Zip lookup · MD

20743
Capitol Heights, Maryland.

Capitol Heights, Prince Georges County, MD · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro · population 41,093

What it costs per month · 20743 $1,737/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$782 (+82%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $9,319 -3%
$340,201$330,882 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $15,959 +5%
$314,922$330,882 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 20743 $1,737 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 20743$1,737
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 70 years.

Typical home values in zip 20743 fell 2.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 20743 rose 7.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in zip 20743 runs $434/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $830 in Oct 2023.

That is $2,400 a month against $1,966 rent: a $1,737 mortgage payment, plus $309 property tax and $354 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 20743

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Owning all in $2,400 Renting $1,966 Mortgage only $1,737
$1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2022 2024 2026
  • Owning all in$2,400
  • Renting$1,966
  • Mortgage only$1,737

Property tax · $309/mo 1.12% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Prince Georges County, MD

Insurance & upkeep · $354/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Capitol Heights, MD — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,966 as of Sep 2026
+7.7%year on year
Typical home value $330,882 as of Sep 2026
-2.7%year on year

Asking rent — 20743

Against the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro and the national benchmark.

$1,750 $2,000 $2,250 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 20743 $1,966 Washington $2,407 United States $1,932
$1,750 $2,000 $2,250 2022 2024 2026
  • 20743$1,966
  • Washington$2,407
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 20743

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 20743 $330,882 Washington $569,857 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 20743$330,882
  • Washington$569,857
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 140 zips in range — sorting picks from all 140.

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2.2 20747 District Heights 38,301 $1,725 $336,285
2.5 20785 Hyattsville 40,066 $2,070 $341,388
2.7 20019 Washington 63,380 $1,817 $348,578
3.5 20746 Suitland 27,156 $1,741 $330,775
4.4 20710 Bladensburg 9,801 $1,501 $318,360
4.6 20020 Washington 53,005 $1,940 $352,120
4.6 20722 Brentwood 6,264 $2,248 $367,118
4.7 20781 Hyattsville 13,352 $1,869 $427,104
4.7 20784 Hyattsville 33,831 $1,601 $368,059
5.1 20002 Washington 72,397 $2,458 $600,846
5.2 20018 Washington 19,562 $2,155 $537,886
5.2 20003 Washington 37,482 $2,540 $821,863
5.3 20748 Temple Hills 40,338 $1,646 $358,189
5.6 20737 Riverdale 24,489 $1,956 $396,109
5.6 20712 Mount Rainier 9,563 $1,525 $439,717
6.1 20706 Lanham 42,612 $2,137 $428,395
6.2 20721 Bowie 31,032 $2,431 $582,619
6.5 20017 Washington 21,208 $2,394 $526,600
6.7 20774 Upper Marlboro 51,816 $2,245 $457,975
6.8 20782 Hyattsville 34,293 $1,820 $427,061
6.9 20001 Washington 44,616 $2,653 $625,875
7.2 20004 Washington 1,831 $2,781 $418,759
7.3 20024 Washington 15,888 $2,476 $380,246
7.5 20032 Washington 40,920 $1,529 $315,907
7.6 20005 Washington 13,131 $2,565 $498,001
7.7 20745 Oxon Hill 28,605 $1,866 $356,884
8.0 20006 Washington 1,362 $2,017 $225,024
8.0 20770 Greenbelt 28,384 $2,096 $267,923
8.1 20036 Washington 4,605 $2,500 $363,690
8.1 20009 Washington 50,150 $2,641 $566,664

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.