Rents are right about where Lochearn's 10-year trend predicts.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,470 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 Lochearn is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in March 2022.
Rent in Lochearn changed +5.2% 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 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($74,707) is $1,868 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,449); a 3-bedroom is $2,043.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Lochearn. 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
Lochearn, MD is majority owner-occupied, 34.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Lochearn, MD has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Lochearn, MD has shifted from $1,225 to $1,470, up 20.0% since 2022. Median household income climbed from $68,205 to $74,707 between 2021 and 2024, a 9.5% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. The renter share has risen from 30.7% to 35.1%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 31.6% to 34.2% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Lochearn, 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 Lochearn is $1,470/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,168/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,449/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,357/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,043/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($74,707/yr), Lochearn ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.2% over the past year.
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