Rents are 4% below what Crofton's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,439 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in Crofton is 1.3% below its high of $2,470 in April 2026, at $2,439 as of September 2026.
Rent in Crofton changed +1.2% over the year to September 2026. Across the 81 Maryland cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.4%.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($150,577) is $3,764 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($3,370); a 4-bedroom is $3,770.
Lanham Seabrook, 9 miles away, rents for 14% less ($2,107/mo), about $4,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Crofton. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Crofton, MD is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 64.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Crofton, MD has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2023, rent in Crofton, MD has increased by $192 per month, settling near $2,439 after starting the period at $2,247. Median household income grew from $129,766 to $150,577 between 2021 and 2024, a 16.0% shift. Income growth outran rent by about 7.5 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. About 17.8% of households rent today, against 20.8% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 59.7% to 64.7%. Taken together, the five-year picture in Crofton, MD reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Crofton is $2,439/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,880/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,620/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,140/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,370/mo.
At 19% of local median household income ($150,577/yr), Crofton ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.2% over the past year.
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