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Housing in Baltimore

A typical Baltimore home is worth roughly $219,000

Home prices around Baltimore have risen about 71% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$219K
▲ 3.4% in a year · VT $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,270
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,329
VT $5,039

What kind of housing town is Baltimore?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Baltimore

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Baltimore home $219K

That covers a typical Baltimore home, with $68K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,440
Loan $1,090Tax $290Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270 a month here, $170 less 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 Vermont typical property tax (1.59% 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 71% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Baltimore rose 71% over the past 5 years, faster than across Vermont (64%). Last year prices rose 3.4%.

Baltimore areaVermont
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%200020052010201520202025
+3.4%
past year
+71%
past 5 years
+103%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Baltimore, 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 $1,270

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,080
1 bedroom$1,090
2 bedrooms$1,270
3 bedrooms$1,660
4 bedrooms$1,720
14%
of households rent · VT 27%
15
renter households

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

New construction

3 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Baltimore in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Baltimore has permitted 7 homes in all.

Single-family
0123 200020052010201520202025
3
new homes permitted in 2025
2
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
7
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−15
New homes+5

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Baltimore's population fell by 15 even though 5 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Vermont: 1.1 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)220$622,000
2025330$932,000
2024110$330,000
2023110$301,000
2022110$259,000
2021110$259,000
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014110$225,000
2013110$225,000
2012110$225,000
2011110$225,000
2010110$225,000
2009110$225,000
2008110$225,000
2007110$225,000
2006220$130,000
2005110$80,000
2004220$278,000
2003110$133,000
2002110$131,000
2001110$121,000
2000330$305,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

86% of Baltimore households own their home

Half of Baltimore’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Vermont: 73% own.

1977
typical home built · VT 1976
$4,329
median property tax bill · VT $5,039
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Baltimore vs. its neighbors

Baltimore is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Baltimore$219K*+3.4%†$1,2703$107,500
Cavendish$345K−1.2%$1,510—$89,063
Weathersfield$336K−1.3%$1,2302$83,095

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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.

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