# Cities in Maryland by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 23 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/maryland-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Elkton, MD | 69.4 |
| 2 | College Park, MD | 65.7 |
| 3 | Cambridge, MD | 63.2 |
| 4 | Bel Air, MD | 61 |
| 5 | Hyattsville, MD | 57.4 |
| 6 | Westminster, MD | 56.7 |
| 7 | Aberdeen, MD | 55.1 |
| 8 | Salisbury, MD | 54.4 |
| 9 | New Carrollton, MD | 53.8 |
| 10 | Takoma Park, MD | 53.7 |
| 11 | Greenbelt, MD | 53.7 |
| 12 | Baltimore, MD | 53.7 |
| 13 | Frederick, MD | 52.5 |
| 14 | Cumberland, MD | 52.1 |
| 15 | Rockville, MD | 51.6 |
| 16 | Hagerstown, MD | 51.6 |
| 17 | Easton, MD | 50.7 |
| 18 | Havre de Grace, MD | 49.7 |
| 19 | Bowie, MD | 48.9 |
| 20 | Annapolis, MD | 48.9 |
| 21 | Gaithersburg, MD | 48.5 |
| 22 | Laurel, MD | 45 |
| 23 | La Plata, MD | 33.2 |