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City · 14,519 residents · Montgomery County, Maryland

Colesville , Maryland

In Colesville, a typical home is worth $616,800 and typical rent is $1,893 a month. Compared with all of Montgomery County, typical rent is 8% lower and the share of households that own their home is 18 points higher.

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  • Typical home value

    $616,800

    4% below the county

    47% above Maryland

    • Colesville
    • Montgomery
    • Maryland

  • Typical rent

    $1,893a month

    8% below the county

    11% above Maryland

    • Colesville
    • Montgomery
    • Maryland

  • Typical household income

    $130,682a year

    About the same as the county

    26% above Maryland

    • Colesville
    • Montgomery
    • Maryland

  • Households that own their home

    83%

    18 points above the county

    15 points above Maryland

    • Colesville
    • Montgomery
    • Maryland

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Average 2020–2024

Colesville is in Montgomery County. The FHA loan limit ($1,249,125 for a one-unit home), the fair market rents and the help on this page are those of all of Montgomery County. See the county

Data updated: October 1, 2026 11 official sources

Only here

What sets Colesville apart

What this place has that others do not, from public data, most unusual first.

  1. Colesville has the largest share of rent-burdened renters of the 170 cities in Maryland with more than 5,000 people: 83%.

  2. 83% of households in Colesville own their home, against 65% in Montgomery County.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Average 2020–2024).

The homes here

Housing in Colesville

What homes there are in Colesville, what they cost, how that changed and how people live, from Census figures (2020–2024).

What homes there are

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

Kind of home

Detached houses, standing on their own, make up 79% of homes here, against 47% in Montgomery County.

Year built

In Colesville, half of the homes were built before 1968; in Montgomery County, before 1980.

Homes in Colesville are bigger: 85% have 3 bedrooms or more; in Montgomery County, 63%.

All homes, occupied or empty. A figure the Census cannot measure precisely enough here is not shown.

Census tables: B25024, B25034, B25035, B25041

What it costs here

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

Value of owner-occupied homes
Monthly rent with utilities

With a mortgage

$2,891 a month

Montgomery County: $2,929 a month

Without a mortgage

$884 a month

Montgomery County: $986 a month

Owners with a mortgage

65%

Montgomery County: 70%

The typical cost for an owner with a mortgage in Colesville is $2,891 a month, near the figure in Montgomery County ($2,929).

Value: what owners think their home is worth. Rent: rent plus utilities, for homes of every size. The FHA limit is the most an FHA loan (Federal Housing Administration) lends for a one-unit home; the fair market rent (FMR) is the one HUD uses for housing vouchers.

Census tables: B25075, B25063, B25088, B25081

How it changed

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2015–2019 and 2020–2024

Change since 2015–2019

Much as in Montgomery County, the typical home value in Colesville rose 33% since 2015–2019.

Since 2015–2019, the typical rent in Colesville did not change clearly, according to the Census.

Change between two 5-year periods that do not overlap, in each period's dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

Census tables: B25077, B25064, B19013

How people live

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

MeasureColesvilleMontgomery CountyMarylandUnited States
Rental vacancy Unreliable estimate3.7%4.7%5.5%
Homeowner vacancy Unreliable estimate0.7%0.8%0.9%
More than one person per room Unreliable estimate3.3%2.5%3.4%
People per household 3.022.722.572.53
Drive alone 56%53%65%69%
Carpool Unreliable estimate8%8%9%
Public transit 5%8%4%3%
Walk or bike Unreliable estimate2%2%3%
Work from home 33%28%19%15%
Other means Unreliable estimate2%2%2%
Typical commute Unreliable estimate30 to 39 minutes20 to 29 minutes20 to 29 minutes

More people live in each home here: 3.02 on average, against 2.72 in Montgomery County.

Many people here do not commute at all: 33% work from home; in Montgomery County, 28%.

Vacancy: empty homes offered for rent or for sale. Rooms: every room in the home, not only bedrooms. Commute: the minute range of the typical worker.

Census tables: B25004, B25003, B25014, B25010, B08301, B08303

Do the math

What would you pay each month for a home in Colesville?

A typical home costs more than the typical income allows

We start with a typical home in Colesville, worth $616,800, an FHA loan with 3.5% down and the latest average rate (7.18%). That payment would take 46% of the typical household income in Colesville, which is $130,682 a year. For that payment to be 28% of income, a household would need to earn about $215,940 a year.

The calculator's FHA and conventional loan limits are those of all of Montgomery County.

Your numbers

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Starts at the typical home value in Colesville. Change it to the price you have in mind.

Loan type
Your credit score

Your score changes which loans apply and FHA's minimum down payment. Your real rate also depends on your credit.

Down payment
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That is $21,588 (3.5% of the price). The usual minimum for this loan is 3.5%.

This week's average ± a quarter or half point.

Term

National average as of November 5, 2026 (Freddie Mac); your rate may be different.

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Estimated monthly payment

Local data

$5,039

at 7.18% · 30 years

Loan amount
$605,628
Total interest
$871,357
Paid off in
November 2056

Includes $10,416 FHA upfront mortgage insurance premium.

Does it fit the income?

  • Comfortable

    up to $3,049 a month

  • Tight

    $3,049 to $3,920 a month

  • Hard

    more than $3,920 a month

    Your payment · 46%

Compared with the typical household income in Colesville ($130,682 a year). Reference: HUD calls paying more than 30% of income for housing a cost burden.

Show the result as
per month$5,039
Principal & interest$4,103
Property tax$406
Home insurance$257
FHA mortgage insurance (MIP)$273

You need at least $21,588 for the down payment, plus closing costs.

Next step

This is an estimate to give you an idea, not a loan offer. Your real payment depends on your rate, your credit, and the insurance and taxes on the home you buy.

The city and its county

Colesville and Montgomery County

Colesville is in Montgomery County, Maryland. The U.S. Census Bureau publishes its own numbers for the city: home values, rent, household income, how many households own their home and the property tax. They are American Community Survey estimates (average 2020–2024).

Colesville's own numbers

Typical home value
$616,800
Typical monthly rent
$1,893
Typical yearly household income
$130,682
Households that own their home
83%
Effective property tax rate
0.79%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (average 2020–2024).

Numbers for all of Montgomery County

FHA limit, one-unit home
$1,249,125
Conventional limit, one unit
$1,249,125
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
$2,438
Price change over 5 years (FHFA)
+35%
Homes in a high flood-risk zone
0.1%

HUD, FHFA and FEMA don't publish these numbers by city.

Other numbers are not published by city, only for the whole county: FHA and conventional loan limits, HUD’s fair market rents, FHFA’s price index and FEMA’s flood data. On this page, those numbers always say they are for all of Montgomery County.

Everything about Montgomery County

Buying

Buying a home in Colesville

A typical home in Colesville is worth $616,800: 4% below the county and 47% above Maryland. With the typical household income in Colesville ($130,682 a year), a typical home costs 4.7 times what the household earns in a year.

Years of income to pay for a typical home

The typical home value divided by the typical household income for one year. The lower it is, the less buying weighs.

  • Colesville 4.7 years
  • Montgomery 4.8 years
  • Maryland 4.1 years
  • United States 4.1 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Average 2020–2024

How prices have changed in Montgomery County

According to FHFA’s house price index, home prices in Montgomery County rose 50% in the 10 years through 2025.

FHFA does not publish this index by city: these are the numbers for all of Montgomery County.

Period County Maryland U.S.
Last year (2025) +1.3% +2.7% +2.9%
5 years (2020–2025) +35% +40% +47%
10 years (2015–2025) +50% +60% +85%

The index follows the price of the same homes over time (sales and appraisals with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans). It is not the average price of a home. FHFA considers its annual county indexes experimental. Source: FHFA, 2025 data

Colesville next to Montgomery County, Maryland and the U.S.

Three numbers side by side. “Typical” means the median: half are above it and half below.

Typical home value
  • Colesville $616,800
  • Montgomery $640,300
  • Maryland $419,900
  • United States $332,700
Typical monthly rent
  • Colesville $1,893
  • Montgomery $2,068
  • Maryland $1,705
  • United States $1,413
Typical yearly household income
  • Colesville $130,682
  • Montgomery $132,450
  • Maryland $103,678
  • United States $80,734
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Colesville next to Montgomery County and Maryland
Measure Colesville Montgomery County Maryland U.S.
Typical home value $616,800 $640,300 $419,900 $332,700
Typical monthly rent $1,893 $2,068 $1,705 $1,413
Typical yearly household income $130,682 $132,450 $103,678 $80,734
Households that own their home 83% 65% 68% 65%
Typical yearly property tax $4,890 $5,539 $4,093 $3,119
Effective property tax rate 0.79% 0.87% 0.97% 0.94%
Renters with high rent for their income 83% 52% 51% 51%

“Typical” means the median: half are above and half are below. ▲ and ▼ say whether the city is above or below Montgomery County. “High rent” is the Census measure: renter households that pay 30% or more of their income in rent.

Four ways to pay for a typical home in Colesville

For a typical $616,800 home in Colesville, at Freddie Mac's average rate (7.18% as of November 5, 2026) over 30 years. The monthly payment adds principal and interest, Colesville's typical property tax, an example home insurance and mortgage insurance when it applies.

  • FHA, 3.5% down $5,039a month

    Least cash to close
    Down payment
    $21,588
    Cash to close
    $40,092
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    FHA MIP · $273

  • Conventional, 5% down $4,926a month

    Down payment
    $30,840
    Cash to close
    $49,344
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    PMI · $293

  • Conventional, 20% down, no PMI $4,006a month

    Down payment
    $123,360
    Cash to close
    $141,864
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    None

  • ITIN, 15% down (example) $4,576a month

    Down payment
    $92,520
    Cash to close
    $111,024
    Rate
    8.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    None

The option that asks for the least cash to close is FHA, 3.5% down.

  • Cash to close = down payment plus 3% of the price in closing costs (example).
  • Minimum score: FHA requires 580 or higher for the minimum down payment (HUD Handbook 4000.1). * Fannie Mae requires 620 when a loan is underwritten by hand; its automated system has no fixed minimum.
  • The ITIN row is an example with a rate 1 percentage point higher: ITIN loans follow no federal rule and each lender sets its own down payment and rate. Nothing in this table promises an approval.

How much house can I afford? Estimate closing costs

Taxes and floods

Two costs that change from place to place

Property tax and flood insurance raise or lower what you pay each month. Here are the numbers for Colesville and for Montgomery County.

Property tax

Effective rate in Colesville

0.79%of the home’s value each year

$4,890 a year for the typical owner in Colesville.

  • Colesville 0.79%
  • Montgomery 0.87%
  • Maryland 0.97%

What Maryland publishes Homestead tax credit (cap on yearly assessment increases) (Maryland General Assembly (Annotated Code of Maryland, Tax-Property Article))

Exemptions and deadlines in Maryland

Flood risk in Montgomery County

FEMA does not publish these numbers by city: they are for all of Montgomery County.

Homes in the high-risk zone
0.1%
305
Of those, with NFIP insurance
51%
County Maryland U.S.
Homes in the high-risk zone 0.1% 1.2% 3.5%
Of those, with NFIP insurance 51% 74% 48%

Most homeowners insurance policies do not cover flood damage.

Look up your address on FEMA’s map

Renting

Renting in Colesville

Typical rent in Colesville is $1,893 a month: 8% below the county. In Colesville, 83% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income in rent.

HUD publishes a fair market rent for all of Montgomery County, by unit size. To pay the 2-bedroom one ($2,438 a month) without spending more than 30% of your income, you would need to earn $46.88 an hour working full time.

HUD fair market rent for all of Montgomery County

What you need to earn to pay it without spending more than 30% of income, working full time.

Size Fair rent a month Hourly wage Yearly income
Studio $2,111 $40.60 $84,440
1 bedroom $2,204 $42.38 $88,160
2 bedrooms $2,438 $46.88 $97,520
3 bedrooms $3,107 $59.75 $124,280
4 bedrooms $3,658 $70.35 $146,320

Includes basic utilities. It isn't the lowest or highest rent: it's a reference point. Source: HUD, Fiscal year 2027

By ZIP code

Fair market rent by ZIP code in Colesville

HUD also publishes a fair market rent for each ZIP code (Small Area FMR, fiscal year 2027). Colesville is in ZIP code 20904.

For 2 bedrooms it is $2,310: $128 less than the fair market rent for Montgomery County ($2,438).

  • 20904 $2,310$2,940

1 of these ZIP codes crosses the city line: HUD sets the rent by ZIP code, not by city. A ZIP code counts for Colesville when at least 50% of its land is inside the city or it covers at least 15% of the city (Census 2020 boundaries). Source: Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) Fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) Source: Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file Data from 2020 data Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file

Is your rent high for your ZIP?

Free help

Help to buy or rent in Colesville

You do not have to do this alone. A HUD-approved housing counseling agency helps for free or at low cost: getting ready to buy, understanding your credit, or solving a problem with your rent.

There are 3 HUD-approved agencies with an office in Montgomery County; 3 say they serve in Spanish.

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HUD counseling is free or low-cost

Assistance programs in Colesville

No down payment, repair or rent-help program on our list is for Colesville or Montgomery County. The ones below are statewide in Maryland: they work in Colesville the same as in the rest of the state.

Which programs do I qualify for? All programs in Maryland

  • MMP 1st Time Advantage

    Statewide in Maryland

    Maryland Mortgage Program mortgages for first-time buyers, with a deferred 0% second mortgage for the down payment: $6,000, or 3%, 4% or 5% of the loan. Offered by Maryland Mortgage Program (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development).

    Deferred

    See the program Official page

  • MMP Flex Loans

    Statewide in Maryland

    Maryland Mortgage Program mortgages for first-time buyers and for people who have owned a home before; Flex 6000 brings $6,000 and Flex 3% brings 3% of the loan for the down payment, as a deferred 0% second loan. Offered by Maryland Mortgage Program (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development).

    Deferred

    See the program Official page

  • Maryland SmartBuy

    Statewide in Maryland

    Maryland Mortgage Program loan of up to 15% of the price (maximum $25,000) to pay off your student debt when you buy a home; no interest or monthly payments, and forgiven after five years if you stay in the home. Offered by Maryland Mortgage Program (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development).

    Forgivable

    See the program Official page

Housing counselors near Colesville

The HUD-approved agencies closest to the center of Colesville, in a straight line, nearest first. If one says it serves in Spanish, its card says so.

  • Latino Economic Development Corporation

    12520 Prosperity Dr, Silver Spring · 2 miles away · Spanish

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Budget and financial counseling
    • and 1 more
    (202) 540-7426

  • Housing Initiative Partnership, Inc. (HIP)

    6525 Belcrest Rd, Hyattsville · 8 miles away · Spanish

    Also serves in French and Portuguese.

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Mortgage delinquency workshops
    • and 8 more
    (301) 699-3835

  • Centro de Apoyo Familiar (CAF) MD

    6801 Kenilworth Ave Ste 110, Riverdale · 8 miles away

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Mortgage delinquency workshops
    • and 7 more
    (301) 328-3292

Every agency in Montgomery County All counseling agencies in Maryland

Help in Spanish near Colesville

2 of the 3 agencies on this list say they serve in Spanish.

Ask for service in Spanish

When you call, say “Spanish, please” or ask if someone speaks Spanish. If not, ask whether they offer an interpreter.

Housing authorities of Colesville

In HUD’s record, no housing authority with an office in Montgomery County is named for Colesville or Montgomery County.

2 other authorities have an office in Montgomery County: see the list Source: HUD

Cities

Other cities in Montgomery County

These cities are also in Montgomery County. They share its loan limits and fair market rents, but home values and rent change from one to the next.

Everything about Montgomery County Housing in Maryland
See 24 more cities in Montgomery County, with prices and rents

Every city has its own page with prices, rents and help.

Nearby cities

The cities closest to Colesville, with the typical home value.

Neighboring counties

If Montgomery County is out of reach, look next door. Each number is that county's own.

Keep going

Guides for your next step

Short explanations, in plain language and with official sources, for buying or renting in Colesville.

All guides
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Questions

Housing questions about Colesville

Short answers with the numbers for Colesville and all of Montgomery County. If your case is different, a HUD-approved counseling agency can guide you for free or at low cost.

How much does a typical home cost in Colesville?

The typical home value in Colesville is $616,800, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (average 2020–2024). For comparison, in Montgomery County it is $640,300.

How much does it cost to rent in Colesville?

Typical rent in Colesville is $1,893 a month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. HUD’s fair market rent for 2 bedrooms in Montgomery County is $2,438.

What is the FHA loan limit in Colesville?

Colesville uses the FHA limit for all of Montgomery County (2026): $1,249,125 for a one-unit home and $2,402,625 for a four-unit home.

How much property tax do owners pay in Colesville?

The typical homeowner in Colesville pays $4,890 a year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is 0.79% of the home’s value; in Montgomery County, the rate is 0.87%.

Where can I find free help to buy or rent in Colesville?

There are 3 HUD-approved counseling agencies with an office in Montgomery County. 3 say they serve in Spanish. They can help you get ready to buy, with your credit, or with rent.

Sources: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (Average 2020–2024); FHA mortgage limits (HUD) (2026 data); Conforming loan limits (FHFA) (2026 data); Fair Market Rents (HUD) (Fiscal year 2027); Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) (Fiscal year 2027); Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file (2020 data); HUD-approved housing counseling agencies (Retrieved November 6, 2026); Public Housing Agencies (HUD) (Retrieved November 6, 2026); Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) (As of November 5, 2026); FHFA House Price Index (HPI) (2025 data); Homes with flood insurance (NFIP, FEMA) (As of August 3, 2026).