Zip lookup · MD

20778
West River, Maryland.

West River, Anne Arundel County, MD · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro · population 2,211

What it costs per month · 20778 $3,445/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,661 (+93%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,011 +2%
$644,404$656,415 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $89,524 +16%
$566,891$656,415 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 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 20778 $3,445 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 20778$3,445
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 24 years.

Typical home values in zip 20778 rose 1.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $656,415 as of Sep 2026
+1.9%year on year

Typical home value — 20778

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 20778 $656,415 Baltimore $396,959 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 20778$656,415
  • Baltimore$396,959
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 57 zips in range — sorting picks from all 57.

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1.2 20765 Galesville 668 — $650,763
2.9 20733 Churchton 2,669 — $446,166
2.9 20751 Deale 2,851 — $512,881
3.0 20764 Shady Side 2,993 — $426,895
3.1 20776 Harwood 3,315 — $762,579
5.1 20779 Tracys Landing 883 — $647,901
5.1 20711 Lothian 7,731 — $619,975
5.5 21037 Edgewater 20,854 $3,248 $576,868
7.2 20758 Friendship 714 — $636,543
7.9 21035 Davidsonville 7,879 — $964,818
7.9 21140 Riva 4,417 — $654,371
8.4 20714 North Beach 4,525 — $417,496
8.4 21403 Annapolis 32,681 $2,144 $619,791
8.5 20754 Dunkirk 7,545 — $628,150
10.1 20716 Bowie 22,362 $2,445 $459,879
10.6 21401 Annapolis 38,629 $2,358 $629,733
10.6 20736 Owings 9,960 — $613,481
11.2 20774 Upper Marlboro 51,816 $2,245 $457,975
11.6 20689 Sunderland 1,809 — $579,045
11.6 20772 Upper Marlboro 54,319 $2,668 $469,861
12.6 20732 Chesapeake Beach 10,722 $2,608 $455,908
13.3 20721 Bowie 31,032 $2,431 $582,619
13.3 21665 Sherwood 229 — $735,977
13.3 21405 Annapolis 495 — $1,561,934
13.5 21114 Crofton 25,590 $2,439 $489,023
13.7 21032 Crownsville 8,850 — $664,239
13.9 20715 Bowie 26,915 $2,596 $482,825
14.1 21409 Annapolis 20,289 $3,157 $592,593
14.2 21054 Gambrills 16,386 $2,790 $605,815
14.4 21666 Stevensville 14,394 $2,750 $541,690

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