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Housing in Swanton

A typical Swanton home is worth about $583,000

Up 1.4% in a year, 36% above the Maryland typical home.

Typical home value
$583K
▲ 1.4% in a year · MD $428K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Swanton?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Swanton

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You could afford about
$401,000
Typical Swanton home $583K

That’s $182K short of a typical Swanton home.

The typical home, each month
$3,530
Loan $2,890Tax $470Insurance $170

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $2,540 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.

Price trend

Up 22.7% in five years

Faster than Maryland (13.5%).

SwantonMaryland
$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K$500K$550K$600K20182020202220242026
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JanuarySwantonMaryland
2017$293,000$290,000
2018$300,000$301,000
2019$321,000$310,000
2020$329,000$322,000
2021$390,000$349,000
2022$517,000$384,000
2023$545,000$398,000
2024$584,000$412,000
2025$587,000$427,000
2026$577,000$429,000
August 2026$583,000$428,000
Then & now

A typical Swanton home worth $292K in September 2016 is worth about $583K today.

+$291K
+1.4%
past year
+22.7%
past 5 years
+99.6%
since 2016

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 $990

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,450

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Garrett County, MD): 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, August 2026. 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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