Skip to content
Cost & Benefits

Cost of living in Fruitland, Maryland

Fruitland, Maryland has about 5,801 people. Typical rent is $1,586 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $64,004 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #100 in Maryland on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,586 a month.

Fruitland is a city in Maryland. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $64,004 a year.

Is Fruitland affordable?See benefits in Fruitland
People
5,801
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,586
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$64,004
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$227,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,428
Salisbury, MD HUD Metro FMR Area

Fruitland, Maryland has about 5,801 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $227,200.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Wicomico County is $1,428 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Fruitland. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Salisbury, MD metro area, prices sit at 95.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Maryland taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Fruitland's exact store tax.

Some places in Maryland add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 2.40% of income. That is not a Fruitland bill.

In July 2026, a typical Maryland home paid 21.41¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Fruitland's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Maryland in the table we use.

Among 293 places we list in Maryland with a rent figure, 194 have higher typical rent than Fruitland.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

Find SNAP stores near FruitlandWhat EBT can buy in Maryland

Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Maryland

Bigger places in Maryland

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.