Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 21405 Annapolis, MD $1,556,756 $2,268 1.14% 6.9%
2 21056 Pasadena, MD $3,079,185 $2,115 0.54% 6.4%
3 21737 Glenwood, MD $1,223,927 $2,115 1.35% 5.3%
4 21029 Clarksville, MD $1,065,310 $3,442 2.52% 5.2%
5 21036 Dayton, MD $1,037,611 $2,421 1.82% 5.1%
6 21638 Grasonville, MD $584,500 $1,872 2.50% 5.1%
7 21738 Glenwood, MD $1,004,663 $2,115 1.64% 5.0%
8 21668 Sudlersville, MD $411,772 $1,593 3.02% 5.0%
9 21658 Queenstown, MD $668,155 $1,773 2.07% 4.8%
10 21794 West Friendship, MD $1,056,592 $2,115 1.56% 4.7%
11 20777 Highland, MD $1,009,363 $2,448 1.89% 4.6%
12 21657 Queen Anne, MD $474,655 $1,836 3.02% 4.6%
13 21620 Chestertown, MD $398,398 $1,593 3.12% 4.6%
14 21666 Stevensville, MD $549,552 $2,043 2.90% 4.6%
15 21160 Whiteford, MD $452,873 $1,593 2.74% 4.5%
16 21209 Baltimore, MD $455,273 $1,810 3.10% 4.5%
17 21035 Davidsonville, MD $980,513 $2,331 1.85% 4.5%
18 21619 Chester, MD $535,618 $2,267 3.30% 4.4%
19 21214 Baltimore, MD $260,769 $1,453 4.35% 4.4%
20 21131 Phoenix, MD $768,548 $2,394 2.43% 4.4%
21 21017 Belcamp, MD $289,783 $1,876 5.05% 4.4%
22 21132 Pylesville, MD $560,003 $1,593 2.22% 4.4%
23 21403 Annapolis, MD $626,673 $2,232 2.78% 4.3%
24 21153 Pikesville, MD $1,118,072 $1,854 1.29% 4.3%
25 21649 Marydel, MD $315,193 $1,791 4.43% 4.3%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →