Columbia, MD
104,338Residents
$131,490Median household income
$2,042/moMedian gross rent
$497,400Median home value
39.4Median age
64%Adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher
65%Homes lived in by their owners
3.8×Home value to household income
Median rent takes about 19% of the median household income in Columbia.
What pay do you need to rent here?
To keep rent at or below 30% of gross pay, you would need about $82,000 a year. In Maryland that leaves roughly $5,133 a month after tax. See the full paycheck breakdown for $80,000.
Largest places in Maryland
- Baltimore
- Germantown
- Frederick
- Waldorf
- Silver Spring
- Ellicott City
- Glen Burnie
- Gaithersburg
- Bethesda
- Rockville
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Source: Census ACS 2024 ACS 5-year, places. Small places carry larger margins of error.