Damascus, Maryland.
Typical home $550,423 (-0.3% in a year). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,352 (+88%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,389 -0%
- $551,812$550,423 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $59,056 +12%
- $491,367$550,423 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.
- Damascus$2,889
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 31 years.
Typical home values in Damascus, MD fell 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland
Damascus, in Montgomery County, had 17,224 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $158,883 a year and half less, against $132,450 across Montgomery County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Montgomery County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Damascus is a community where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run well above the county's. Residents tend to be a little older than in many places, and poverty is uncommon. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and the winters are cold and fairly snowy, while summers turn warm.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in government and in the building trades. Within Damascus itself, the largest workplaces include Weis Markets and a mail and parcel delivery operation. Commutes are long, and a good number of people work from home. Across Montgomery County, unemployment is lower than a year ago, though there are slightly fewer jobs than the year before.
Things to do. The Patuxent River is a short drive away and suits a day by the water. A longer drive brings you to Washington, where the National Mall is a large park lined with memorials and museums. The Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History are there too, and both are museums that reward an unhurried visit.
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- 5,903households
- 49%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 38 mintypical commute
- 26%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Montgomery County had 456,358 jobs in 2025, 1.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 66°. About 31 inches of snow and 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Damascus Ssw weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Damascus
- NAI Saturn EasternSupermarkets and other grocery stores122
- Weis MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery104
- DamascusMail and parcel delivery36
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 262 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Damascus’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Montgomery County and the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro.
Damascus home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Damascus$550,423
- Maryland$424,890
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Damascus listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Damascus27.81%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Damascus47
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Damascus16
Zip codes with a Damascus address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Damascus — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.