Frederick County
Fast Facts:
- Frederick was home to 299,317 people and had 113,244 housing units in 2024. Since 2010, Frederick has added an average of 4,600 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 did not meet the annual production target of 1,740 units, with 1,183 new units built in 2025. Cumulatively, Frederick has produced at least 12,359 units since 2019, exceeding its 6-year target of 10,440.
- Frederick County has not adopted the 2030 COG housing targets and recently released their Housing Needs Assessment and Affordable Housing Strategic Plan.
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
- Not adopted: Frederick County
Preservation Inventory - Subsidized
- Not adopted: Frederick County
Preservation Inventory - Unsubsidized
- Not adopted: Frederick County
Rental Assistance Demonstration
- Not adopted: Frederick County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades for Homeowners
- Adopted: Frederick County
Energy Efficiency Upgrades of Affordable Housing
- Not adopted: 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.
