The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 21838 sells for about $285,000, or $183 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 $1,073 a month.
ZIP 21838 — Marion Station
The Salisbury housing market is experiencing a cooling phase characterized by a year-over-year decline in median sale prices and an increase in the time homes spend on the market. Rising inventory levels and longer marketing periods suggest a shift toward a more buyer-friendly environment compared to the previous year.
Median prices moved down 2.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 64 days on market with 0.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 0% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.0% · poverty 3.1% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 21838, 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.
not determinable
- Janes Island State Park4.76 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Museum4.710.2 mi
- Guard Shore Beach4.411.7 mi
- Eastern Shore Lanes4.610.9 mi
- Cypress Park4.310.3 mi
- NASA's Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center4.616 mi
- Delmarva Discovery Museum4.710.2 mi
- Furnace Town Historic Site (Nassawango Iron Furnace)4.719.8 mi
- Eastern Shore Railway Museum4.516.3 mi
- Tangier History Museum4.618.8 mi
- Guard Shore Beach4.411.7 mi
- Newtown Park4.611.6 mi
- Cypress Park4.310.3 mi
- Somerset County Recreation and Parks4.58.4 mi
- Saxis Wildlife Management Area4.58.6 mi
- BluFin Bungalows & Marina4.519.6 mi
- Somers Cove Marina4.66.9 mi
- Crisfield City Dock4.67.2 mi
- Shad Landing Marina4.718.4 mi
- Sea Rocket Water Adventures- Chincoteague Island4.819.6 mi
- Great Hope Golf Course4.67.1 mi
- Linton's Seafood4.34.6 mi
- Ocean Highway Seafood & Productions4.69.3 mi
- Salisbury Regional Airport4.326 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.