Rents are right about where Edgewood's 10-year trend predicts.
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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 $1,750 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
September. Asking rents in Edgewood usually run 0.9% below trend in September and 0.8% above it in May, about $30 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Edgewood is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in September 2021.
Rent in Edgewood changed +5.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 81 Maryland cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.4%.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($80,772) is $2,019 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,810); a 3-bedroom is $2,330.
Carney, 13 miles away, rents for 14% less ($1,497/mo), about $3,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Edgewood. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. 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
Edgewood, MD is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 22.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Edgewood, MD has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Edgewood, MD has shifted from $1,462 to $1,750, up 19.7% since 2022. Median household income climbed from $71,755 to $80,772 between 2021 and 2024, a 12.6% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Edgewood, 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 Edgewood is $1,750/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,300/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,810/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,480/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,330/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($80,772/yr), Edgewood ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.8% over the past year.
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