What is the median rent in Friendship Heights Village, MD?

Name: Median rent in Friendship Heights Village, MD, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in Friendship Heights Village, MD is $2,289 (±$133) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,581 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Friendship Heights Village, the median gross rent went from $2,259 in 2015–2019 to $2,289 in 2020–2024 (+1.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,289 (±$133)
Rented homes: 1,581 (±213)
$2,000 or more: 65.3%
Since 2015–2019: +1.3%

How much rent costs in Friendship Heights Village

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Friendship Heights Village	Montgomery County	Maryland	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±2.6 points)	3.0%	5.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±2.6 points)	3.1%	9.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	3.4% (±3.3 points)	9.3%	22.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	31.4% (±7.6 points)	31.1%	30.1%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	26.4% (±6.6 points)	26.3%	18.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	11.1% (±6.7 points)	12.7%	7.7%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	27.8% (±6.8 points)	14.6%	6.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 31.4% of renting households.

65.3% of rented homes in Friendship Heights Village cost $2,000 or more a month.

Friendship Heights Village against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Friendship Heights Village	Montgomery County	Maryland	United States
Median gross rent	$2,289 (±$133)	$2,068 (±$20)	$1,705 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	1,581 (±213)	131,161 (±2,450)	739,486 (±6,659)	42,849,984

In Friendship Heights Village, median gross rent is higher than in 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, Friendship Heights Village ranks 25 of 53 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 63 of 342.

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

How rent in Friendship Heights Village has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$2,259 (±$113)	$2,289 (±$133)	+1.3%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	68.5% (±4.9 points)	61.4% (±6.3 points)	−7.1 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	4.7% (±3.6 points)	6.5% (±6.8 points)	+1.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Friendship Heights Village

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Friendship Heights Village
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Friendship Heights Village	—	$2,289 (±$133)	—
Somerset	0.4 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Chevy Chase Village	0.7 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Chevy Chase	1.3 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Chevy Chase Section Three	1.4 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Martin's Additions	1.6 mi	$2,303 (±$669)	Not measurably different
Chevy Chase Section Five	1.7 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Chevy Chase (community)	2.2 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Brookmont	2.2 mi	$2,878 (±$1,418)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

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
19	Bethesda	$2,469 (±$92)
20	North Potomac	$2,413 (±$142)
21	Olney	$2,404 (±$267)
22	Burtonsville	$2,358 (±$161)
23	Burnt Mills	$2,315 (±$537)
24	Martin's Additions	$2,303 (±$669)
25	Friendship Heights Village	$2,289 (±$133)
26	Rockville	$2,274 (±$51)
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)

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

Friendship Heights Village 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 Friendship Heights Village

What is the average rent in Friendship Heights Village, MD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Friendship Heights Village is $2,289 (±$133) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Friendship Heights Village?

In Friendship Heights Village, the median gross rent went from $2,259 in 2015–2019 to $2,289 in 2020–2024 (+1.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

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

65.3% of rented homes in Friendship Heights Village have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Friendship Heights Village higher than in Montgomery County?

In Friendship Heights Village, median gross rent is higher than in 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 Friendship Heights Village CDP, Maryland (place:30800, 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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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.