Clear Spring, Maryland

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.6% to the 164 homes here.

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Growing. Up 1.9% since 2020.

378

people, the 131st-largest of Maryland's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Maryland's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

98.3%

of 60 jobs located in Clear Spring are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 123% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,352

a month. Maryland's median is $1,705.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $619.

A $619 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Washington County.
- $727 Tract 4
- $1,346 Tract 2
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$352–$527

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,352 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 98% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.6% to the 164 homes here.

1

is the estimated number of missing housing units; all three estimates agree.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 58% less than Maryland's.

$175,000

median home value in Clear Spring.
- $175,000 Clear Spring
- $419,900 Maryland
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Clear Spring, Maryland

Clear Spring,
Maryland.

Growing. Up 1.9% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 123% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $619.

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.6% to the 164 homes here.

A median home costs 58% less than Maryland's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 1.9% since 2020.

Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 123% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $619.

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

Closing the gap would add 0.6% to the 164 homes here.

A median home costs 58% less than Maryland's.

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