What is the median rent in Cedar Heights, MD?

Name: Median rent in Cedar Heights, MD, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Cedar Heights, MD is $1,800 (±$85) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 330 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,800 (±$85)
Rented homes: 330 (±204)
$2,000 or more: 16.7%

How much rent costs in Cedar Heights

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Cedar Heights	Prince George's County	Maryland	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±12.1 points)	2.8%	5.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±12.1 points)	3.3%	9.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±12.1 points)	20.2%	22.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	83.3% (±22.1 points)	39.7%	30.1%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	16.7% (±22.1 points)	20.4%	18.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±12.1 points)	8.1%	7.7%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±12.1 points)	5.6%	6.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 83.3% of renting households.

16.7% of rented homes in Cedar Heights cost $2,000 or more a month.

Cedar Heights against Prince George's County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Cedar Heights	Prince George's County	Maryland	United States
Median gross rent	$1,800 (±$85)	$1,799 (±$14)	$1,705 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	330 (±204)	127,783 (±2,352)	739,486 (±6,659)	42,849,984

In Cedar Heights, median gross rent is not measurably different from Prince George's County ($1,799).

It is also higher than in Maryland ($1,705).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Prince George's County, Cedar Heights ranks 41 of 72 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 155 of 342.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Cedar Heights

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Cedar Heights
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Cedar Heights	—	$1,800 (±$85)	—
Seat Pleasant	0.7 mi	$1,391 (±$591)	Not measurably different
Peppermill Village	1.2 mi	$845 (±$341)	Lower
Cheverly	1.6 mi	$1,907 (±$128)	Not measurably different
Landover	1.7 mi	$1,735 (±$55)	Not measurably different
Capitol Heights	1.9 mi	$1,306 (±$288)	Lower
Summerfield	2.0 mi	$2,091 (±$108)	Higher
Walker Mill	2.2 mi	$1,661 (±$173)	Not measurably different
Coral Hills	2.3 mi	$1,788 (±$115)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Peppermill Village, MD ($845), Capitol Heights, MD ($1,306).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Summerfield, MD ($2,091).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Prince George's County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
35	Seabrook	$1,840 (±$53)
36	Hyattsville	$1,835 (±$83)
37	South Laurel	$1,830 (±$42)
38	Temple Hills	$1,811 (±$109)
39	Clinton	$1,809 (±$318)
40	Adelphi	$1,804 (±$70)
41	Cedar Heights	$1,800 (±$85)
42	Coral Hills	$1,788 (±$115)
43	New Carrollton	$1,749 (±$60)
44 (tie)	Chillum	$1,735 (±$49)
44 (tie)	Landover	$1,735 (±$55)
46	Oxon Hill	$1,721 (±$80)
47	Forestville	$1,719 (±$49)

Showing 13 of 72 places in Prince George's County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Cedar Heights is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Cedar Heights

What is the average rent in Cedar Heights, MD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Cedar Heights is $1,800 (±$85) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Cedar Heights cost more than $2,000 a month?

16.7% of rented homes in Cedar Heights have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Cedar Heights higher than in Prince George's County?

In Cedar Heights, median gross rent is not measurably different from Prince George's County ($1,799).

It is also higher than in Maryland ($1,705).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Cedar Heights CDP, Maryland (place:14550, in state:24).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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