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City · 26,390 residents · Frederick County, Maryland

Ballenger Creek , Maryland

In Ballenger Creek, a typical home is worth $387,300 and typical rent is $1,987 a month. Compared with all of Frederick County, the typical home value is 17% lower, typical rent is 12% higher, and the share of households that own their home is 12 points lower.

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  • Typical home value

    $387,300

    17% below the county

    8% below Maryland

    • Ballenger Creek
    • Frederick
    • Maryland

  • Typical rent

    $1,987a month

    12% above the county

    17% above Maryland

    • Ballenger Creek
    • Frederick
    • Maryland

  • Typical household income

    $108,944a year

    11% below the county

    5% above Maryland

    • Ballenger Creek
    • Frederick
    • Maryland

  • Households that own their home

    65%

    12 points below the county

    3 points below Maryland

    • Ballenger Creek
    • Frederick
    • Maryland

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Average 2020–2024

Ballenger Creek is in Frederick County. The FHA loan limit ($1,249,125 for a one-unit home), the fair market rents and the help on this page are those of all of Frederick County. See the county

Data updated: October 1, 2026 11 official sources

Only here

What sets Ballenger Creek apart

What this place has that others do not, from public data, most unusual first.

  1. Nearby, in Walkersville, the typical rent is $1,481: 25% less than in Ballenger Creek ($1,987).

  2. 65% of households in Ballenger Creek own their home, against 77% in Frederick County.

  3. The typical home in Ballenger Creek is worth $387,300, 17% less than in Frederick County as a whole ($464,600).

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Average 2020–2024).

The homes here

Housing in Ballenger Creek

What homes there are in Ballenger Creek, what they cost, how that changed and how people live, from Census figures (2020–2024).

What homes there are

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

Kind of home

No kind of home is the majority in Ballenger Creek; the largest group, attached houses (townhouses), adds up to 49%, against 22% in Frederick County.

Year built

The typical home in Ballenger Creek was built in 1997, 6 years after the typical one in Frederick County.

There are fewer big homes in Ballenger Creek than in Frederick County: 63% have 3 bedrooms or more, against 76%.

All homes, occupied or empty. A figure the Census cannot measure precisely enough here is not shown.

Census tables: B25024, B25034, B25035, B25041

What it costs here

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

Value of owner-occupied homes
Monthly rent with utilities

With a mortgage

$2,180 a month

Frederick County: $2,449 a month

Without a mortgage

$571 a month

Frederick County: $731 a month

Owners with a mortgage

80%

Frederick County: 76%

The typical cost for an owner with a mortgage in Ballenger Creek is $2,180 a month, less than in Frederick County ($2,449); without one, $571.

Value: what owners think their home is worth. Rent: rent plus utilities, for homes of every size. The FHA limit is the most an FHA loan (Federal Housing Administration) lends for a one-unit home; the fair market rent (FMR) is the one HUD uses for housing vouchers.

Census tables: B25075, B25063, B25088, B25081

How it changed

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2015–2019 and 2020–2024

Change since 2015–2019

Since 2015–2019, homes in Ballenger Creek gained value faster than in Frederick County: 45% against 40%.

Much as in Frederick County, the typical rent in Ballenger Creek rose 25% since 2015–2019.

Here income did not keep up with housing: it rose 20%, while home values changed +45% and rent +25%.

Change between two 5-year periods that do not overlap, in each period's dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

Census tables: B25077, B25064, B19013

How people live

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year, 2020–2024

MeasureBallenger CreekFrederick CountyMarylandUnited States
Rental vacancy Unreliable estimate3.2%4.7%5.5%
Homeowner vacancy Unreliable estimateUnreliable estimate0.8%0.9%
More than one person per room Unreliable estimate1.3%2.5%3.4%
People per household 2.632.702.572.53
Drive alone 65%68%65%69%
Carpool 10%7%8%9%
Public transit Unreliable estimate1%4%3%
Walk or bike Unreliable estimate2%2%3%
Work from home 21%21%19%15%
Other means Unreliable estimate1%2%2%
Typical commute Unreliable estimate20 to 29 minutes20 to 29 minutes20 to 29 minutes

Much as in Frederick County, a household in Ballenger Creek has 2.63 people on average.

In Ballenger Creek, 65% of workers drive alone to work; in Frederick County, 68%.

Vacancy: empty homes offered for rent or for sale. Rooms: every room in the home, not only bedrooms. Commute: the minute range of the typical worker.

Census tables: B25004, B25003, B25014, B25010, B08301, B08303

Do the math

What would you pay each month for a home in Ballenger Creek?

A typical home is tight for the typical income

We start with a typical home in Ballenger Creek, worth $387,300, an FHA loan with 3.5% down and the latest average rate (7.18%). That payment would take 35% of the typical household income in Ballenger Creek, which is $108,944 a year. For that payment to be 28% of income, a household would need to earn about $137,529 a year.

The calculator's FHA and conventional loan limits are those of all of Frederick County.

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That is $13,556 (3.5% of the price). The usual minimum for this loan is 3.5%.

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Estimated monthly payment

Local data

$3,209

at 7.18% · 30 years

Loan amount
$380,285
Total interest
$547,140
Paid off in
November 2056

Includes $6,541 FHA upfront mortgage insurance premium.

Does it fit the income?

  • Comfortable

    up to $2,542 a month

  • Tight

    $2,542 to $3,268 a month

    Your payment · 35%

  • Hard

    more than $3,268 a month

Compared with the typical household income in Ballenger Creek ($108,944 a year). Reference: HUD calls paying more than 30% of income for housing a cost burden.

Show the result as
per month$3,209
Principal & interest$2,576
Property tax$300
Home insurance$161
FHA mortgage insurance (MIP)$171

You need at least $13,556 for the down payment, plus closing costs.

Next step

This is an estimate to give you an idea, not a loan offer. Your real payment depends on your rate, your credit, and the insurance and taxes on the home you buy.

The city and its county

Ballenger Creek and Frederick County

Ballenger Creek is in Frederick County, Maryland. The U.S. Census Bureau publishes its own numbers for the city: home values, rent, household income, how many households own their home and the property tax. They are American Community Survey estimates (average 2020–2024).

Ballenger Creek's own numbers

Typical home value
$387,300
Typical monthly rent
$1,987
Typical yearly household income
$108,944
Households that own their home
65%
Effective property tax rate
0.93%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (average 2020–2024).

Numbers for all of Frederick County

FHA limit, one-unit home
$1,249,125
Conventional limit, one unit
$1,249,125
HUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms
$2,438
Price change over 5 years (FHFA)
+45%
Homes in a high flood-risk zone
0.9%

HUD, FHFA and FEMA don't publish these numbers by city.

Other numbers are not published by city, only for the whole county: FHA and conventional loan limits, HUD’s fair market rents, FHFA’s price index and FEMA’s flood data. On this page, those numbers always say they are for all of Frederick County.

Everything about Frederick County

Buying

Buying a home in Ballenger Creek

A typical home in Ballenger Creek is worth $387,300: 17% below the county and 8% below Maryland. With the typical household income in Ballenger Creek ($108,944 a year), a typical home costs 3.6 times what the household earns in a year.

Years of income to pay for a typical home

The typical home value divided by the typical household income for one year. The lower it is, the less buying weighs.

  • Ballenger Creek 3.6 years
  • Frederick 3.8 years
  • Maryland 4.1 years
  • United States 4.1 years
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Average 2020–2024

How prices have changed in Frederick County

According to FHFA’s house price index, home prices in Frederick County rose 68% in the 10 years through 2025.

FHFA does not publish this index by city: these are the numbers for all of Frederick County.

Period County Maryland U.S.
Last year (2025) +0.9% +2.7% +2.9%
5 years (2020–2025) +45% +40% +47%
10 years (2015–2025) +68% +60% +85%

The index follows the price of the same homes over time (sales and appraisals with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans). It is not the average price of a home. FHFA considers its annual county indexes experimental. Source: FHFA, 2025 data

Ballenger Creek next to Frederick County, Maryland and the U.S.

Three numbers side by side. “Typical” means the median: half are above it and half below.

Typical home value
  • Ballenger Creek $387,300
  • Frederick $464,600
  • Maryland $419,900
  • United States $332,700
Typical monthly rent
  • Ballenger Creek $1,987
  • Frederick $1,774
  • Maryland $1,705
  • United States $1,413
Typical yearly household income
  • Ballenger Creek $108,944
  • Frederick $122,002
  • Maryland $103,678
  • United States $80,734
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Ballenger Creek next to Frederick County and Maryland
Measure Ballenger Creek Frederick County Maryland U.S.
Typical home value $387,300 $464,600 $419,900 $332,700
Typical monthly rent $1,987 $1,774 $1,705 $1,413
Typical yearly household income $108,944 $122,002 $103,678 $80,734
Households that own their home 65% 77% 68% 65%
Typical yearly property tax $3,617 $4,584 $4,093 $3,119
Effective property tax rate 0.93% 0.99% 0.97% 0.94%
Renters with high rent for their income 51% 48% 51% 51%

“Typical” means the median: half are above and half are below. ▲ and ▼ say whether the city is above or below Frederick County. “High rent” is the Census measure: renter households that pay 30% or more of their income in rent.

Four ways to pay for a typical home in Ballenger Creek

For a typical $387,300 home in Ballenger Creek, at Freddie Mac's average rate (7.18% as of November 5, 2026) over 30 years. The monthly payment adds principal and interest, Ballenger Creek's typical property tax, an example home insurance and mortgage insurance when it applies.

  • FHA, 3.5% down $3,209a month

    Least cash to close
    Down payment
    $13,556
    Cash to close
    $25,175
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    FHA MIP · $171

  • Conventional, 5% down $3,138a month

    Down payment
    $19,365
    Cash to close
    $30,984
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    PMI · $184

  • Conventional, 20% down, no PMI $2,560a month

    Down payment
    $77,460
    Cash to close
    $89,079
    Rate
    7.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    None

  • ITIN, 15% down (example) $2,919a month

    Down payment
    $58,095
    Cash to close
    $69,714
    Rate
    8.18%
    Mortgage insurance
    None

The option that asks for the least cash to close is FHA, 3.5% down.

  • Cash to close = down payment plus 3% of the price in closing costs (example).
  • Minimum score: FHA requires 580 or higher for the minimum down payment (HUD Handbook 4000.1). * Fannie Mae requires 620 when a loan is underwritten by hand; its automated system has no fixed minimum.
  • The ITIN row is an example with a rate 1 percentage point higher: ITIN loans follow no federal rule and each lender sets its own down payment and rate. Nothing in this table promises an approval.

How much house can I afford? Estimate closing costs

Taxes and floods

Two costs that change from place to place

Property tax and flood insurance raise or lower what you pay each month. Here are the numbers for Ballenger Creek and for Frederick County.

Property tax

Effective rate in Ballenger Creek

0.93%of the home’s value each year

$3,617 a year for the typical owner in Ballenger Creek.

  • Ballenger Creek 0.93%
  • Frederick 0.99%
  • Maryland 0.97%

What Maryland publishes Homestead tax credit (cap on yearly assessment increases) (Maryland General Assembly (Annotated Code of Maryland, Tax-Property Article))

Exemptions and deadlines in Maryland

Flood risk in Frederick County

FEMA does not publish these numbers by city: they are for all of Frederick County.

Homes in the high-risk zone
0.9%
781
Of those, with NFIP insurance
19%
County Maryland U.S.
Homes in the high-risk zone 0.9% 1.2% 3.5%
Of those, with NFIP insurance 19% 74% 48%

Most homeowners insurance policies do not cover flood damage.

Look up your address on FEMA’s map

Renting

Renting in Ballenger Creek

Typical rent in Ballenger Creek is $1,987 a month: 12% above the county. In Ballenger Creek, 51% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income in rent.

HUD publishes a fair market rent for all of Frederick County, by unit size. To pay the 2-bedroom one ($2,438 a month) without spending more than 30% of your income, you would need to earn $46.88 an hour working full time.

HUD fair market rent for all of Frederick County

What you need to earn to pay it without spending more than 30% of income, working full time.

Size Fair rent a month Hourly wage Yearly income
Studio $2,111 $40.60 $84,440
1 bedroom $2,204 $42.38 $88,160
2 bedrooms $2,438 $46.88 $97,520
3 bedrooms $3,107 $59.75 $124,280
4 bedrooms $3,658 $70.35 $146,320

Includes basic utilities. It isn't the lowest or highest rent: it's a reference point. Source: HUD, Fiscal year 2027

By ZIP code

Fair market rent by ZIP code in Ballenger Creek

HUD also publishes a fair market rent for each ZIP code (Small Area FMR, fiscal year 2027). Ballenger Creek has 2 ZIP codes with their own.

For 2 bedrooms it runs from $2,340 in 21703 to $3,140 in 21704.

1 of the 2 is above the fair market rent for Frederick County ($2,438).

  • 21703 $2,340$2,980
  • 21704 $3,140$4,000

2 of these ZIP codes cross the city line: HUD sets the rent by ZIP code, not by city. A ZIP code counts for Ballenger Creek when at least 50% of its land is inside the city or it covers at least 15% of the city (Census 2020 boundaries). Source: Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) Fiscal year 2027 Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) Source: Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file Data from 2020 data Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file

Is your rent high for your ZIP?

Free help

Help to buy or rent in Ballenger Creek

You do not have to do this alone. A HUD-approved housing counseling agency helps for free or at low cost: getting ready to buy, understanding your credit, or solving a problem with your rent.

There is 1 HUD-approved agency with an office in Frederick County; none says it serves in Spanish.

An older man and his daughter go over papers with a professional.

HUD counseling is free or low-cost

Assistance programs in Ballenger Creek

No down payment, repair or rent-help program on our list is for Ballenger Creek or Frederick County. The ones below are statewide in Maryland: they work in Ballenger Creek the same as in the rest of the state.

Which programs do I qualify for? All programs in Maryland

  • MMP 1st Time Advantage

    Statewide in Maryland

    Maryland Mortgage Program mortgages for first-time buyers, with a deferred 0% second mortgage for the down payment: $6,000, or 3%, 4% or 5% of the loan. Offered by Maryland Mortgage Program (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development).

    Deferred

    See the program Official page

  • MMP Flex Loans

    Statewide in Maryland

    Maryland Mortgage Program mortgages for first-time buyers and for people who have owned a home before; Flex 6000 brings $6,000 and Flex 3% brings 3% of the loan for the down payment, as a deferred 0% second loan. Offered by Maryland Mortgage Program (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development).

    Deferred

    See the program Official page

  • Maryland SmartBuy

    Statewide in Maryland

    Maryland Mortgage Program loan of up to 15% of the price (maximum $25,000) to pay off your student debt when you buy a home; no interest or monthly payments, and forgiven after five years if you stay in the home. Offered by Maryland Mortgage Program (Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development).

    Forgivable

    See the program Official page

Housing counselors near Ballenger Creek

The HUD-approved agencies closest to the center of Ballenger Creek, in a straight line, nearest first. If one says it serves in Spanish, its card says so.

  • The City of Frederick

    100 S Market St, Frederick · 2 miles away

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Budget and financial counseling
    • and 5 more
    (301) 600-1506

  • Housing Initiative Partnership, Inc.(hip)

    12900 Middlebrook Road, Germantown · 16 miles away · Spanish

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Workshops for new owners
    • and 3 more
    (301) 916-5946

  • Housing Initiative Partnership, Inc.(hip)

    620 East Diamond Avenue, Gaithersburg · 21 miles away · Spanish

    Also serves in Portuguese.

    • Mortgage delinquency and default
    • Workshops for new owners
    • and 2 more
    (301) 916-5946

Every agency in Frederick County All counseling agencies in Maryland

Help in Spanish near Ballenger Creek

2 of the 3 agencies on this list say they serve in Spanish.

Ask for service in Spanish

When you call, say “Spanish, please” or ask if someone speaks Spanish. If not, ask whether they offer an interpreter.

Housing authorities of Ballenger Creek

In HUD’s record, no housing authority with an office in Frederick County is named for Ballenger Creek or Frederick County.

One other authority has an office in Frederick County: see the list Source: HUD

Cities

Other cities in Frederick County

These cities are also in Frederick County. They share its loan limits and fair market rents, but home values and rent change from one to the next.

Everything about Frederick County Housing in Maryland

Nearby cities

The cities closest to Ballenger Creek, with the typical home value.

Neighboring counties

If Frederick County is out of reach, look next door. Each number is that county's own.

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Guides for your next step

Short explanations, in plain language and with official sources, for buying or renting in Ballenger Creek.

All guides
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Questions

Housing questions about Ballenger Creek

Short answers with the numbers for Ballenger Creek and all of Frederick County. If your case is different, a HUD-approved counseling agency can guide you for free or at low cost.

How much does a typical home cost in Ballenger Creek?

The typical home value in Ballenger Creek is $387,300, according to the U.S. Census Bureau (average 2020–2024). For comparison, in Frederick County it is $464,600.

How much does it cost to rent in Ballenger Creek?

Typical rent in Ballenger Creek is $1,987 a month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. HUD’s fair market rent for 2 bedrooms in Frederick County is $2,438.

What is the FHA loan limit in Ballenger Creek?

Ballenger Creek uses the FHA limit for all of Frederick County (2026): $1,249,125 for a one-unit home and $2,402,625 for a four-unit home.

How much property tax do owners pay in Ballenger Creek?

The typical homeowner in Ballenger Creek pays $3,617 a year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is 0.93% of the home’s value; in Frederick County, the rate is 0.99%.

Where can I find free help to buy or rent in Ballenger Creek?

There is 1 HUD-approved counseling agency with an office in Frederick County. They can help you get ready to buy, with your credit, or with rent.

Sources: American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (Average 2020–2024); FHA mortgage limits (HUD) (2026 data); Conforming loan limits (FHFA) (2026 data); Fair Market Rents (HUD) (Fiscal year 2027); Small Area Fair Market Rents (HUD) (Fiscal year 2027); Census Bureau ZCTA-to-place relationship file (2020 data); HUD-approved housing counseling agencies (Retrieved November 6, 2026); Public Housing Agencies (HUD) (Retrieved November 6, 2026); Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) (As of November 5, 2026); FHFA House Price Index (HPI) (2025 data); Homes with flood insurance (NFIP, FEMA) (As of August 3, 2026).