ZIP 20745
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 20745 usually run 1.1% below trend in December and 1.1% above it in July, about $41 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 20745 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in June 2018.
Rent in ZIP 20745 changed +4.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 124 Maryland ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +2.6%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 20745 rose 25.5% while median household income rose 14.3% ($65,845 to $75,236). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 20745 is 30.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($75,236) is $1,881 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,760); a 3-bedroom is $2,220.
ZIP 20032, 2 miles away, rents for 18% less ($1,529/mo), about $4,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 20745. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 20745 (Forest Heights, MD) is majority renter-occupied, 27.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 20745 in Forest Heights, MD has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in ZIP 20745 in Forest Heights, MD has increased from $1,513 to $1,866, a 23.3% change over five years. Median household income rose from $73,228 to $75,236 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.7% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has contracted by 3.8% since 2021, moving from about 29,736 residents to roughly 28,605. Renters now make up 55.3% of households, compared with 58.3% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 27.9% of adults here, versus 22% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 20745 in Forest Heights, 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
ZIP code 20745 covers Forest Heights, MD. The median rent here is $1,866/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,580/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,760/mo.
At 30% of local median household income ($75,236/yr), ZIP 20745 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.1% over the past year.
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