housing costs · Maryland
Housing costs in Howard 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 | $2,099 | ± $33 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,038 | ± $41 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,920 | ± $32 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,790 | ± $24 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $597,900 | ± $6,060 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $576,700 | ± $6,644 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $551,300 | ± $6,385 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $483,200 | ± $5,946 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.0 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.1 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.2 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.1 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Howard County is $2,099, above 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.