Zip lookup · MD

21787
Taneytown, Maryland.

Taneytown, Carroll County, MD · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro · population 11,645

What it costs per month · 21787 $2,076/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,050 (+102%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,919 +1%
$392,692$395,611 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $62,826 +19%
$332,785$395,611 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 21787 $2,076 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21787$2,076
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.

Typical home values in zip 21787 rose 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Carroll County, MD 87% · Frederick County, MD 13%

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

Typical home value $395,611 as of Sep 2026
+0.7%year on year

Typical home value — 21787

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21787 $395,611 Baltimore $396,959 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21787$395,611
  • Baltimore$396,959
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
6.7 17340 Littlestown 11,405 $1,145 $339,563
6.8 21757 Keymar 2,671 — $454,316
7.7 21158 Westminster 22,083 $1,997 $466,583
8.5 21727 Emmitsburg 6,052 $1,188 $368,546
8.9 21791 Union Bridge 5,340 — $444,900
9.6 21778 Rocky Ridge 745 — $440,138
11.1 17325 Gettysburg 30,373 $1,432 $368,178
11.2 21776 New Windsor 6,261 — $481,505
11.4 21798 Woodsboro 2,928 — $500,713
12.3 17344 McSherrystown 3,719 — $246,885
13.1 17331 Hanover 56,443 $1,394 $295,339
13.2 17320 Fairfield 8,124 — $348,249
13.3 21157 Westminster 38,984 $1,619 $460,921
13.8 21762 Libertytown 139 — $324,370
14.2 21788 Thurmont 11,654 $2,262 $391,478
15.5 21793 Walkersville 10,719 $2,000 $460,763
15.7 21780 Sabillasville 2,159 — $405,225
15.8 17350 New Oxford 13,169 — $297,478
16.7 17214 Blue Ridge Summit 1,143 — $282,437
17.5 21102 Manchester 12,162 — $461,243
17.5 21719 Cascade 1,178 — $291,239
17.7 21701 Frederick 43,048 $2,158 $443,257
17.9 21074 Hampstead 14,777 — $431,878
18.1 17329 Glenville 2,999 — $423,978
18.3 17301 Abbottstown 4,133 — $329,132
18.5 21048 Finksburg 10,481 — $555,748
18.7 17353 Orrtanna 2,825 — $322,586
19.0 21774 New Market 17,134 $2,821 $591,215
19.1 21771 Mount Airy 33,031 $2,562 $625,933

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