Zip lookup · MD

21727
Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Emmitsburg, Frederick County, MD · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro · population 6,052

What it costs per month · 21727 $1,934/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,000 (+107%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,339 +2%
$361,207$368,546 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $67,726 +23%
$300,820$368,546 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 21727 $1,934 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21727$1,934
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 21727 rose 2.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,188 as of Jul 2026
Typical home value $368,546 as of Sep 2026
+2.0%year on year

Asking rent — 21727

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

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 21727

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21727 $368,546 Washington $569,857 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21727$368,546
  • Washington$569,857
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.0 21778 Rocky Ridge 745 — $440,138
6.3 17320 Fairfield 8,124 — $348,249
7.3 21757 Keymar 2,671 — $454,316
7.3 21780 Sabillasville 2,159 — $405,225
8.0 21788 Thurmont 11,654 $2,262 $391,478
8.5 17214 Blue Ridge Summit 1,143 — $282,437
8.5 21787 Taneytown 11,645 — $395,611
9.0 21719 Cascade 1,178 — $291,239
10.5 21798 Woodsboro 2,928 — $500,713
11.1 17325 Gettysburg 30,373 $1,432 $368,178
12.4 21783 Smithsburg 9,910 — $370,274
12.5 17340 Littlestown 11,405 $1,145 $339,563
12.7 21791 Union Bridge 5,340 — $444,900
13.8 21793 Walkersville 10,719 $2,000 $460,763
14.1 17353 Orrtanna 2,825 — $322,586
14.2 17268 Waynesboro 29,362 $1,385 $276,629
15.0 21762 Libertytown 139 — $324,370
15.1 17237 Mont Alto 1,759 — $228,940
15.8 21773 Myersville 5,826 — $547,465
15.9 21702 Frederick 49,605 $1,958 $451,936
16.2 21158 Westminster 22,083 $1,997 $466,583
16.7 21701 Frederick 43,048 $2,158 $443,257
16.9 21776 New Windsor 6,261 — $481,505
16.9 17222 Fayetteville 10,550 — $283,151
17.5 21742 Hagerstown 34,069 $1,587 $344,405
18.0 17307 Biglerville 5,467 — $310,849
18.4 17344 McSherrystown 3,719 — $246,885
19.3 17350 New Oxford 13,169 — $297,478
19.5 21774 New Market 17,134 $2,821 $591,215
19.9 17331 Hanover 56,443 $1,394 $295,339

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