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Housing in Berwyn · A strong seller's market

A typical Berwyn home is worth about $982,000

Up 6% in a year, 238% above the Pennsylvania typical home. Homes typically sell in 48 days, a little above asking.

Typical home value
$982K
▲ 6% in a year · PA $290K
Zillow
Median sale price
$800K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
48
Slower than PA (30)
Sale-to-list
101.2%
Homes sell above asking
Homes sold
7
in May · 4 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$2,270
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$7,066
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Berwyn?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 6.7 years of income

More than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$553,000
Typical Berwyn home $982K

That’s $429K short of a typical Berwyn home.

The typical home, each month
$6,050
Loan $4,860Tax $900Insurance $290

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,270 a month here, $3,780 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Berwyn’s typical property tax (1.11% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Market temperature

A strong seller's market

Homes are selling faster than new ones are listed: less than two months of supply. Well-priced homes can draw several offers.

Seller’s marketA strong seller's marketBuyer’sSeller’s

Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.

0.6
months of supply · PA 2.7
48
days to sell · PA 30
101.2%
of asking price, at sale
42.9%
sold above asking
80%
under contract within 2 weeks
4
new listings in May

Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.

Price trend

Up 38.7% in five years

Faster than Pennsylvania (22.3%).

BerwynPennsylvania
$100K$200K$300K$400K$500K$600K$700K$800K$900K$1M20182020202220242026
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JanuaryBerwynPennsylvania
2017$556,000$173,000
2018$575,000$181,000
2019$592,000$188,000
2020$600,000$198,000
2021$660,000$219,000
2022$722,000$240,000
2023$799,000$257,000
2024$842,000$268,000
2025$891,000$280,000
2026$948,000$287,000
August 2026$982,000$290,000
Then & now

A typical Berwyn home worth $554K in September 2016 is worth about $982K today.

+$428K
+6%
past year
+38.7%
past 5 years
+77.3%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,270

Renters already here pay a median of $1,750, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,750
1 bedroom$1,900
2 bedrooms$2,270
3 bedrooms$2,710
4 bedrooms$3,040
29%
of households rent · PA 31%
406
renter households
56%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%
19%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,750
median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

71% of Berwyn households own their home

Half of Berwyn’s homes were built before 1961.

Owners and renters
Own 71%Rent 29%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1961
typical home built · PA 1965
$7,066
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
1.11%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Berwyn vs. its neighbors

Berwyn is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Berwyn$982K+6%$2,270—$145,833
Devon$1.02M+7.9%$2,310—$219,063
Easttown$853K*+10.1%†$2,26010$214,861
Tredyffrin$710K*+7.1%†$2,450209$162,194
Paoli$634K+3.2%$2,370—$138,396

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, 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.

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