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Home values, rents and more in Cecil County, MD

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

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Typical home value
$383,000
Metro: $386,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+1.4%
Metro: +2.5% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,852/mo
Metro: $1,903 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
−0.1%
Metro: +3.4% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
107,131
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$92,007
Metro: $91,289 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Cecil County, MD, shaded by typical home valueCecilHarfordChesterNew CastleKentKent
  • Under $310k
  • $310k–$360k
  • $360k–$380k
  • $380k–$410k
  • $410k+
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Counties around Cecil County, MD, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Cecil County, MD is outlined.

How Cecil County, MD compares

The typical home in Cecil County, MD is worth about $383,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cecil County, MD are about the same as the typical value in the Philadelphia metro area ($386,000) and 5% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Cecil County, MD rose 1.4%, compared with +2.5% in the Philadelphia metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,852 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Philadelphia metro area ($1,903) and 4% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents fell 0.1% over the past year.

The median household income is $92,007, against $91,289 in the Philadelphia metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 107,131 people live in Cecil County, MD (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Cecil County, MD has the 5th-highest typical home value of the 11 counties in the Philadelphia metro area and the 10th-lowest of 24 in Maryland with Zillow figures.

Part of: Philadelphia 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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