Housing in Bald Eagle

A typical Bald Eagle home is worth roughly $221,000

Home prices around Bald Eagle have risen about 32% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value

$221K

▼ 1.9% in a year · PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,290

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,630

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Bald Eagle?

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

Your money goes further24% below the Pennsylvania typical home.A town of owners91% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Bald Eagle

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You could afford about

$288,000

Typical Bald Eagle home $221K

That covers a typical Bald Eagle home, with $67K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,400

Loan $1,090Tax $240Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 a month here, $110 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Snyder$187K Taylor$219K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Pennsylvania typical property tax (1.30% 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

91% of Bald Eagle households own their home

Half of Bald Eagle’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters

Own 91%Rent 9%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1974

typical home built · PA 1965

$2,630

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

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

Price trend

Home prices up 32% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Bald Eagle rose 32% over the past 5 years, slower than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices fell 1.9%.

Bald Eagle areaPennsylvania

−1.9%

past year

+32%

past 5 years

+57%

past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bald Eagle, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,110

1 bedroom$1,120

2 bedrooms$1,290

3 bedrooms$1,570

4 bedrooms$1,710

of households rent · PA 31%

renter households

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

Next door

Bald Eagle vs. its neighbors

Bald Eagle is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Bald Eagle$221K Taylor$219K Snyder$187K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Bald Eagle	$221K*	−1.9%†	$1,290	—	$72,250
Olivia	—	−1.9%†	$1,290	—	$100,775
Snyder	$187K*	−1.9%†	$1,290	5	$71,071
Taylor	$219K*	+1.1%†	$1,290	1	$77,143

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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.