ZIP 20910
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 20910 usually run 1.3% below trend in December and 1.3% above it in July, about $51 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 20910 is 2.6% below its high of $2,010 in April 2025, at $1,957 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 20910 changed -1.8% 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 20910 rose 13.4% while median household income rose 24.4% ($90,122 to $112,134). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 20910 is 10.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($112,134) is $2,803 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,580); a 3-bedroom is $3,260.
3rd cheapest of 6 ZIP codes in Silver Spring.
ZIP 20912, 2 miles away, rents for 18% less ($1,601/mo), about $4,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 20910. 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 20910 (Silver Spring, MD) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 73.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 20910 in Silver Spring, MD has changed in 5 years
The median rent in ZIP 20910 in Silver Spring, MD stood at $1,685 in 2021 and currently runs about $1,957, reflecting a 16.1% increase over the period. Median household income rose from $101,124 to $112,134 between 2021 and 2024, a 10.9% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has grown by 2.5% since 2021, moving from about 44,812 residents to roughly 45,943. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 20910 in Silver Spring, 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 20910 covers Silver Spring, MD. The median rent here is $1,957/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,622/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,812/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($112,134/yr), ZIP 20910 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.8% over the past year.
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At $1,957/mo, rent takes ~21% of ZIP 20910's median household income ($112,134/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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