housing costs · Maryland
Housing costs in Dorchester County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,032 | ± $82 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $959 | ± $52 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $968 | ± $37 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $878 | ± $41 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $262,400 | ± $12,508 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $252,300 | ± $11,410 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $226,000 | ± $10,701 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $190,200 | ± $11,405 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.6 % | ± 3.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.3 % | ± 4.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.3 % | ± 4.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 31.8 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Dorchester County is $1,032, below the Maryland median of $1,402 across 24 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.