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Housing in Dallastown

A typical Dallastown home is worth about $282,000

Up 4% in a year, close to the Pennsylvania typical home.

Typical home value
$282K
▲ 4% in a year · PA $290K
Zillow
Median sale price
$280K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
4
in May · 3 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,260
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,967
PA $3,311

Only 4 sales 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 Dallastown?

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

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260

Renters already here pay a median of $1,158.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$1,000
2 bedrooms$1,260
3 bedrooms$1,700
4 bedrooms$1,750
55%
of households rent · PA 31%
861
renter households
59%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%
24%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,158
median rent paid today · Census

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.

Price trend

Up 33.5% in five years

Faster than Pennsylvania (22.3%).

DallastownPennsylvania
$150K$175K$200K$225K$250K$275K$300K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryDallastownPennsylvania
2017$155,000$173,000
2018$165,000$181,000
2019$171,000$188,000
2020$177,000$198,000
2021$195,000$219,000
2022$212,000$240,000
2023$236,000$257,000
2024$253,000$268,000
2025$264,000$280,000
2026$276,000$287,000
August 2026$282,000$290,000
Then & now

A typical Dallastown home worth $154K in September 2016 is worth about $282K today.

+$128K
+3.9%
past year
+33.5%
past 5 years
+83.3%
since 2016

How Dallastown ranks on rising home prices →

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$228,000
Typical Dallastown home $282K

That’s $54K short of a typical Dallastown home.

The typical home, each month
$1,850
Loan $1,390Tax $370Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month here, $590 less than owning.

How Dallastown ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Dallastown’s typical property tax (1.57% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Dallastown in 2025. The last year with any was 2009 (1 new home).

Single-family2+ homes per building
02468 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+146
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Dallastown gained 146 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
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009110$225,000
2008330$661,000
2007440$220,000
2006330$410,000
2005110$170,000
2004642$698,000
2003550$612,000
2002220$203,000
2001862$535,000
2000770$412,000

How Dallastown 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

45% of Dallastown households own their home

Half of Dallastown’s homes were built before 1958.

Owners and renters
Own 45%Rent 55%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1958
typical home built · PA 1965
$2,967
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
1.57%
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.

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What Dallastown buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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. 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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