A typical Clark home is worth roughly $230,000
Home prices around Clark have risen about 25% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Clark?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 25% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Clark rose 25% over the past 5 years, slower than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices fell 8.9%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Clark, 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 3.8 years of income
About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $6K short of a typical Clark home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $420 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Clark’s typical property tax (1.20% 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 $1,010
Renters already here pay a median of $688, 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 (Mercer County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Clark in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Clark's population fell by 64 even though 1 new home was 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $340,000 |
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $340,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $563,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $390,000 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2 | 5 | $725,000 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 | $316,000 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $295,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
86% of Clark households own their home
Half of Clark’s homes were built before 1972.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Clark vs. its neighbors
Clark is the priciest of 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark | $230K* | −8.9%† | $1,010 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Pymatuning | $119K* | — | $980 | 0 | $54,574 |
| South Pymatuning | $181K* | −8.1%† | $990 | 3 | $77,614 |
| Hermitage | $227K | +3.8% | $1,060 | 5 | $70,052 |
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 Clark 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. 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.