September 2017 Elkridge Rent Report
Welcome to the September 2017 Elkridge Rent Report. Elkridge rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Elkridge rental market, including comparisons to similar cities nationwide.
Elkridge rents declined slightly over the past month
Elkridge rents have declined -0.3%. over the past month, but have remained flat in comparison to the same time last year. Currently, median rents in Elkridge stand at $1,460 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,830 for a two-bedroom. Elkridge's year-over-year rent growth lags the state average of 1.7%, as well as the national average of 3.0%.
Many large cities nationwide show more affordable rents compared to Elkridge
As rents have fallen in Elkridge, many large cities nationwide have seen prices increase, in some cases substantially. Compared to most large cities across the country, Elkridge is less affordable for renters.
- Maryland as a whole has logged 1.7% year-over-year growth, while rent trends across other cities throughout the state have varied.
- Elkridge's median two-bedroom rent of $1,830 is above the national average of $1,160. Nationwide, rents have grown by 3.0% over the past year compared to the stagnant growth in Elkridge.
- While rents in Elkridge fell over the past year, many cities nationwide saw increases, including Columbus (+3.8%), Chicago (+3.8%), and Minneapolis (+2.6%).
- Renters will generally find more expensive prices in Elkridge than most large cities. For example, Detroit has a median 2BR rent of $890, where Elkridge is more than twice that price.
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| City |
Median 1BR price |
Median 2BR price |
M/M price change |
Y/Y price change |
| Baltimore |
$960 |
$1,210 |
-0.2% |
2.6% |
| Columbia |
$1,530 |
$1,920 |
0.1% |
1.5% |
| Glen Burnie |
$1,170 |
$1,460 |
-0.1% |
0.6% |
| Towson |
$1,220 |
$1,530 |
0.1% |
-0.8% |
| Annapolis |
$1,440 |
$1,810 |
0.1% |
-1.4% |
| Odenton |
$1,770 |
$2,220 |
-0.6% |
1.9% |
| Owings Mills |
$1,210 |
$1,510 |
0.2% |
2.9% |
| Elkridge |
$1,460 |
$1,830 |
-0.3% |
-0.0% |
Methodology - Recent Updates:
Data from private listing sites, including our own, tends to skew toward luxury apartments, which introduces sample bias when estimates are calculated directly from these listings. To address these limitations, we’ve recently made major updates to our methodology, which we believe have greatly improved the accuracy and reliability of our estimates.
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Methodology:
Apartment List is committed to making our rent estimates the best and most accurate available. To do this, we start with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, comparing only units that are available across both time periods to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country.
Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. Our methodology also allows us to construct a picture of rent growth over an extended period of time, with estimates that are updated each month.
Read more about our methodology here.
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