A typical Lewistown home is worth roughly $326,000
Home prices around Lewistown have risen about 38% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Lewistown?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
100% of Lewistown households own their home
Half of Lewistown’s homes were built before 1970.
Maryland: 68% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Lewistown
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That covers a typical Lewistown home, with $75K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270 a month here, $700 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.
Home prices up 38% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Lewistown rose 38% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Maryland. Last year prices fell 0.9%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lewistown, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Lewistown buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. 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.