Where rents are rising fastest in the Baltimore area
Rents, 1-year change, September 2026 · Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow) · updated 2026-11-15
Rents rose over the past year in 54 of the 61 ZIP codes in the Baltimore area with figures; the median change was +2.9%.
The largest rise was 9.2% in ZIP code 21213 (Belair-Edison, Baltimore, MD), and the tenth-largest was 5.5% in ZIP code 21075 (Elkridge, MD).
Rents rose 2.8% across the Baltimore area and rose 2.9% nationally over the same 12 months.
Where rents are rising fastest in the Baltimore area: the first 30 of 54
| Rank | ZIP code | Rents, 1-year change | Typical rent (monthly) | Home values, 1-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21213Belair-Edison, Baltimore, MD | +9.2% | $1,740 | −6.0% |
| 2 | 21205Armistead Gardens, Baltimore, MD | +8.0% | $1,857 | −5.4% |
| 3 | 21231Fells Point, Baltimore, MD | +6.9% | $2,323 | −4.1% |
| 4 | 21403Annapolis, MD | +6.9% | $2,144 | +2.4% |
| 5 | 21239Loch Raven, Baltimore, MD | +6.5% | $1,477 | −0.7% |
| 6 | 21216Hanlon-Longwood, Baltimore, MD | +6.4% | $1,547 | −4.5% |
| 7 | 21286Towson, MD | +6.0% | $1,777 | +1.5% |
| 8 | 21014Bel Air, MD | +5.7% | $2,049 | +1.0% |
| 9 | 21040Edgewood, MD | +5.7% | $1,750 | −0.3% |
| 10 | 21075Elkridge, MD | +5.5% | $2,379 | −0.8% |
| 11 | 21122Pasadena, MD | +5.4% | $2,538 | +0.2% |
| 12 | 21045Columbia, MD | +5.1% | $2,252 | +0.5% |
| 13 | 21206Frankford, Baltimore, MD | +5.1% | $1,607 | −1.3% |
| 14 | 21113Odenton, MD | +5.0% | $2,481 | −0.3% |
| 15 | 21202Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD | +4.9% | $1,711 | −1.9% |
| 16 | 21224Canton Industrial Area, Baltimore, MD | +4.5% | $2,162 | −2.9% |
| 17 | 21044Columbia, MD | +4.4% | $2,332 | +0.7% |
| 18 | 21211Hampden, Baltimore, MD | +4.4% | $2,159 | −1.8% |
| 19 | 21043Ellicott City, MD | +4.2% | $2,481 | +0.2% |
| 20 | 21209Mount Washington, Baltimore, MD | +4.1% | $1,754 | +1.0% |
| 21 | 21212Homeland, Baltimore, MD | +4.1% | $1,686 | +0.8% |
| 22 | 21225Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, MD | +4.1% | $1,416 | −1.3% |
| 23 | 21060Glen Burnie, MD | +4.0% | $1,768 | +0.2% |
| 24 | 20724Laurel, MD | +3.8% | $2,453 | −0.6% |
| 25 | 21001Aberdeen, MD | +3.8% | $1,921 | +0.1% |
| 26 | 21217Sandtown-Winchester, Baltimore, MD | +3.7% | $1,529 | −8.4% |
| 27 | 21207Howard Park, Lochearn, MD | +3.5% | $1,439 | +0.7% |
| 28 | 21234North Harford Road, Parkville, MD | +3.2% | $1,621 | −0.7% |
| 29 | 21208Cross Country, Pikesville, MD | +3.0% | $2,157 | +0.8% |
| 30 | 21136Reisterstown, MD | +2.9% | $1,469 | +0.7% |
- Under +0.5%
- +0.5% to +2.5%
- +2.5% to +4.0%
- +4.0% to +5.0%
- +5.0% or more
- Not ranked
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- Baltimore metro area: all figures
Where rents are rising fastest in other metro areas
- New York, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TX
- Houston, TX
- Atlanta, GA
- Washington, DC
- Miami, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Boston, MA
- Riverside, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- Detroit, MI
- Seattle, WA
- Minneapolis, MN
- Tampa, FL
- San Diego, CA
- Denver, CO
- Orlando, FL
- Charlotte, NC
- St. Louis, MO
- San Antonio, TX
- Austin, TX
- Portland, OR
- Sacramento, CA
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Las Vegas, NV
- Cincinnati, OH
- Kansas City, MO
- Columbus, OH
- Indianapolis, IN
- Nashville, TN
- Cleveland, OH
- San Jose, CA
- Virginia Beach, VA
- Jacksonville, FL
- Providence, RI
- Raleigh, NC
- Milwaukee, WI
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Louisville, KY
- Richmond, VA
- Memphis, TN
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Fresno, CA
- Birmingham, AL
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Buffalo, NY
Source and method
Rents, 1-year change: Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (61 of them in the Baltimore area). This page lists only the 54 where the figure rose. The metro area is the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.