Rents are right about where Rossville'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 $1,778 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
February. Asking rents in Rossville usually run 0.7% below trend in February and 0.4% above it in October, about $20 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Rossville is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in March 2021.
Rent in Rossville changed +4.6% 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 ($90,000) is $2,250 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,780); a 3-bedroom is $2,290.
Carney, 5 miles away, rents for 16% less ($1,497/mo), about $3,400 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Rossville. 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
Rossville, MD is roughly split between renters and owners, has a median income above the national average, 30.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Rossville, MD has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Rossville, MD has increased by $358 per month, settling near $1,778 after starting the period at $1,420. Household income in the area moved from $79,118 to $90,000 across the same window, up 13.8% versus 2021. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 11.4 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 15,633 to 16,059 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.7% change. About 48.9% of households rent today, against 46.2% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher slipped from 33.5% to 30.4%. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Rossville, MD look reasonable against where the market sat half a decade ago.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Rossville is $1,778/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,270/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,780/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,450/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,290/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($90,000/yr), Rossville ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.6% over the past year.
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