Home values, rents and more in Frederick County, MD
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Frederick County, MD compares
The typical home in Frederick County, MD is worth about $494,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Frederick County, MD are 13% below the typical value in the Washington metro area ($570,000) and 35% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Frederick County, MD fell 0.4%, compared with +0.2% in the Washington metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,179 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% below the Washington metro area ($2,407) and 13% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $122,002, against $126,684 in the Washington metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 302,883 people live in Frederick County, MD (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Frederick County, MD has the 10th-lowest typical home value of the 23 counties in the Washington metro area and the 5th-highest of 24 in Maryland with Zillow figures.
Part of: Washington metro area · Maryland
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Nearby counties
Cities in Frederick County, MD
- Frederick, MD $457,000
- Mount Airy, MD $627,000
- Brunswick, MD $407,000
- Walkersville, MD $458,000
- Thurmont, MD $394,000
- Middletown, MD $558,000
- Monrovia, MD $658,000
- Jefferson, MD $559,000
- Emmitsburg, MD $367,000
- Point of Rocks, MD $481,000
- Myersville, MD $548,000
- Adamstown, MD $650,000
- New Market, MD $584,000
- Woodsboro, MD $496,000
- Sabillasville, MD $408,000
- Rosemont, MD $443,000
ZIP codes in Frederick County, MD
- 21701 · Frederick $443,000
- 21702 · Frederick $452,000
- 21703 · Frederick $410,000
- 21704 · Frederick $645,000
- 21710 · Adamstown $653,000
- 21716 · Brunswick $413,000
- 21727 · Emmitsburg $369,000
- 21754 · Ijamsville $680,000
- 21755 · Jefferson $560,000
- 21757 · Keymar $454,000
- 21762 · Union Bridge $324,000
- 21769 · Middletown $558,000
- 21770 · Monrovia $653,000
- 21771 · Mount Airy $626,000
- 21773 · Myersville $547,000
- 21774 · New Market $591,000
- 21777 · Point of Rocks $515,000
- 21778 · Rocky Ridge $440,000
- 21780 · Sabillasville $405,000
- 21788 · Thurmont $391,000
- 21791 · Union Bridge $445,000
- 21793 · Walkersville $461,000
- 21798 · Woodsboro $501,000
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.