A typical Avondale home is worth about $616,000
Up 2.5% in a year, 112% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
Only 1 sale in March 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 Avondale?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 7.8 years of income
More than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $334K short of a typical Avondale home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,820 a month here, $2,210 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Avondale’s typical property tax (1.56% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
62% of Avondale households own their home
Half of Avondale’s homes were built before 1938.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 31.9% in five years
Faster than Pennsylvania (22.3%).
Show as a table
| January | Avondale | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $351,000 | $173,000 |
| 2018 | $365,000 | $181,000 |
| 2019 | $371,000 | $188,000 |
| 2020 | $386,000 | $198,000 |
| 2021 | $427,000 | $219,000 |
| 2022 | $485,000 | $240,000 |
| 2023 | $531,000 | $257,000 |
| 2024 | $559,000 | $268,000 |
| 2025 | $590,000 | $280,000 |
| 2026 | $606,000 | $287,000 |
| August 2026 | $616,000 | $290,000 |
A typical Avondale home worth $346K in September 2016 is worth about $616K 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 $1,820
Renters already here pay a median of $1,400, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Avondale in 2025. The last year with any was 2018 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Avondale gained 9 residents while 39 new homes were permitted: about 0.2 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $266,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $262,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $257,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $947,000 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Avondale vs. its neighbors
Avondale is the priciest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avondale | $616K | +2.5% | $1,820 | 0 | $78,681 |
| London Grove | $470K* | +3.4%† | $1,760 | 2 | $175,558 |
| New Garden | $547K* | +6.2%† | $1,770 | 5 | $120,550 |
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.
On the market in Avondale
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Avondale 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, March 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.