Housing data for Glen Echo, MD
Glen Echo, MD has an estimated 276 residents and 105 homes (US Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey).
It is a town in Montgomery County.
1.0% of households rent.
Figures last updated on .
- Residents
- 276 (±95)
- Housing units
- 105 (±35)
- Households that rent
- 1.0%
- Residents since 2015–2019
- −10.7%
What stands out in Glen Echo
Households that rent: 1.0% (±2.9 points) in Glen Echo, lower than in Montgomery County (34.7%).
Median home value: $1,163,500 (±$121,791) in Glen Echo, higher than in Montgomery County ($640,300).
Median household income: $213,750 (±$68,804) in Glen Echo, higher than in Montgomery County ($132,450).
Working from home: 49.2% (±12.4 points) in Glen Echo, higher than in Montgomery County (28.3%).
Housing in Glen Echo at a glance
- Rent burden: 100.0% of renters pay 30% or more of income (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Renters and owners: 1.0% of households rent (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Income and affordability: $213,750 median household income (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Home values: $1,163,500 median home value (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Homeowner costs: $4,000 or more median monthly cost with a mortgage (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Property taxes: $10,000 or more median real estate taxes a year (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Types of homes: 0.0% of homes are in buildings of 5 or more units (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Bedrooms: 93.3% of homes have 3 or more bedrooms (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Age of homes: 81.0% of homes were built before 1980 (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Vacancy rate: 0.0% rental vacancy rate (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Heating fuel: 52.5% heat with utility gas (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Commute and cars: 28.1 minutes average trip to work (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Growth: −10.7% residents since 2015–2019 (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- How long people stay: 14.2% moved in since 2020 (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Crowding and facilities: 0.0% of homes have more than 1 person per room (Small sample: wide margin of error)
- Fair Market Rent: $3,330 Small Area FMR, 2 bedrooms (ZIP 20812)
Glen Echo against Montgomery County, its state and the nation
| Glen Echo | Montgomery County | Maryland | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 276 (±95) | 1,065,949 (exact) | 6,206,011 (exact) | 334,922,499 |
| Housing units | 105 (±35) | 406,531 (±227) | 2,560,784 (±424) | 143,775,355 |
| Households that rent | 1.0% (±2.9 points) | 34.7% (±0.6 points) | 32.4% (±0.3 points) | 34.8% |
| Median gross rent | — | $2,068 (±$20) | $1,705 (±$8) | $1,413 |
| Median household income | $213,750 (±$68,804) | $132,450 (±$2,073) | $103,678 (±$597) | $80,734 |
| Median home value | $1,163,500 (±$121,791) | $640,300 (±$5,098) | $419,900 (±$1,385) | $332,700 |
| Median real estate taxes (a year) | $10,000 or more | $5,539 (±$62) | $4,093 (±$21) | $3,119 |
| Built before 1980 | 81.0% (±23.1 points) | 49.3% (±0.7 points) | 51.2% (±0.4 points) | 49.7% |
| Average commute | 28.1 minutes (±9.6) | 31.9 minutes (±0.4) | 31.1 minutes (±0.1) | 26.4 minutes |
| Households with broadband | 99.0% (±4.1 points) | 95.7% (±0.3 points) | 92.4% (±0.2 points) | 91.0% |
| Median age of residents | 47.5 years (±7.4) | 40.2 years (±0.2) | 39.4 years (±0.1) | 38.9 years |
Glen Echo covers 0.1 square miles of land, about 2,680 residents per square mile (Census Bureau Gazetteer).
How Glen Echo has changed since 2015–2019
| 2015–2019 | 2020–2024 | Amount of change | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents | 309 (±71) | 276 (±95) | −10.7% | Not a measurable change |
| Housing units | 110 (±24) | 105 (±35) | −4.5% | Not a measurable change |
| Median home value | $920,100 (±$66,082) | $1,163,500 (±$121,791) | +26.5% | No measurable change after inflation |
| Median household income | $211,875 (±$64,016) | $213,750 (±$68,804) | +0.9% | No measurable change after inflation |
| Households that rent | 9.9% (±9.0 points) | 1.0% (±2.9 points) | −8.9 percentage points | Not a measurable change |
| Rental vacancy rate | 0.0% (±93.8 points) | 0.0% (±100.0 points) | 0.0 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.
Crime reported to police in Montgomery County
Glen Echo has no police department of its own in the FBI’s figures, so this is the figure for Montgomery County as a whole.
In 2025, the police departments that report for Montgomery County recorded 169 violent and 1,549 property crimes per 100,000 residents.
A county-wide figure describes the whole county, not this place; crime varies from one community to the next.
ZIP codes in Glen Echo
| ZIP code | Share of the ZIP’s land in this place | Residents | Median gross rent | Median home value | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20812 | 56% | 276 | — | $1,163,500 | $213,750 |
A ZIP code is a mail route rather than a boundary, so the Census Bureau publishes figures for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas built from census blocks; the share column says how much of each one’s land lies in this place.
Places near Glen Echo
| Place | Distance | Median gross rent | Median home value | Households that rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookmont | 1.2 mi | $2,878 | $1,361,100 | 20.3% |
| Cabin John | 1.3 mi | $3,500 or more | $1,312,900 | 4.9% |
| Bethesda | 1.8 mi | $2,469 | $1,169,900 | 36.0% |
| Somerset | 2.4 mi | $3,500 or more | $1,775,000 | 12.2% |
| Friendship Heights Village | 2.8 mi | $2,289 | $484,300 | 61.4% |
| Chevy Chase | 3.3 mi | $3,500 or more | $1,670,600 | 6.3% |
| McLean | 3.3 mi | $3,422 | $1,412,700 | 13.9% |
| Chevy Chase Village | 3.3 mi | $3,500 or more | $2,000,000 or more | 3.7% |
HUD Fair Market Rent for Glen Echo, fiscal year 2027
| Studio | 1 bedroom | 2 bedrooms | 3 bedrooms | 4 bedrooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,111 | $2,204 | $2,438 | $3,107 | $3,658 |
HUD also publishes a Small Area Fair Market Rent for each ZIP code in the area; the Fair Market Rent page for this place lists its ZIP codes.
HUD income limits for Glen Echo, fiscal year 2026
| Household size | Extremely low (30%) | Very low (50%) | Low (80%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $34,900 | $58,150 | $74,800 |
| 2 people | $39,900 | $66,450 | $85,450 |
| 3 people | $44,900 | $74,750 | $96,150 |
| 4 people | $49,850 | $83,050 | $106,800 |
| 5 people | $53,850 | $89,700 | $115,350 |
| 6 people | $57,850 | $96,350 | $123,900 |
| 7 people | $61,850 | $103,000 | $132,450 |
| 8 people | $65,850 | $109,650 | $141,000 |
These are the limits HUD sets for its housing programs in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area, where HUD’s median family income for fiscal year 2026 is $166,100.
A program can use its own limits; tax-credit and local programs often do.
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 Glen Echo
What is the Section 8 payment standard in Glen Echo?
Housing authorities set payment standards between 90% and 110% of HUD’s Fair Market Rent; for fiscal year 2027, the two-bedroom Fair Market Rent for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area is $2,438, and the Small Area figure for 20812 is $3,330.
Is Glen Echo growing?
In Glen Echo, the number of residents went from 309 in 2015–2019 to 276 in 2020–2024 (−10.7%), not a measurable change.
What ZIP codes are in Glen Echo?
The ZIP code that covers Glen Echo is 20812.
Sources
- Demographic and Housing Estimates (DP05), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Glen Echo town, Maryland
- Selected Housing Characteristics (DP04), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Glen Echo town, Maryland
- Selected Economic Characteristics (DP03), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Glen Echo town, Maryland
- Median Real Estate Taxes Paid by Mortgage Status (B25103), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Glen Echo town, Maryland
- Selected Social Characteristics (DP02), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Glen Echo town, Maryland
- Total Population (B01003), 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates — Glen Echo town, Maryland
- Median Gross Rent (B25064), 2015–2019 ACS 5-year estimates — Glen Echo town, Maryland
- HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal year 2027: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
- HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents, fiscal year 2027
- HUD Income Limits, fiscal year 2026: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area
- US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas
- Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), US city average, all items, US Bureau of Labor Statistics: annual averages 2019 and 2024
- US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files
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 Glen Echo town, Maryland (place:32900, in state:24).
Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).
The 2015–2019 figures are B01003_001E, B01003_001M, B25064_001E, B25064_001M from the 2019 release.
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DP05_0001E, DP05_0001M, DP04_0001E, DP04_0001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP03_0062E, DP03_0062M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M
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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.
Figures last updated on .