Home values, rents and more in Ellicott City, MD
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Ellicott City compares
The typical home in Ellicott City, MD is worth about $726,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ellicott City are 1.8 times the typical value in the Baltimore metro area ($397,000) and 2.0 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Ellicott City rose 1.0%, compared with +0.4% in the Baltimore metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,596 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 34% above the Baltimore metro area ($1,937) and 34% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.0% over the past year.
The median household income is $156,964, against $99,470 in the Baltimore metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 75,257 people live in Ellicott City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Ellicott City has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 70 cities in the Baltimore metro area and the 18th-highest of 278 in Maryland with Zillow figures.
Part of: Howard County, MD · Baltimore metro area · Maryland
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.