Rents are 9% below what Maryland Heights'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 $1,398 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 Maryland Heights usually run 2% below trend in February and 2.3% above it in August, about $60 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Maryland Heights is 1.1% below its high of $1,413 in April 2025, at $1,398 as of September 2026.
Rent in Maryland Heights changed +3.4% over the year to September 2026. Across the 60 Missouri cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.4%.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($86,436) is $2,161 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($2,020).
Overland, 6 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,217/mo), about $2,200 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Maryland Heights. 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
Maryland Heights, MO is majority owner-occupied, 51.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Maryland Heights, MO has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Maryland Heights, MO paid around $1,055 a month. That figure now sits near $1,398, up 32.5% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $78,982 to $86,436 between 2021 and 2024, a 9.4% 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 Maryland Heights, MO 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 Maryland Heights is $1,398/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,060/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,360/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,100/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,760/mo.
At 19% of local median household income ($86,436/yr), Maryland Heights ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.4% over the past year.
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At $1,398/mo, rent takes ~19% of Maryland Heights's median household income ($86,436/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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