1 Maryland ZIP Code Most Expensive In U.S.: PropertyShark

ANNAPOLIS, MD — One Maryland ZIP code is included in PropertyShark’s annual ranking of the 100 most expensive areas in the United States. It's a private, gated enclave with seven miles of shoreline on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay.

The list actually includes 117 ZIP codes because a number were tied in the rankings. PropertyShark compiles the annual list by using closed sale home prices as opposed to asking prices.

The No. 1 most expensive ZIP code on the list was in Atherton, California. The Atherton ZIP code was one of 30 in Silicon Valley that made the 2018 list. The second most expensive ZIP code was in Sagaponack, New York, and the third most expensive was in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.

The Maryland ZIP code that made the list at No. 68 is 21056, otherwise known as Gibson Island in Anne Arundel County. The median sale price for property on the private island is $1,643,750.

According to the Gibson Island website, it measures three miles by two miles at its widest part, and covers about 1,000 acres. About two-thirds of the island is devoted to open space, natural forest, a bird sanctuary and recreation.

Branded as a family-oriented community of about 200 homes, the island touts miles of quiet roads for bicycling and jogging. Residents can enjoy kayaking, canoeing, fishing, windsurfing, and paddle boarding on a 44-acre fresh water lake. The Gibson Island Corporation maintains the Island’s infrastructure including its roads, beaches and woodlands. The island is home to St. Christopher by the Sea, a non-denominational church, as well as the Gibson Island Historical Society and Salty Marks Museum.

The Gibson Island Club offers fine dining year-round in several venues, while members can use a nine-hole golf course, a nationally renowned Yacht Squadron, multiple tennis courts, and more amenities. Membership in the Gibson Island Club is by invitation only.

According to the PropertyShark post, "To determine which were the most expensive zip codes in the U.S.," a look was taken at all residential transactions closed in 2018, including condos, co-ops, single and two family homes. Due to some ties, there are 117 zip codes in the Top 100 list, the post said.

Overall, California had 82 ZIP codes on the list and the two cities with the priciest ZIP codes were New York and San Francisco.

Read more via PropertyShark.

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