Zip lookup · MD

21738
Glenwood, Maryland.

Glenwood, Howard County, MD · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro · population 3,696

What it costs per month · 21738 $5,130/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,714 (+112%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $24,185 +3%
$953,257$977,442 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $193,162 +25%
$784,279$977,442 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.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 21738 $5,130 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21738$5,130
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.

Typical home values in zip 21738 rose 2.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $977,442 as of Sep 2026
+2.5%year on year

Typical home value — 21738

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21738 $977,442 Baltimore $396,959 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21738$977,442
  • Baltimore$396,959
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 88 zips in range — sorting picks from all 88.

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1.8 21737 Glenelg 2,474 — $1,193,112
3.0 21794 West Friendship 2,192 — $1,028,318
3.4 21036 Dayton 2,569 — $1,008,338
3.4 21723 Cooksville 669 — $910,236
4.4 21797 Woodbine 8,643 — $800,294
5.3 20833 Brookeville 7,860 — $801,829
6.4 21029 Clarksville 13,607 $3,500 $1,046,023
6.9 20862 Brinklow 430 — $900,452
7.1 21042 Ellicott City 43,327 $2,929 $796,991
7.2 20882 Gaithersburg 13,751 — $785,756
7.9 20777 Highland 3,221 — $984,731
8.0 21104 Marriottsville 6,052 — $716,377
8.8 21784 Sykesville 39,258 $2,103 $553,043
8.9 20860 Sandy Spring 2,035 — $804,824
9.0 21044 Columbia 44,114 $2,332 $537,079
9.2 20832 Olney 25,553 $2,813 $650,557
9.3 20861 Ashton 2,890 — $946,555
9.9 21163 Woodstock 7,539 — $649,015
10.1 20759 Fulton 6,624 — $994,204
10.2 20872 Damascus 13,983 — $540,987
10.7 21771 Mount Airy 33,031 $2,562 $625,933
11.0 20879 Gaithersburg 25,264 $1,995 $433,074
11.1 20868 Spencerville 198 — $747,587
11.4 20855 Derwood 17,279 $2,493 $673,748
11.5 20886 Montgomery Village 34,718 $2,415 $381,090
11.8 21045 Columbia 40,034 $2,252 $476,394
11.8 20905 Silver Spring 19,004 $2,658 $665,546
12.2 20876 Germantown 26,406 $2,121 $473,455
12.3 21046 Columbia 15,608 $1,952 $514,796
12.3 21043 Ellicott City 48,525 $2,481 $626,717

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