Zip lookup · MD

21842
Berlin, Maryland.

Berlin, Worcester County, MD · Salisbury, MD-DE metro · population 11,226

What it costs per month · 21842 $2,335/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,276 (+121%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $3,378 -1%
$448,227$444,850 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $61,262 +16%
$383,588$444,850 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 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 21842 $2,335 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 21842$2,335
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.

Typical home values in zip 21842 fell 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,706 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $444,850 as of Sep 2026
-0.8%year on year

Asking rent — 21842

Against the Salisbury, MD-DE metro and the national benchmark.

$1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026 21842 $1,706 Salisbury $1,947 United States $1,932
$1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026
  • 21842$1,706
  • Salisbury$1,947
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 21842

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 21842 $444,850 Salisbury $423,968 United States $366,157
$250,000 $300,000 $350,000 $400,000 $450,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 21842$444,850
  • Salisbury$423,968
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.6 21813 Bishopville 2,999 — $537,941
7.0 19944 Fenwick Island 636 — $1,220,319
7.7 19975 Selbyville 10,862 $2,998 $543,155
8.1 21811 Berlin 24,377 $2,148 $431,883
11.3 19967 Millville 2,376 — $494,690
11.3 21872 Whaleyville 661 — $346,243
11.4 19945 Frankford 9,640 — $482,663
12.3 19970 Ocean View 8,524 $2,448 $540,994
12.8 19930 Bethany Beach 3,014 — $995,442
14.3 21874 Willards 1,693 — $292,137
14.3 19939 Dagsboro 7,490 — $451,137
14.5 21841 Newark 793 — $352,442
16.7 21850 Pittsville 3,850 — $300,480
17.5 19966 Millsboro 35,884 $2,243 $397,789

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