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Home values, rents and more in Potomac, MD

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$1,349,000
Metro: $570,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.8%
Metro: +0.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$4,426/mo
Metro: $2,407 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+3.7%
Metro: +1.6% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
45,902
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$236,675
Metro: $126,684 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Potomac, MD, shaded by typical home valuePotomac2085420817221022085020852208162085120818
  • Under $660k
  • $660k–$810k
  • $810k–$1.2M
  • $1.2M–$1.3M
  • $1.3M+
  • No data
ZIP codes around Potomac, MD, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Potomac is outlined.

How Potomac compares

The typical home in Potomac, MD is worth about $1,349,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Potomac are 2.4 times the typical value in the Washington metro area ($570,000) and 3.7 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Potomac rose 0.8%, compared with +0.2% in the Washington metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $4,426 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 1.8 times the Washington metro area ($2,407) and 2.3 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.7% over the past year.

The median household income is $236,675, against $126,684 in the Washington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 45,902 people live in Potomac (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Potomac has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 157 cities in the Washington metro area and the 2nd-highest of 278 in Maryland with Zillow figures.

Part of: Montgomery County, MD · Washington metro area · Maryland

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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