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Median Home Price in Mount Rainier, MD

The median home value in Mount Rainier, MD is $455,393 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.57% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$455,393

Year-over-Year

-2.57%

Population

8,055

Mount Rainier ranks #14 of 38 Maryland cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 10.2% above the state's city median of $413,148. It sits in Prince Georges County, where the county-wide median is $430,494.

Housing affordability in Mount Rainier

Median household income in Mount Rainier is $68,505, so the typical home value is about 6.6× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier police recorded a violent crime rate of 782 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,632 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Mount Rainier

What is the average home price in Mount Rainier, MD?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Mount Rainier, that value is $455,393. That's down 2.57% from a year earlier. It is about 10.2% above the typical Maryland city tracked here.

Is Mount Rainier expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Mount Rainier are more expensive than Prince Georges County as a whole, where the median is $430,494 — a difference of about 5.8%.

Is Mount Rainier affordable?

Median household income here is $68,505, so the typical home value is about 6.6× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Mount Rainier a safe place to live?

Mount Rainier police reported 782 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,055. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.