The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 21824 sells for about $284,148, or $167 per square foot.
Prices are down 2% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 64 days to sell, which is slow. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,900 a month.
ZIP 21824 — Ewell (Smith Island)
The housing market in the Salisbury area is currently balanced with moderate inventory levels and stable pricing. Recent data indicates a slight year-over-year decline in median sale prices, while days on market remain consistent with regional trends. Market activity is driven by steady demand and a typical seasonal inventory cycle.
Median prices moved down 2.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 64 days on market with 5.5 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
16% 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 6.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 21824, Wicomico County, MD
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data retrieved from data.census.gov for Wicomico County, MD as proxy for ZIP 21824
- Janes Island State Park4.79.6 mi
- Tangier History Museum4.611.3 mi
- Point Lookout State Park4.517.9 mi
- Point Lookout Lighthouse4.516.7 mi
- Reedville Fishermen's Museum4.817 mi
- Tangier History Museum4.611.3 mi
- Somers Cove Marina4.69 mi
- Crisfield City Dock4.68.6 mi
- Buzzard's Point Marina4.617.6 mi
- Linton's Seafood4.311 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.