What is the median rent in Rockville, MD?

Name: Median rent in Rockville, MD, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Rockville, MD is $2,274 (±$51) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 12,454 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Rockville, the median gross rent went from $1,921 in 2015–2019 to $2,274 in 2020–2024 (+18.4%).

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: $2,274 (±$51)
Rented homes: 12,454 (±728)
$2,000 or more: 65.9%
Since 2015–2019: +18.4%

How much rent costs in Rockville

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Rockville	Montgomery County	Maryland	United States
Less than $500	3.5% (±1.8 points)	3.0%	5.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	3.4% (±1.2 points)	3.1%	9.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	4.0% (±1.5 points)	9.3%	22.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	23.2% (±3.2 points)	31.1%	30.1%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	28.9% (±3.3 points)	26.3%	18.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	20.2% (±2.6 points)	12.7%	7.7%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	16.8% (±2.4 points)	14.6%	6.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 28.9% of renting households.

65.9% of rented homes in Rockville cost $2,000 or more a month.

Rockville against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Rockville	Montgomery County	Maryland	United States
Median gross rent	$2,274 (±$51)	$2,068 (±$20)	$1,705 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	12,454 (±728)	131,161 (±2,450)	739,486 (±6,659)	42,849,984

In Rockville, 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, Rockville ranks 26 of 53 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 66 of 342.

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

How rent in Rockville 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	$1,921 (±$41)	$2,274 (±$51)	+18.4%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	44.6% (±1.8 points)	47.4% (±2.2 points)	+2.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	4.3% (±1.9 points)	3.2% (±1.3 points)	−1.1 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 Rockville

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Rockville
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Rockville	—	$2,274 (±$51)	—
Derwood	2.1 mi	$1,676 (±$1,076)	Not measurably different
Redland	3.4 mi	$2,221 (±$153)	Not measurably different
North Bethesda	3.8 mi	$2,191 (±$69)	Not measurably different
Aspen Hill	4.0 mi	$1,916 (±$94)	Lower
North Potomac	4.5 mi	$2,413 (±$142)	Not measurably different
Garrett Park	4.7 mi	$3,250 (±$1,792)	Not measurably different
Leisure World	4.9 mi	$2,054 (±$248)	Not measurably different
Gaithersburg	5.0 mi	$2,058 (±$66)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Aspen Hill, MD ($1,916), Gaithersburg, MD ($2,058).

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
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)
32	Wheaton	$2,163 (±$123)

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

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 Rockville

What is the average rent in Rockville, MD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Rockville is $2,274 (±$51) 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 Rockville?

In Rockville, the median gross rent went from $1,921 in 2015–2019 to $2,274 in 2020–2024 (+18.4%).

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 Rockville cost more than $2,000 a month?

65.9% of rented homes in Rockville have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 3.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Rockville higher than in Montgomery County?

In Rockville, 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 Rockville city, Maryland (place:67675, 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.