Who owns and who rents in Rockville?

The share of households that own versus rent in Rockville, MD, how that split has changed since 2015 and how it compares with the county, state and nation.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Rockville's housing is split like this.

Homeowner households: 53% — U.S.: 65%

Occupied households

• Own: 14239
• Rent: 12599

Homeownership rate

• Rockville: 53.1
• Montgomery County: 65.3
• MD: 67.5
• U.S.: 65

What it means

53% of households here own their home — 12 percentage points lower than the national rate of 65%.

Since 2015, the homeowner share has fallen by about 5.9 percentage points.