Electricity rates in Gaithersburg, Maryland

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Who supplies Gaithersburg

Montgomery County lists 3 utilities for Gaithersburg, MD, a city of 69,225: no plan prices, and retail supplier plans are not in public data; which listed utility delivers to your street depends on the address. Montgomery County page.

Outage risk around Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg, MD, NWS reports within 15 miles of the center, 2015 to 2025: 651 wind and 11 tornado, 956.3 per 100,000 residents of 69,225. Top gust near Gaithersburg, MD: 80 knots, 92 mph. Damage near Gaithersburg, MD: $28.5M.

Facts about Gaithersburg

Residents of Gaithersburg, MD, ACS 2023

69,2258 of 41 Maryland cities with 30,000+

Median household income in Gaithersburg, MD

$107,49621 of 41 of those cities

Households in Gaithersburg, MD

26,0192.66 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Gaithersburg, MD

51.3%13,342 owners and 12,677 renter households

Housing units in Gaithersburg, MD

27,3861,367 vacant or seasonal

Homes heated by electricity in Gaithersburg, MD

45.2%11,752 of 26,019 homes

Land area of Gaithersburg, MD

10.3 sq mi6,707.2 people per sq mi

Bill as share of income in Gaithersburg, MD

1.9%at 929 kWh a month over the $107,496 median household income

Wind and tornado reports within 15 miles of Gaithersburg, MD

662NWS point reports 2015 to 2025, 956.3 per 100,000 residents

Median year homes were built in Gaithersburg, MD

19898,417 of 27,386 homes (30.7%) before 1980

Median home value and rent in Gaithersburg, MD

$484,500$2,008 gross rent a month, 4.97% of value a year

Electricity price since 2015 around Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg has no price series of its own. Gaithersburg: the Maryland average was 13.82 ¢/kWh in 2015. Gaithersburg: 17.86 ¢ in 2024, 29% up. Gaithersburg: against 30% up for the U.S. average.

Gaithersburg: a 929 kWh month at the Maryland price. Gaithersburg: $128 in 2015, $166 in 2024. Gaithersburg: $1,991 a year, 1.9% of the $107,496 median income.

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Housing and heating in Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg, MD: 8,417 of 27,386 homes were built before 1980 and 8,529 in 2000 or later. Gaithersburg, MD has 5,359 detached houses, 13,348 homes in 5+ unit buildings and 26 mobile homes.

Who lives in Gaithersburg: income, cars, homes

Gaithersburg, MD homes: 13,614 have 3+ bedrooms, 5,740 none or one, median 5.2 rooms. Of 37,095 workers in Gaithersburg, MD, 8,878 work from home, 20,117 drive alone, 2,462 ride transit and 666 walk. In Gaithersburg, MD, 6,370 of 12,163 renter households pay 30% or more of income in rent; 10,566 households moved in since 2018 and 3,003 before 2000, so electric accounts turn over quickly. In Gaithersburg, MD, 2,481 households own no vehicle and 12,589 own two or more; home EV charging depends on that. 6,067 residents of Gaithersburg, MD live below the poverty line, and the median age is 37.8. In Gaithersburg, MD, 3,603 of 26,019 households earn under $35,000, 5,340 $35,000-$75,000, 8,365 $75,000-$150,000 and 8,711 $150,000 or more.

Cost of living with electricity in Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg, MD: 26,019 households at $1,465 a year per home for electricity (Montgomery County average, DOE LEAD) come to about $38.1 million, an estimate; all home energy is $2,222 a year per household.

Climate and electric heating around Gaithersburg

Gaithersburg is in Montgomery County, MD. Gaithersburg: degree days are county values.

Gaithersburg: 4,628 heating degree days a year. Gaithersburg: 1,069 cooling degree days a year.

Gaithersburg: NOAA nClimDiv 7 Oct 2026; ACS B25040.

ZIP codes in Gaithersburg

Census 2020 ZCTA to place land-area overlap. Look up any ZIP.