ParcelioHoward County, Maryland: parcel data and property records
101,013 Howard County parcels on one searchable map: owner of record and mailing address, assessed and appraised values and recorded sales, plus lot boundaries and location. Screen by absentee ownership, acreage, year built and owner tenure.
What the data covers
These bars show real field-by-field coverage for Howard County in our database, so you know exactly what you are getting before you search. Numbers refresh as the county publishes new records.
Not held for Howard County: deeded acreage and vacancy. Those fields are carried where the county publishes them.
Most recent recorded sale on file: 2026-09-15.
Areas covered
Parcel counts by place, largest first: Ellicott City (28,455), Columbia (26,400), Laurel (10,267), Elkridge (8,194), Clarksville (4,171).
Recent sales
3,011 Howard County parcels have a recorded sale dated since November 2025. Across 2,001 priced sales, with a deed recorded on several parcels counted once, the median price was $655,000 and the middle half sold between $477,000 and $880,000.
Land use mix
The most common land use or property class on file, as the county writes it, by share of parcels with one: Residential 66%, Town House 22%, Exempt 3%, Residential Condominium 3%, Commercial 2%.
Nearest counties
- Montgomery County: about 16 mi away, 281,395 parcels
- Baltimore City: about 17 mi away, 232,164 parcels
- Carroll County: about 21 mi away, 69,751 parcels
- Baltimore County: about 23 mi away, 319,999 parcels
- Anne Arundel County: about 25 mi away, 216,475 parcels
Search Howard County parcels
The map is free to browse - parcel lines, boundaries, and location. Owner of record, assessed values, recorded sales, year built and the full parcel report come with a plan that costs less than one hour of a title runner's time.
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Common questions
How many parcels are in Howard County, Maryland?
Parcelio carries 101,013 parcel records for Howard County, Maryland, with owner information on 97 percent of them.
Can I find out who owns a property in Howard County?
Yes. Search by owner name, address, or parcel number to pull the record: owner of record and mailing address, assessed values, recorded sales, year built and lot lines on the map. Sale records here currently run through 2026-09-15.
How do I find vacant land or absentee owners in Howard County?
We do not hold vacancy data for Howard County yet, so this filter has nothing to match there. Vacancy filters work in the counties where we hold the field. Howard County does have owner mailing state: 2,275 parcels have an owner mailing address outside Maryland.
Can I search Howard County by lot size or acreage?
Yes. Acreage is on 98 percent of Howard County parcels, mapped from the parcel boundary, and the advanced search filters on it directly - set a minimum and maximum to pull every tract in that range, then stack vacancy or absentee ownership on top.