The story of this market
The typical home in Dorchester County, Maryland sells for about $305,000, or $154 per square foot.
Prices are up +1.6% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 19 days to sell, which is fast. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 89% since 2000. Last year 4 of 9 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,159 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,159 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
0%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2005 (+24.5%). Worst: 2009 (-12%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+1.1%
MD · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,605
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
0%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 9 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
49
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $15,676,705.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
69.3%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1295 | 615 | 69.3% | 1.8% | $175,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Dorchester County, Maryland
The Dorchester County housing market shows moderate price appreciation with a median sale price of $305,000. Inventory remains constrained with 593 active listings, and the market is characterized by a stable year-over-year price growth of 1.6%.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 1.6% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 19 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 17.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Dorchester County, Maryland — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 5.6%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Sep 14, 2026.
No researched ZIP reports yet — ZIP discovery runs with the county's first refresh, and each ZIP's intel report appears here once its research lands.
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- Cabin Fever Play Centre4.911.9 mi
- Rod 'N' Reel Resort4.227 mi
- Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center4.715.7 mi
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum4.725.9 mi
- Running Hare Vineyard4.524.2 mi
- Foxy's Harbor Grille4.425.7 mi
- Calvert Cliffs State Park4.514.1 mi
- Flag Ponds Nature Park4.615.3 mi
- Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center4.715.7 mi
- Suicide Bridge Restaurant4.419.6 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum4.816.5 mi
- Point Lookout State Park4.526.1 mi
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park4.83.3 mi
- Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center4.715.7 mi
- Calvert Marine Museum4.816.5 mi
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum4.725.9 mi
- Calvert Cliffs State Park4.514.1 mi
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park4.83.3 mi
- Flag Ponds Nature Park4.615.3 mi
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center4.83.8 mi
- Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum4.817.8 mi
- Rod 'N' Reel Resort4.227 mi
- Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum4.725.9 mi
- Herrington Harbour South4.729.1 mi
- Dennis Point Marina & Campground4.323.8 mi
- Spring Cove Marina4.816.3 mi
- Chesapeake Hills Golf Course3.613.8 mi
- River Marsh Golf Club4.312.3 mi
- Cedar Point Golf Club4.613.8 mi
- Atomic Seafood4.214.1 mi
- KOOL Ice & Seafood Co4.311.6 mi
- Kohl's4.318.7 mi
- Marshalls4.218.7 mi
- Emily's Produce4.88 mi
- Navy Exchange Main4.418.1 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter profile for Dorchester County, MD.
applies when — Applies to residential parcels located within a development subject to a declaration of covenants or restrictions requiring mandatory membership in an association.
Imposes obligations on parcel owners to pay assessments, adhere to recorded covenants, and comply with association governance and disclosure requirements upon resale.
Real Property Article Title 11B.
Property is assessed at its phased-in use value. The tax is calculated by multiplying the assessed value by the applicable state and local tax rates. The Homestead Property Tax Credit limits the annual increase in taxable assessment for owner-occupied residential property to a fixed percentage (set by local jurisdictions, typically 10% or less) of the prior year's assessment.
Tax-Property Article § 8-103; COMAR Title 18.
≈ $30,500/yr on a $305,000 median
Maryland utilizes a judicial-supervised process. Foreclosure actions cannot be filed until 90 days after a default. Homeowners have 30 days from the date of the Notice of Report of Sale to file exceptions to the sale.
Real Property Article § 7-105.1; Maryland Rules of Procedure.
applies when — Applies to the transfer of residential real property of one to four single-family units, excluding specific transfers such as initial sales of never-occupied property, foreclosure sales, or transfers by fiduciaries.
Sellers must provide either a disclosure statement detailing known latent defects or a disclaimer statement selling the property 'as is' without warranties.
Real Property Article § 10-702, Annotated Code of Maryland.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.