Rents are 6% below what Oxon Hill's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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 $1,839 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
December. Asking rents in Oxon Hill usually run 1.1% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in July, about $37 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in Oxon Hill is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in June 2018.
Rent in Oxon Hill changed +3.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 81 Maryland cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Oxon Hill rose 26% while median household income rose 5.6% ($88,327 to $93,252). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Oxon Hill is 29.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($93,252) is $2,331 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,006); a 4-bedroom is $2,597.
Temple Hills, 3 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,600/mo), about $2,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Oxon Hill. 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
Oxon Hill, MD is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income above the national average, 30.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Oxon Hill, MD has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Oxon Hill, MD has climbed from $1,494 to $1,839, a 23.1% change over five years. Median household income rose from $88,273 to $93,252 between 2021 and 2024, a 5.6% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has contracted by 4.6% since 2021, moving from about 18,763 residents to roughly 17,893. Taken together, the five-year picture in Oxon Hill, 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 Oxon Hill is $1,839/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,580/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,740/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,608/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,006/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($93,252/yr), Oxon Hill ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.7% over the past year.
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