A typical Black home is worth roughly $147,000
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Black?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.1 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Black home, with $129K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $100 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Black’s typical property tax (0.91% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980
Renters already here pay a median of $700, 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 (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.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Black in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Black has permitted 25 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Black's population fell by 21 even though 8 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are 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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $78,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $339,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $312,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $748,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $752,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $607,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $941,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $120,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $170,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $110,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $385,000 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $595,000 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $766,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $139,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $9,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $245,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
84% of Black households own their home
Half of Black’s homes were built before 1978.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Black vs. its neighbors
Black is the 2nd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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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 Black buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. 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.