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Housing in Franklin

A typical Franklin home is worth roughly $66,000

Typical home value
$66K
MD $428K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$669
MD $4,093

What kind of housing town is Franklin?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Franklin

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You could afford about
$401,000
Typical Franklin home $66K

That covers a typical Franklin home, with $335K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$400
Loan $320Tax $50Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $570 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $507, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,330
4 bedrooms$1,450
72%
of households rent · MD 32%
125
renter households
$507
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

28% of Franklin households own their home

Half of Franklin’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 28%Rent 72%

Maryland: 68% own.

1938
typical home built · MD 1979
$669
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.

Next door

Franklin vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Franklin. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Franklin$66K*—$970—$26,193
Westernport$98K+0.8%$9700$47,688

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. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. 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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