Frederick County
Fast Facts:
- Frederick was home to 293,391 people and had 111,331 housing units in 2023. Since 2010, Frederick has added an average of 4,500 people and 1,600 housing units per year.
- Twenty-three percent of households were renters and 48 percent of renters had unaffordable housing costs.
- Frederick exceeded the annual production target of 1,740 units, with 2,511 new units built in 2024. Cumulatively, Frederick has produced at least 11,176 units since 2019, exceeding its 5-year target of 8,700.
- Frederick County has not adopted the 2030 COG housing targets nor established any local targets.
Policy Status
Solving the region's affordable housing crisis requires a portfolio of policies to preserve existing affordable housing, produce more housing, and protect people from discrimination and displacement.
Right of First Refusal
- Frederick County
Preservation Inventory - Subsidized
- Frederick County
Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized
- Frederick County
Rental Assistance Demonstration
- Frederick County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners
- Frederick County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing
- Frederick County
Housing Outcomes
Local jurisdictions submitted data to enable the region to track housing production, preservation, and rental affordability.
Structural Racism
Discriminatory actions and racist public policies have produced inequitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and people of color in the Washington region, including lower incomes and wealth, lower homeownership rates, and higher rates of housing cost burden.
Housing Context
Understanding how household incomes relate to the supply of affordable rental and homeownership units will inform jurisdictions' efforts to meet the current and future housing needs of residents.
