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Housing in Berwyn Heights

A typical Berwyn Heights home is worth about $440,000

Down 1.1% in a year, close to the Maryland typical home.

Typical home value
$440K
▼ 1.1% in a year · MD $428K
Zillow
Median sale price
$468K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in May · 10 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$2,390
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$6,293
MD $4,093

Only 2 sales in May 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 Berwyn Heights?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

Less than across Maryland (4.1 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$531,000
Typical Berwyn Heights home $440K

That covers a typical Berwyn Heights home, with $91K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$2,840
Loan $2,180Tax $540Insurance $130

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,390 a month here, $450 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Berwyn Heights ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Berwyn Heights’s typical property tax (1.46% 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

1 of Berwyn Heights’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Berwyn Heights’s homes were built before 1958.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Maryland: 68% own.

1958
typical home built · MD 1979
$6,293
median property tax bill · MD $4,093
1.46%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MD 0.97%
Historic houses in Berwyn Heights

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Price trend

Up 7.4% in five years

Slower than Maryland (13.5%).

Berwyn HeightsMaryland
$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryBerwyn HeightsMaryland
2017$315,000$290,000
2018$328,000$301,000
2019$333,000$310,000
2020$351,000$322,000
2021$383,000$349,000
2022$412,000$384,000
2023$417,000$398,000
2024$429,000$412,000
2025$447,000$427,000
2026$441,000$429,000
August 2026$440,000$428,000
Then & now

A typical Berwyn Heights home worth $308K in September 2016 is worth about $440K today.

+$131K
−1.1%
past year
+7.4%
past 5 years
+42.6%
since 2016

How Berwyn Heights ranks on rising home prices →

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,390

Renters already here pay a median of $2,958.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$2,080
1 bedroom$2,140
2 bedrooms$2,390
3 bedrooms$3,020
4 bedrooms$3,550
11%
of households rent · MD 32%
90
renter households
78%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MD 52%
20%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$2,958
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-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.

Next door

Berwyn Heights vs. its neighbors

Berwyn Heights is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Berwyn Heights$440K−1.1%$2,390$146,591
Greenbelt$279K−3.5%$2,190$85,997
College Park$433K−1.8%$2,390$69,721

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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