Rents are right about where Maple Heights'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 $1,574 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 Maple Heights is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in July 2022.
Rent in Maple Heights changed +11.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 93 Ohio cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +4.3%.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 11 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($53,414) is $1,335 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,230); a 2-bedroom is $1,490.
Bedford, 3 miles away, rents for 29% less ($1,119/mo), about $5,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Maple Heights. 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
Maple Heights, OH is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income below the national average, 16% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Maple Heights, OH has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2023, rent in Maple Heights, OH has climbed by $477 per month, settling near $1,574 after starting the period at $1,097. Median household income grew from $44,773 to $53,414 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.3% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 24.2 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 23,511 to 23,258 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.1% change. About 37.3% of households rent today, against 40.6% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 14% to 16%. Taken together, the five-year picture in Maple Heights, OH 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 Maple Heights is $1,574/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,090/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,490/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,230/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,920/mo.
At 35% of local median household income ($53,414/yr), Maple Heights ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 11.6% over the past year.
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