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Home values, rents and more in Carroll County, MD

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$487,000
Metro: $397,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+0.8%
Metro: +0.4% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,840/mo
Metro: $1,937 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+2.6%
Metro: +2.8% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
176,677
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$118,211
Metro: $99,470 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around Carroll County, MD, shaded by typical home valueCarrollFrederickYorkBaltimoreAdamsMontgomeryHowardBaltimore city
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Counties around Carroll County, MD, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). Carroll County, MD is outlined.

How Carroll County, MD compares

The typical home in Carroll County, MD is worth about $487,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Carroll County, MD are 23% above the typical value in the Baltimore metro area ($397,000) and 33% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Carroll County, MD rose 0.8%, compared with +0.4% in the Baltimore metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,840 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% below the Baltimore metro area ($1,937) and 5% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.6% over the past year.

The median household income is $118,211, against $99,470 in the Baltimore metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 176,677 people live in Carroll County, MD (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

Carroll County, MD has the 4th-highest typical home value of the 7 counties in the Baltimore metro area and the 6th-highest of 24 in Maryland with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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.

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