Maryland Senior Housing & Health Data

Maryland has 654 federally subsidized senior housing properties totaling 43,880 elderly units, of which 205 are rural and 441 sit inside a federally designated health professional shortage area.

Portfolio at a glance

  • Total subsidized senior properties: 654
  • Total elderly units: 43,880
  • HUD Section 202: 187 properties (22,361 units)
  • USDA Rural Development (Section 515): 146 properties (5,256 units)
  • Rural properties: 205 across 16 rural counties
  • HPSA shortage-area properties: 441 (28,876 units)
  • Senior population (65+): 1,003,219; est. living alone: 386,112
  • Average RHTP risk score: 43.6

Highest-density counties

  1. : — properties, — elderly units
  2. : — properties, — elderly units
  3. : — properties, — elderly units
  4. : — properties, — elderly units
  5. : — properties, — elderly units
  6. : — properties, — elderly units
  7. : — properties, — elderly units
  8. : — properties, — elderly units
  9. : — properties, — elderly units
  10. : — properties, — elderly units

Common questions

How many subsidized senior housing properties are there in Maryland?

Maryland has 654 subsidized senior housing properties tracked across HUD Section 202, HUD Section 8/multifamily, and USDA Rural Development Section 515 programs, totaling 43,880 elderly units.

How many seniors in Maryland live alone?

An estimated 386,112 adults age 65+ in Maryland live alone, out of a 65+ population of 1,003,219 (U.S. Census ACS).

Which Maryland counties have the most subsidized senior housing?

(—), (—), (—), (—), (—)

Where does this Maryland data come from?

HUD Multifamily and Section 202 property records, USDA Rural Development Section 515 property data, HRSA health professional shortage area designations, CDC BRFSS and PLACES health indicators, HHS emPOWER electricity-dependent Medicare counts, and CMS Medicare/D-SNP enrollment files. No figures are estimated or synthesized beyond the documented methodology.

Open the interactive Maryland state brief · Maryland rural health targeting brief · All county briefs · All public data

Data sources: HUD Section 202, USDA Rural Development, HRSA HPSA, CDC BRFSS/PLACES, HHS emPOWER, CMS. Snapshot generated 2026-08-04. Markdown version: /data/state/MD.md