Guest, Sign inJoin
Housing in Cornwells Heights

A typical Cornwells Heights home is worth roughly $433,000

Home prices around Cornwells Heights have risen about 48% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$433K
▲ 1.7% in a year · PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$2,100
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,920
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Cornwells Heights?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$343,000
Typical Cornwells Heights home $433K

That’s $91K short of a typical Cornwells Heights home.

The typical home, each month
$2,570
Loan $2,150Tax $290Insurance $130

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,100 a month here, $470 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cornwells Heights’s typical property tax (0.81% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

67% of Cornwells Heights households own their home

Half of Cornwells Heights’s homes were built before 1953.

Owners and renters
Own 67%Rent 33%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1953
typical home built · PA 1965
$2,920
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
0.81%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

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

Price trend

Home prices up 48% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Cornwells Heights rose 48% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Pennsylvania. Last year prices rose 1.7%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Cornwells Heights home at roughly $433,000 today.

Cornwells Heights areaPennsylvania
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+1.7%
past year
+48%
past 5 years
+81%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $433K.

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,100

Renters already here pay a median of $1,083, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,620
1 bedroom$1,760
2 bedrooms$2,100
3 bedrooms$2,520
4 bedrooms$2,810
33%
of households rent · PA 31%
193
renter households
44%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%
29%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,083
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Cornwells Heights vs. its neighbors

Cornwells Heights is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Cornwells Heights$433K*+1.7%†$2,100$87,396
Eddington$333K*+1.7%†$2,100$122,107
Andalusia$335K*——$64,745

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 Cornwells Heights buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Is Cornwells Heights still affordable for young families?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start the conversation

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. 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.

Post to Cornwells Heights

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in