A typical Brady home is worth roughly $235,000
Home prices around Brady have risen about 51% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Brady?
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Home prices up 51% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Brady rose 51% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Pennsylvania. Last year prices rose 17%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Brady home at roughly $235,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $235K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Brady, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 3 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Brady home, with $72K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $280 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brady’s typical property tax (0.90% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
90% of Brady households own their home
Half of Brady’s homes were built before 1976.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130
Renters already here pay a median of $558, 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.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Brady in 2025. That's 0.9 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Brady has permitted 13 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Brady's population fell by 96 even though 7 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $421,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $421,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $693,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $440,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $230,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $530,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $468,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $123,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $369,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $273,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $120,000 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $396,000 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $766,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $54,000 |
Brady's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Brady vs. its neighbors
Brady is the 3rd least expensive of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady | $235K* | +17.5%† | $1,130 | 1 | $78,977 |
| Franklin | $317K* | +6.2%† | $1,210 | 35 | $77,593 |
| West Liberty | — | +17.5%† | $1,130 | 0 | $73,365 |
| Slippery Rock | $273K* | +17.5%† | $1,130 | 3 | $56,556 |
| Worth | $232K* | +15.8%† | $1,080 | 0 | $68,611 |
| Clay | $233K* | — | $1,190 | 0 | $83,661 |
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 Brady buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.