Taneytown, Maryland.
Typical home $394,702 (+0.7% in a year). Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,045 (+102%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,934 +1%
- $391,768$394,702 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $62,405 +19%
- $332,297$394,702 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.
- Taneytown$2,072
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Taneytown, MD rose 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland
Taneytown is a city of 7,234 people in Carroll County. Half its households earn more than $87,621 a year and half less, against $118,211 across Carroll County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Carroll County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Taneytown is a small city in Carroll County, Maryland, with a population that skews neither especially young nor especially old. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run below the county's, though the typical home is worth a good deal. A four-year degree is held by a smaller share of adults than in many places. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and the town sees a fair amount of snow, while July is warm and the year brings plenty of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, government and shops. Evapco, which makes evaporative condensers, Lorien Taneytown, a nursing care home for older people, and Food Lion are among the largest workplaces in town. Commutes are long, and some residents work from home. Unemployment across Carroll County has eased a little over the past year, and the county has added a small number of jobs.
Things to do. A short drive away, the Monocacy River offers a place to walk and spend time by the water. Farther afield, Gettysburg National Military Park is a longer drive away and is one of the best known historic sites in the region. Cunningham Falls State Park, also a longer drive, is a protected area for time outdoors.
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- 3,068households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 37 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Carroll County had 59,443 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 28 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Emmitsburg Southeast weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Taneytown
- EvapcoEvaporative condensers manufacturing712
- Lorien TaneytownHomes for the aged with nursing care159
- Food LionGrocery stores80
- Kennie's TaneytownGrocery stores80
- TaneytownMail and parcel delivery20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,051 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of TaneytownRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Taneytown’s 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 Carroll County and the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro.
Taneytown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Taneytown$394,702
- Maryland$424,890
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Taneytown 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.
- Taneytown39.92%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Taneytown31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Taneytown13
Zip codes with a Taneytown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Taneytown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.