As buying a home has gotten more difficult, several D.C.-area suburbs have gone from majority-homeowner to majority-renter, according to a study by apartment search website RENTCafé.
Many of the areas where it’s happened are in Fairfax and Prince George’s counties.
The study, using census data, found that Merrifield, Virginia, had 44% renters in 2010, compared to 64% in 2019, while East Riverdale, Maryland, went from 38% renters to 56%.
Also flipping to majority-renter, but in a less pronounced way: Idylwood, Huntington, Hybla Valley, Lincolnia and Fair Oaks in Virginia, and Hyattsville, Hillcrest Heights, Summerfield, College Park, Laurel, Greenbelt and Fairland in Maryland.
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