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Housing in Williston

A typical Williston home is worth roughly $533,000

Home prices around Williston have risen about 44% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$533K
▲ 2.6% in a year · MD $428K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,400
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,216
MD $4,093

What kind of housing town is Williston?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

1 of Williston’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Williston’s homes were built before 1996.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 100%

Maryland: 68% own.

1996
typical home built · MD 1979
$3,216
median property tax bill · MD $4,093
Historic houses in Williston

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

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Williston

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$401,000
Typical Williston home $533K

That’s $132K short of a typical Williston home.

The typical home, each month
$3,230
Loan $2,640Tax $430Insurance $160

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,400 a month here, $1,830 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

Home prices up 44% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Williston rose 44% over the past 5 years, faster than across Maryland (40%). Last year prices rose 2.6%.

Williston areaMaryland
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+2.6%
past year
+44%
past 5 years
+79%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Williston, 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 $1,400

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,060
1 bedroom$1,070
2 bedrooms$1,400
3 bedrooms$1,750
4 bedrooms$2,330
0%
of households rent · MD 32%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Caroline 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. 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. 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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