Williamsport, Maryland.
Typical home $344,346 (+0.9% in a year). Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$925 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,935 +1%
- $341,412$344,346 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $57,954 +20%
- $286,393$344,346 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.
- Williamsport$1,807
- Maryland$2,230
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Williamsport, MD rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland
Williamsport is a town of 2,083 people in Washington County. 37% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 63% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Williamsport is a small town where fewer homes are lived in by their owners than across much of the country, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than is typical. Typical home values are well within reach of many buyers, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and highs near freezing, and summers turn warm in July, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in the building trades. The largest workplaces in town include care homes such as Williamsport Operator and Twin Oaks Operator, along with the National Park Service. Unemployment across Washington County has eased compared with a year earlier, and the county has added jobs. A typical commute is moderate, and very few people work from home.
Things to do. Springfield Farm, a museum, sits in or beside town. A short drive away are Antietam National Battlefield, an archaeological site, and the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, as well as Hagerstown City Park, a garden. Farther afield, a longer drive reaches Harpers Ferry National Historical Park and Fort Frederick.
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- 973households
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 23%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 66,110 jobs in 2025, 3.0% 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 86° and lows near 66°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hagerstown East weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Williamsport
- Williamsport OperatorSkilled nursing facilities135
- National Park ServiceFederal government · Department of the Interior38
- Twin Oaks OperatorHomes for the elderly with nursing care30
- Twin Oaks Operator LLC ALFAssisted-living facilities with on-site nursing facilities30
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 195 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). 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
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Williamsport’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 Washington County and the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro.
Williamsport home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Williamsport$344,346
- 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 Williamsport listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Williamsport38.28%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Williamsport27
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Williamsport11
Zip codes with a Williamsport address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Williamsport — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.