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Housing in Darlington

A typical Darlington home is worth roughly $141,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$141K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,583
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Darlington?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Darlington

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Darlington home $141K

That covers a typical Darlington home, with $146K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$890
Loan $700Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $190 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Pennsylvania typical property tax (1.30% 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

82% of Darlington households own their home

Half of Darlington’s homes were built before 1947.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1947
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,583
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080

Renters already here pay a median of $775, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$830
1 bedroom$900
2 bedrooms$1,080
3 bedrooms$1,380
4 bedrooms$1,490
18%
of households rent · PA 31%
20
renter households
$775
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): 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 Darlington in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
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new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
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Darlington'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.

On the market in Darlington

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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. 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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