What is the median rent in Severna Park, MD?

Name: Median rent in Severna Park, MD, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Severna Park, MD is $1,699 (±$270) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,161 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Severna Park, the median gross rent went from $1,744 in 2015–2019 to $1,699 in 2020–2024 (−2.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,699 (±$270)
Rented homes: 1,161 (±251)
$2,000 or more: 37.3%
Since 2015–2019: −2.6%

How much rent costs in Severna Park

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Severna Park	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	United States
Less than $500	0.6% (±1.0 points)	2.5%	5.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	8.3% (±4.9 points)	4.3%	9.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	32.7% (±13.4 points)	13.1%	22.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	21.1% (±11.2 points)	25.9%	30.1%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	12.1% (±7.8 points)	29.0%	18.3%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	10.7% (±5.6 points)	15.6%	7.7%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	14.5% (±8.3 points)	9.5%	6.2%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 32.7% of renting households.

37.3% of rented homes in Severna Park cost $2,000 or more a month.

Severna Park against Anne Arundel County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Severna Park	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	United States
Median gross rent	$1,699 (±$270)	$2,071 (±$29)	$1,705 (±$8)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	1,161 (±251)	54,019 (±1,699)	739,486 (±6,659)	42,849,984

In Severna Park, median gross rent is lower than in Anne Arundel County ($2,071).

It is not measurably different from Maryland ($1,705).

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

In Anne Arundel County, Severna Park ranks 26 of 28 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 184 of 342.

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

How rent in Severna Park 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	$1,744 (±$225)	$1,699 (±$270)	−2.6%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	8.6% (±1.9 points)	9.3% (±2.2 points)	+0.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	2.3% (±3.7 points)	13.5% (±7.6 points)	+11.2 percentage points	Measurable increase

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 Severna Park

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Severna Park
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Severna Park	—	$1,699 (±$270)	—
Arden on the Severn	2.1 mi	$2,139 (±$852)	Not measurably different
Herald Harbor	2.5 mi	$2,481 (±$421)	Higher
Lake Shore	4.1 mi	$1,806 (±$141)	Not measurably different
Arnold	4.4 mi	$2,158 (±$118)	Higher
Gambrills	4.6 mi	$2,076 (±$312)	Not measurably different
Pasadena	4.8 mi	$2,393 (±$112)	Higher
Glen Burnie	5.3 mi	$1,648 (±$35)	Not measurably different
Riviera Beach	5.7 mi	$1,972 (±$370)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Herald Harbor, MD ($2,481), Arnold, MD ($2,158), Pasadena, MD ($2,393).

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

Median gross rent across Anne Arundel County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
20	Cape St. Claire	$2,031 (±$309)
21	Ferndale	$2,022 (±$142)
22	Riviera Beach	$1,972 (±$370)
23	Riva	$1,875 (±$949)
24	Annapolis	$1,860 (±$109)
25	Lake Shore	$1,806 (±$141)
26	Severna Park	$1,699 (±$270)
27	Glen Burnie	$1,648 (±$35)
28	Brooklyn Park	$1,379 (±$220)

Showing 9 of 28 places in Anne Arundel County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Severna Park 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 Severna Park

What is the average rent in Severna Park, MD?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Severna Park is $1,699 (±$270) 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 Severna Park?

In Severna Park, the median gross rent went from $1,744 in 2015–2019 to $1,699 in 2020–2024 (−2.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

How many rentals in Severna Park cost more than $2,000 a month?

37.3% of rented homes in Severna Park have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.6% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Severna Park higher than in Anne Arundel County?

In Severna Park, median gross rent is lower than in Anne Arundel County ($2,071).

It is not measurably different from 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 Severna Park CDP, Maryland (place:71200, 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.