Housing in Downtown at a glance
- Population
- about 30,462
- Housing units
- about 20,296
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $413,000Baltimore: $229,600 (+80%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,830 a monthBaltimore: $1,331 (+38%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 31%Baltimore: 47.5%
- Homes built before 1980
- 52.3%
- Median year built
- 1975
Downtown leads Baltimore's nine sectors on both value and rent: a $413,000 median, 80% above the city's $229,600, and $1,830 in rent, 38% over the $1,331 city level. It is also the newest-built, with 1975 as the midpoint and the lowest pre-1980 share, 52.3%. Of its households, 31% own, eighth of nine. Home to 30,462 residents, it lies south-east of the centre. East has $285,000, while South has $273,000 and Central $232,000, so none of its neighbours approaches it, East being the nearest, and Central's 12.7% owners is the only comparable tenure. Renting households number 12,447 against 5,593 owning, across 20,296 homes. Pre-1980 stock is thinner here than in East, where 81.7% of homes predate 1980.
Questions about Downtown
What is the median home value in Downtown, Baltimore?
$413,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $229,600 for Baltimore as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Downtown?
$1,830 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,331 in Baltimore (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Downtown own or rent?
Most rent: 31% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 47.5% in Baltimore (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 9 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city. Boundaries used: Baltimore City GIS, Planning Districts (consulted 2026-11-02).
Sector boundaries: Planning districts (Department of Planning), Planning District layer (Baltimore City open-data portal, Department of Planning).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Baltimore as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Downtown
The closest sectors of Baltimore, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Baltimore
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Downtown. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Downtown? Ask for your spot.