Zip lookup · MD

21036
Dayton, Maryland.

Dayton, Howard County, MD · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro · population 2,569

What it costs per month · 21036 $5,293/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,821 (+114%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $33,539 +3%
$974,799$1,008,338 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $201,802 +25%
$806,536$1,008,338 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 21036 $5,293 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21036$5,293
  • 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 21036 rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $1,008,338 as of Sep 2026
+3.4%year on year

Typical home value — 21036

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21036 $1,008,338 Baltimore $396,959 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 $1,000,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21036$1,008,338
  • Baltimore$396,959
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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1.7 21737 Glenelg 2,474 — $1,193,112
3.3 21029 Clarksville 13,607 $3,500 $1,046,023
3.4 21738 Glenwood 3,696 — $977,442
3.5 20833 Brookeville 7,860 — $801,829
3.8 20862 Brinklow 430 — $900,452
4.5 20777 Highland 3,221 — $984,731
4.6 21794 West Friendship 2,192 — $1,028,318
6.0 20860 Sandy Spring 2,035 — $804,824
6.1 20861 Ashton 2,890 — $946,555
6.4 21042 Ellicott City 43,327 $2,929 $796,991
6.5 21723 Cooksville 669 — $910,236
6.6 21044 Columbia 44,114 $2,332 $537,079
6.8 20759 Fulton 6,624 — $994,204
6.9 20832 Olney 25,553 $2,813 $650,557
7.7 20882 Gaithersburg 13,751 — $785,756
7.7 21797 Woodbine 8,643 — $800,294
7.7 20868 Spencerville 198 — $747,587
8.6 20905 Silver Spring 19,004 $2,658 $665,546
9.3 20866 Burtonsville 15,986 $2,500 $454,175
9.5 21104 Marriottsville 6,052 — $716,377
9.6 21045 Columbia 40,034 $2,252 $476,394
9.6 21046 Columbia 15,608 $1,952 $514,796
9.7 20855 Derwood 17,279 $2,493 $673,748
9.9 20723 Laurel 36,866 $2,134 $578,114
10.2 20879 Gaithersburg 25,264 $1,995 $433,074
10.4 20853 Rockville 31,851 $3,057 $623,829
10.5 20906 Silver Spring 70,595 $1,979 $436,799
10.7 21163 Woodstock 7,539 — $649,015
11.1 21043 Ellicott City 48,525 $2,481 $626,717
11.1 20886 Montgomery Village 34,718 $2,415 $381,090

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