A typical Cross Roads home is worth roughly $279,000
The median sale price was $490,000 in May 2026.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Cross Roads?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 51% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Cross Roads rose 51% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Pennsylvania. Last year prices rose 11%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Cross Roads, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
91% of Cross Roads households own their home
Half of Cross Roads’s homes were built before 1978.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A typical home costs 2.8 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.3 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Cross Roads home, with $80K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,460 a month here, $320 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cross Roads’s typical property tax (1.35% 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 $1,460
Renters already here pay a median of $1,200, 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 (York-Hanover, PA MSA): 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 Cross Roads in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (3 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Cross Roads gained 11 residents with no new homes permitted, so the growth came from existing homes. 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $180,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $465,000 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $957,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $505,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $115,000 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $348,000 |
Cross Roads'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.
Cross Roads vs. its neighbors
Cross Roads is the least expensive of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Roads | $279K* | +10.6%† | $1,460 | 0 | $98,333 |
| East Hopewell | $330K* | +10.5%† | $1,360 | 5 | $108,864 |
| North Hopewell | $312K* | +7.8%† | $1,370 | 10 | $109,342 |
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.
On the market in Cross Roads
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Cross Roads 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, May 2026. 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.