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Housing in Bagtown

A typical Bagtown home is worth roughly $332,000

The median sale price was $429,000 in February 2026.

Typical home value
$332K
▲ 1.7% in a year · MD $420K
Estimate
Median sale price
$429K
February 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in February
2-bedroom rent
$1,240
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,613
MD $4,093

Only 1 sale in February 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Bagtown?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bagtown

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You could afford about
$401,000
Typical Bagtown home $332K

That covers a typical Bagtown home, with $68K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,010
Loan $1,650Tax $270Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240 a month here, $770 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Maryland typical property tax (0.97% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

94% of Bagtown households own their home

Half of Bagtown’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 6%

Maryland: 68% own.

1976
typical home built · MD 1979
$2,613
median property tax bill · MD $4,093

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Price trend

Home prices up 59% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Bagtown rose 59% over the past 5 years, faster than across Maryland (40%). Last year prices rose 1.7%.

Bagtown areaMaryland
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+1.7%
past year
+59%
past 5 years
+90%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bagtown, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850
1 bedroom$950
2 bedrooms$1,240
3 bedrooms$1,670
4 bedrooms$1,870
6%
of households rent · MD 32%
7
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Hagerstown, MD HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, February 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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