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Housing in Pennsylvania

A typical Pennsylvania home is worth roughly $131,000

Typical home value
$131K
IL $298K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$930
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,400
IL $5,298

What kind of housing town is Pennsylvania?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Pennsylvania

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Pennsylvania home $131K

That covers a typical Pennsylvania home, with $149K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$910
Loan $650Tax $220Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $930 a month here, $20 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Illinois typical property tax (2.01% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

100% of Pennsylvania households own their home

Half of Pennsylvania’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Illinois: 67% own.

1938
typical home built · IL 1971
$2,400
median property tax bill · IL $5,298

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $930

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$640
1 bedroom$710
2 bedrooms$930
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,550
0%
of households rent · IL 33%

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Mason County, IL): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Pennsylvania vs. its neighbors

Pennsylvania is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Pennsylvania$131K*—$930$71,563
Sherman$79K*—$950$40,714
Manito$116K*+31.7%†$960$68,942
Mason City$125K+14.8%$930$66,951

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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