What is the median rent in Flower Hill, MD?

Name: Median rent in Flower Hill, MD, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Flower Hill, MD is $2,137 (±$145) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 766 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: $2,137 (±$145)
Rented homes: 766 (±148)
$2,000 or more: 61.0%

How much rent costs in Flower Hill

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Flower Hill	Montgomery County	Maryland	United States
Less than $500	3.8% (±4.4 points)	3.0%	5.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	7.3% (±6.9 points)	3.1%	9.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	8.4% (±5.5 points)	9.3%	22.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	19.6% (±10.5 points)	31.1%	30.1%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	40.1% (±12.1 points)	26.3%	18.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	14.6% (±9.0 points)	12.7%	7.7%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	6.3% (±7.8 points)	14.6%	6.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 40.1% of renting households.

61.0% of rented homes in Flower Hill cost $2,000 or more a month.

Flower Hill against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Flower Hill	Montgomery County	Maryland	United States
Median gross rent	$2,137 (±$145)	$2,068 (±$20)	$1,705 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	766 (±148)	131,161 (±2,450)	739,486 (±6,659)	42,849,984

In Flower Hill, median gross rent is not measurably different from Montgomery County ($2,068).

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

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

In Montgomery County, Flower Hill ranks 33 of 53 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 89 of 342.

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

Median gross rent in places near Flower Hill

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Flower Hill
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Flower Hill	—	$2,137 (±$145)	—
Gaithersburg	1.5 mi	$2,058 (±$66)	Not measurably different
Montgomery Village	1.8 mi	$1,916 (±$96)	Lower
Redland	3.2 mi	$2,221 (±$153)	Not measurably different
Laytonsville	3.8 mi	$1,438 (±$539)	Lower
Derwood	4.2 mi	$1,676 (±$1,076)	Not measurably different
Germantown	4.3 mi	$2,040 (±$51)	Not measurably different
North Potomac	5.7 mi	$2,413 (±$142)	Higher
Clarksburg	5.8 mi	$2,495 (±$214)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Montgomery Village, MD ($1,916), Laytonsville, MD ($1,438).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: North Potomac, MD ($2,413), Clarksburg, MD ($2,495).

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

Median gross rent across Montgomery County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
27	Redland	$2,221 (±$153)
28	North Bethesda	$2,191 (±$69)
29	Layhill	$2,189 (±$491)
30	Kemp Mill	$2,177 (±$163)
31	Calverton	$2,164 (±$316)
32	Wheaton	$2,163 (±$123)
33	Flower Hill	$2,137 (±$145)
34	Cloverly	$2,129 (±$549)
35	Kensington	$2,076 (±$239)
36	Gaithersburg	$2,058 (±$66)
37	Leisure World	$2,054 (±$248)
38	Germantown	$2,040 (±$51)
39	Glenmont	$2,028 (±$136)

Showing 13 of 53 places in Montgomery County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Flower Hill 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 Flower Hill

What is the average rent in Flower Hill, MD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Flower Hill is $2,137 (±$145) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Flower Hill cost more than $2,000 a month?

61.0% of rented homes in Flower Hill have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 3.8% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Flower Hill higher than in Montgomery County?

In Flower Hill, median gross rent is not measurably different from Montgomery County ($2,068).

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 Flower Hill CDP, Maryland (place:28512, 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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