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The median home value in Howard County, MD is $639,961 as of 2026-07-31, up 0.18% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$639,961
Year-over-Year
+0.18%
National Rank
#96 of 3071
Howard County ranks 1st out of 24 counties in MD by median home price, and is +173.1% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within MD, the typical county has a median home value of $424,676, making Howard County +50.7% above the MD state median.
Households here earn a median of $149,763 a year against a typical home value of $639,961 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.3×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 70% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
The median home value in Howard County is $639,961. That's up 0.18% from a year earlier. That is about 173.1% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Howard County the 1st most expensive of 24 counties in Maryland.
Median household income here is $149,763, so a typical home costs about 4.3× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
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