Zip lookup · MD

21840
Nanticoke, Maryland.

Nanticoke, Wicomico County, MD · Salisbury, MD-DE metro · population 576

What it costs per month · 21840 $1,325/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$719 (+119%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,794 +3%
$245,626$252,419 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $49,883 +25%
$202,537$252,419 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 21840 $1,325 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21840$1,325
  • 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 21840 rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $252,419 as of Sep 2026
+2.8%year on year

Typical home value — 21840

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21840 $252,419 Salisbury $423,968 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21840$252,419
  • Salisbury$423,968
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.3 21814 Bivalve 217 — $224,471
3.8 21865 Tyaskin 320 — $231,482
6.4 21821 Deal Island 797 — $205,971
7.8 21856 Quantico 1,037 — $274,211
9.2 21672 Toddville 161 — $112,495
10.6 21853 Princess Anne 10,537 — $223,676
12.0 21869 Vienna 827 — $238,629
13.0 21822 Eden 2,926 — $318,896
13.3 21830 Hebron 5,200 — $316,752
13.7 21871 Westover 1,764 — $234,197
15.2 21826 Fruitland 5,451 — $253,623
15.5 21837 Mardela Springs 2,891 — $290,828
15.9 21634 Fishing Creek 465 — $296,606
16.1 21801 Salisbury 30,088 $1,647 $287,576
18.4 21622 Church Creek 420 — $262,332
19.0 21838 Marion Station 1,873 — $201,619
19.0 21613 Cambridge 17,926 $1,867 $259,517
19.4 21817 Crisfield 4,417 — $166,307
19.7 21804 Salisbury 40,430 $1,665 $247,543

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