The 21224 is getting some national buzz.
The ZIP code that totals four miles and includes Patterson Park, Canton, Highlandtown and parts of Essex is among the top 20 in the U.S. to have gentrified between 2000 and 2016, a new study shows.
During that time period, the number of households in the 21224 decreased by 2.6 percent, while home values increased by 107 percent, the study by the real estate data firm Rentcafe said.
All of this took place while the median household income in the 21224…