Zip lookup · MD

21794
West Friendship, Maryland.

West Friendship, Howard County, MD · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro · population 2,192

What it costs per month · 21794 $5,397/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,810 (+109%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $24,366 +2%
$1,003,952$1,028,318 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $187,587 +22%
$840,730$1,028,318 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 21794 $5,397 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21794$5,397
  • 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 21794 rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $1,028,318 as of Sep 2026
+2.4%year on year

Typical home value — 21794

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21794 $1,028,318 Baltimore $396,959 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21794$1,028,318
  • Baltimore$396,959
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.9 21723 Cooksville 669 — $910,236
3.0 21738 Glenwood 3,696 — $977,442
3.8 21737 Glenelg 2,474 — $1,193,112
4.6 21036 Dayton 2,569 — $1,008,338
4.7 21042 Ellicott City 43,327 $2,929 $796,991
5.2 21104 Marriottsville 6,052 — $716,377
5.7 21797 Woodbine 8,643 — $800,294
6.4 21029 Clarksville 13,607 $3,500 $1,046,023
6.9 21163 Woodstock 7,539 — $649,015
7.2 21784 Sykesville 39,258 $2,103 $553,043
7.7 20833 Brookeville 7,860 — $801,829
7.7 21044 Columbia 44,114 $2,332 $537,079
8.4 20862 Brinklow 430 — $900,452
8.4 20777 Highland 3,221 — $984,731
9.8 21043 Ellicott City 48,525 $2,481 $626,717
10.0 21045 Columbia 40,034 $2,252 $476,394
10.2 20759 Fulton 6,624 — $994,204
10.2 20882 Gaithersburg 13,751 — $785,756
10.3 21133 Randallstown 31,398 $1,481 $361,654
10.5 20861 Ashton 2,890 — $946,555
10.6 20860 Sandy Spring 2,035 — $804,824
10.6 21244 Windsor Mill 38,208 $1,510 $321,947
11.1 21046 Columbia 15,608 $1,952 $514,796
11.4 20832 Olney 25,553 $2,813 $650,557
11.9 20868 Spencerville 198 — $747,587
12.0 21771 Mount Airy 33,031 $2,562 $625,933
12.3 21228 Catonsville 50,492 $1,750 $424,864
12.5 20723 Laurel 36,866 $2,134 $578,114
12.9 20905 Silver Spring 19,004 $2,658 $665,546
13.0 20872 Damascus 13,983 — $540,987

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