A typical Cambridge home is worth roughly $161,000
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Cambridge?
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A typical home costs 2 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Cambridge home, with $132K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $40 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cambridge’s typical property tax (1.53% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
94% of Cambridge households own their home
Half of Cambridge’s homes were built before 1974.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010
Renters already here pay a median of $687, 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 (Erie, PA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Cambridge in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 2 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Pennsylvania as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Cambridge has permitted 14 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Cambridge's population fell by 124 even though 11 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 | $286,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $859,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $859,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $301,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $838,000 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $492,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $492,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $422,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $193,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $184,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $547,000 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $547,000 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $730,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $233,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $349,000 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $465,000 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $970,000 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $970,000 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $579,000 |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $666,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $334,000 |
Cambridge'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.
Cambridge vs. its neighbors
Cambridge is the least expensive of 6 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 Cambridge 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. 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.