley Heights, DC

Wesley Heights feels set apart because of elevation and old trees, not because of walls. The ridge climbs above the river, and much of the canopy was standing before the houses were.

In the 1920s the W.C. & A.N. Miller Company laid its streets along a wooded ridge west of the young university, kept the oaks and tulip poplars where it could, and built houses substantial enough to hold their own beneath them. A century on, the arrangement stands: deep lots, long setbacks, and a mature tree canopy overhead in summer.

Two parks bracket the neighborhood, Battery Kemble to the west and the Glover-Archbold ravine to the east, so the quiet is structural, not incidental. Houses here change hands slowly, and public inventory is usually short.

Dining, Entertainment, Shopping

Explore amazing things to do in Wesley Heights

Name	Type	Distance
Wesley Heights Park	Nature Reserve	0.24 mi
Glover-Archbold Park	Nature Reserve	0.27 mi
DeCarlo's Restaurant4000 Cathedral Avenue Northwest	Italian	0.35 mi
Westchester Dining Room4000 Cathedral Avenue Northwest	Italian	0.36 mi
Chef Geoff's3201 New Mexico Avenue Northwest	American	0.38 mi
Wagshal's3201 New Mexico Avenue Northwest	Supermarket	0.39 mi
Al Dente3201 New Mexico Avenue Northwest	Italian	0.39 mi

Places data from OpenStreetMap contributors. Community maintained, so coverage varies and it is not a complete listing. Distances are approximate straight-line distances from the guide’s reference point.

Within Wesley Heights

Notable Neighborhoods in Wesley Heights

The Ridge BrowHighest, most screened, long views in winter
The Miller CoreThe 1920s plan, the classic streetscape
The New Mexico EdgeCondos and co-ops, the simple way in
The Park SeamsBattery Kemble and Glover-Archbold frontage

Schools in Wesley Heights, DC

The public schools below are listed because their attendance area covers part of Wesley Heights, and the share column is how much of it each one covers. Private schools have no attendance area, so they are listed because they sit in Wesley Heights. Attendance is assigned by address, so confirm the assignment for a specific property with DC Public Schools before you rely on it.

Name	Grades	Share of Wesley Heights	Students	Per teacher	DC CAPE proficiency
Mann Elementary School4430 Newark St. NW, Washington, DC 20016	PK-5	99.7%	397	12.4	ELA75.3%Math76%

DC CAPE figures are the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2025-26, as OSSE publishes them.

Demographics and Employment Data for Wesley Heights, DC

2,631Total population

3,447 / sq miPopulation density

53 / 47%Men vs women

Population by age group

0 to 914.8%

10 to 1715.5%

18 to 244%

25 to 6446.5%

65 to 7412.1%

75 and over7%

Education level

Less than high school0 (0%)
High school graduate88 (5.1%)
Some college or associate82 (4.8%)
Bachelor's degree580 (33.6%)
Graduate or professional976 (56.5%)

Educational attainment covers the population 25 and over, not the whole population.

SourceU.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2019 to 2023

Area measuredWesley Heights, two covering Census block groups, 0.7632664382167926 square miles of land

Area basisWesley Heights is not a Census place, so these figures cover the two Census block groups that hold 100.0% of it. Both reach well past it, so this is the widest of these areas relative to its neighborhood: Wesley Heights is about a third of the ground described, the rest lying toward Foxhall and the parkland. Read the figures as the wider area, not the streets.

MediansMedians cannot be added together, so no median is shown for the combined area. Median household income runs from 250,001 to 250,001 across the two groups. Median age runs from 43.0 to 49.9 across the two groups.

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