Cost of living in Owings Mills, Maryland
Owings Mills, Maryland has about 37,245 people. Typical rent is $1,841 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $96,243 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 #131 in Maryland on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,841 a month.
Owings Mills is a Census community, not a separate city government in Maryland. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $96,243 a year.
- People
- 37,245
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,841
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $96,243
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $361,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,006
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA
- Gas
- $4.470
- Central Atlantic (PADD 1B), week of October 12, 2026
Owings Mills, Maryland has about 37,245 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $361,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Baltimore County is $2,006 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Owings Mills. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area, prices sit at 104.5 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 Owings Mills'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 Owings Mills bill.
In July 2026, a typical Maryland home paid 21.41¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Owings Mills's bill.
EIA does not publish a Maryland gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) all-grades price was $4.470 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,145.60 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Maryland shares this price.
Among 293 places we list in Maryland with a rent figure, 127 have higher typical rent than Owings Mills.
Nearby places
- Garrison
Typical rent $1,952
Compare with Owings Mills - Randallstown
Typical rent $1,577
Compare with Owings Mills - Reisterstown
Typical rent $1,600
Compare with Owings Mills - Milford Mill
Typical rent $1,653
Compare with Owings Mills - Pikesville
Typical rent $1,707
Compare with Owings Mills - Lochearn
Typical rent $1,460
Compare with Owings Mills - Mays Chapel
Typical rent $1,739
- Woodlawn
Typical rent $1,494
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.
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.