ZIP 20746
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 20746 usually run 0.9% below trend in December and 2% above it in May, about $50 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 20746 is 0.6% below its high of $1,752 in January 2025, at $1,741 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 20746 changed +0.6% 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 20746 rose 23.7% while median household income rose 17.3% ($67,643 to $79,330). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 20746 is 18.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($79,330) is $1,983 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,860); a 2-bedroom is $2,070.
ZIP 20032, 5 miles away, rents for 12% less ($1,529/mo), about $2,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 20746. 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 20746 (Suitland-Silver Hill, MD) is majority renter-occupied, 26.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 20746 in Suitland-Silver Hill, MD has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 20746 in Suitland-Silver Hill, MD has shifted from $1,468 to $1,741, up 18.6% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $72,562 to $79,330 between 2021 and 2024, a 9.3% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 20746 in Suitland-Silver Hill, MD losing about 513 residents over the five-year window, down 1.9% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 23.1% to 26.1% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 20746 in Suitland-Silver 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
ZIP code 20746 covers Suitland-Silver Hill, MD. The median rent here is $1,741/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,448/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,612/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($79,330/yr), ZIP 20746 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.6% over the past year.
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At $1,741/mo, rent takes ~26% of ZIP 20746's median household income ($79,330/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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