Zip lookup · MD

21797
Woodbine, Maryland.

Woodbine, Howard County, MD · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro · population 8,643

What it costs per month · 21797 $4,201/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,129 (+103%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $18,505 +2%
$781,789$800,294 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $129,271 +19%
$671,023$800,294 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 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 21797 $4,201 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21797$4,201
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.

Typical home values in zip 21797 rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: Howard County, MD 67% · Carroll County, MD 32% · Montgomery County, MD 1%

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

Typical home value $800,294 as of Sep 2026
+2.4%year on year

Typical home value — 21797

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21797 $800,294 Baltimore $396,959 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21797$800,294
  • Baltimore$396,959
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 69 zips in range — sorting picks from all 69.

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3.2 21723 Cooksville 669 — $910,236
4.4 21738 Glenwood 3,696 — $977,442
5.7 21794 West Friendship 2,192 — $1,028,318
6.1 21737 Glenelg 2,474 — $1,193,112
6.4 21771 Mount Airy 33,031 $2,562 $625,933
7.0 21784 Sykesville 39,258 $2,103 $553,043
7.7 21036 Dayton 2,569 — $1,008,338
8.1 20882 Gaithersburg 13,751 — $785,756
8.3 20872 Damascus 13,983 — $540,987
8.8 20833 Brookeville 7,860 — $801,829
8.8 21104 Marriottsville 6,052 — $716,377
10.1 21770 Monrovia 8,751 — $652,546
10.4 21042 Ellicott City 43,327 $2,929 $796,991
10.8 21029 Clarksville 13,607 $3,500 $1,046,023
10.9 20862 Brinklow 430 — $900,452
11.4 21163 Woodstock 7,539 — $649,015
12.2 20777 Highland 3,221 — $984,731
12.3 20876 Germantown 26,406 $2,121 $473,455
12.3 21774 New Market 17,134 $2,821 $591,215
12.4 20871 Clarksburg 30,182 $3,062 $624,133
12.5 20832 Olney 25,553 $2,813 $650,557
12.6 20879 Gaithersburg 25,264 $1,995 $433,074
12.6 20886 Montgomery Village 34,718 $2,415 $381,090
12.8 20860 Sandy Spring 2,035 — $804,824
12.9 21754 Ijamsville 8,156 — $680,004
13.0 21776 New Windsor 6,261 — $481,505
13.1 21044 Columbia 44,114 $2,332 $537,079
13.4 20861 Ashton 2,890 — $946,555
13.9 20855 Derwood 17,279 $2,493 $673,748
14.0 21762 Libertytown 139 — $324,370

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