A typical Avella home is worth about $217,000
Up 4.2% in a year, 25% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Avella?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.1 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Avella home, with $61K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,360 a month here, $70 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Avella’s typical property tax (0.87% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
70% of Avella households own their home
Half of Avella’s homes were built before 1938.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Home values since 2024
Typical home value by month.
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| January | Avella | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $195,000 | $268,000 |
| 2025 | $209,000 | $280,000 |
| 2026 | $212,000 | $287,000 |
| August 2026 | $217,000 | $290,000 |
A typical Avella home worth $195K in January 2024 is worth about $217K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,360
Renters already here pay a median of $1,507.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Avella vs. its neighbors
Avella is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avella | $217K | +4.2% | $1,360 | — | $71,000 |
| Independence | $191K* | — | $1,300 | 2 | $90,375 |
| Cross Creek | $234K* | — | $1,290 | 4 | $68,098 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Avella buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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.