A typical Canal home is worth roughly $134,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Canal?
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 Canal home, with $102K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $120 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Canal’s 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.
92% of Canal households own their home
Half of Canal’s homes were built before 1977.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $671, 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 (Crawford County, PA): 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 Canal in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Canal has permitted 1 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Canal's population fell by 86 even though 3 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 | $311,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $173,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $332,000 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $358,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $365,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $320,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $320,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $320,000 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $426,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $95,000 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $334,000 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $361,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $242,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Canal vs. its neighbors
Canal is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canal | $134K* | — | $970 | 1 | $64,432 |
| Frenchcreek | $154K* | — | $980 | 1 | $69,044 |
| Wayne | $202K* | — | $990 | 3 | $75,000 |
| Jackson | $135K* | — | $1,260 | 0 | $66,250 |
| Utica | $177K | +6.6% | $970 | 0 | $48,929 |
| Sugarcreek | $108K* | +3.4%† | $990 | 4 | $63,987 |
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 Canal 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.