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Housing in Colerain

A typical Colerain home is worth roughly $274,000

Home prices around Colerain have risen about 50% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$274K
▲ 2.2% in a year · PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$990
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,610
PA $3,311
Price trend

Home prices up 50% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Colerain rose 50% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Pennsylvania. Last year prices rose 2.2%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Colerain home at roughly $274,000 today.

Colerain areaPennsylvania
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+2.2%
past year
+50%
past 5 years
+68%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $274K.

How Colerain ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Colerain, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.1 years of income

More than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$268,000
Typical Colerain home $274K

That’s $6K short of a typical Colerain home.

The typical home, each month
$1,600
Loan $1,360Tax $160Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $610 less than owning.

How Colerain ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Colerain’s typical property tax (0.72% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $990

Renters already here pay a median of $783, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$990
3 bedrooms$1,250
4 bedrooms$1,500
14%
of households rent · PA 31%
52
renter households
65%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%
18%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$783
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bedford County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Colerain in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (3 new homes).

Single-family
051015 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
14
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−63
New homes+18

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Colerain's population fell by 63 even though 18 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
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023330$396,000
2022440$1 million
2021220$656,000
2020110$100,000
2019110$250,000
2018000—
2017220$324,000
2016110$60,000
2015110$150,000
2014440$624,000
2013440$543,000
2012220$380,000
2011110$165,000
2010220$447,000
2009440$663,000
2008110$150,000
2007660$965,000
2006220$633,000
2005110$205,000
200413130$1.5 million
2003770$925,000
2002660$846,000
2001880$557,000
2000110$105,000

How Colerain ranks on new homes being built →

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

86% of Colerain households own their home

Half of Colerain’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1974
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,610
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
0.72%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Colerain vs. its neighbors

Colerain is the 2nd priciest of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Colerain$274K*+2.2%†$9900$66,607
Monroe$209K*—$1,1002$58,056
Cumberland Valley$252K*+2.1%†$9901$67,361
Bedford$192K*+2.1%†$9903$61,136
Southampton$216K*—$1,1200$56,336
Snake Spring$281K*+5.5%†$9702$73,571
West Providence$180K*+6%†$98011$79,844

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.

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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.

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