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Maryland Section 8 rent calculator

47,310 Maryland households rented with a tenant-based voucher at the end of 2025; Housing Authority Of Baltimore City ran 17,330. The average household paid $565 a month toward rent and utilities.

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Who runs vouchers in Maryland

Housing Authority Of Baltimore City is the largest voucher agency in Maryland, ahead of Housing Opprty Com of Montgomery County (6,579 households) and 20 smaller agencies.

Housing Authority Of Baltimore City is a Moving to Work agency and can set its own rent rules; check its rent policy against this estimate.

Waits before admission averaged 6 months at Rockville Housing Enterprises and 127 at Wicomico County Housing Authority.

Average family payments ran from $419 at Hagerstown Housing Authority to $705 at Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis.

Households
47,310
Avg. family payment
$565
Avg. yearly income
$22,818
Avg. wait
65 months
2-bed / 3+ bed units
32% / 38%
Vouchers by agency, Dec. 31, 2025 (largest 12 of 22)
AgencyHouseholdsAvg. family paymentAvg. wait
Housing Authority Of Baltimore City MTWMD002 17,330 $537 20 mo
Housing Opprty Com of Montgomery County MD004 6,579 $616 69 mo
Baltimore County, MD MD033 5,699 $549 114 mo
Housing Authority of Prince Georges County MD015 5,212 $640 34 mo
MD Dept. Of Housing and Community Development MD901 2,278 $511 10 mo
Housing Commisson Of Anne Arundel County MD018 1,316 $577 74 mo
Housing Authority of St. Mary's County, MD MD021 1,049 $553 80 mo
Harford County Housing Agency MD025 928 $514 66 mo
Howard County Housing Commission MD023 849 $615 48 mo
Hagerstown Housing Authority MD006 795 $419 20 mo
Frederick Housing Authority MD003 767 $677 58 mo
County Commissioners Charles County MD024 730 $640 33 mo

Source: HUD Picture of Subsidized Households 2025; field notes.

FY2027 rent references for Maryland

HUD’s county workbook contains 24 location rows across 15 FMR areas in Maryland. The two-bedroom references range from $1,014 in Allegany County (Allegany County, MD) to $2,438 in Prince George's County (Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area). These are area references including utilities, not a statewide voucher amount.

Maryland metropolitan HUD areas

HUD areaRowsStudio1 bed2 beds3 beds4 beds
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area4$2,111$2,204$2,438$3,107$3,658
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA7$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Calvert County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,630$1,666$1,890$2,617$2,959
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA1$1,438$1,558$1,860$2,216$2,445
St. Mary's County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,328$1,642$1,787$2,242$2,853
Salisbury, MD HUD Metro FMR Area1$1,095$1,102$1,428$1,870$1,877
Hagerstown, MD HUD Metro FMR Area1$894$982$1,284$1,714$1,923
Somerset County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area1$905$910$1,144$1,498$1,504

The other 7 Maryland rows use 7 nonmetropolitan references, with two-bedroom amounts from $1,014 to $1,421; $1,014 applies to 2 of them.

24 location rows

Monthly HUD FY2027 FMRs, dollars; studio through four bedrooms
Location / HUD areaStudio1 bed2 beds3 beds4 beds
Allegany County Allegany County, MD$862$888$1,014$1,383$1,468
Anne Arundel County Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Baltimore County Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Baltimore city Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Calvert County Calvert County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area$1,630$1,666$1,890$2,617$2,959
Caroline County Caroline County, MD$1,002$1,009$1,320$1,623$2,188
Carroll County Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Cecil County Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA$1,438$1,558$1,860$2,216$2,445
Charles County Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area$2,111$2,204$2,438$3,107$3,658
Dorchester County Dorchester County, MD$868$970$1,159$1,605$1,937
Frederick County Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area$2,111$2,204$2,438$3,107$3,658
Garrett County Garrett County, MD$853$877$1,014$1,339$1,344
Harford County Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Howard County Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Kent County Kent County, MD$956$1,140$1,241$1,603$2,050
Montgomery County Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area$2,111$2,204$2,438$3,107$3,658
Prince George's County Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD HUD Metro FMR Area$2,111$2,204$2,438$3,107$3,658
Queen Anne's County Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA$1,523$1,625$2,006$2,509$2,789
Somerset County Somerset County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area$905$910$1,144$1,498$1,504
St. Mary's County St. Mary's County, MD HUD Metro FMR Area$1,328$1,642$1,787$2,242$2,853
Talbot County Talbot County, MD$1,081$1,260$1,421$1,968$2,375
Washington County Hagerstown, MD HUD Metro FMR Area$894$982$1,284$1,714$1,923
Wicomico County Salisbury, MD HUD Metro FMR Area$1,095$1,102$1,428$1,870$1,877
Worcester County Worcester County, MD$990$995$1,184$1,639$1,979

Source: HUD FY2027 county and town workbook, effective October 1, 2026 (notice); scope and dates. Section 8 fair market rents by ZIP code.

Maryland housing agency directory

The HUD Maryland contact report lists 30 agencies; these 22 run Section 8 or combined programs.

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