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Housing in Edgewood

A typical Edgewood home is worth roughly $85,000

Typical home value
$85K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$866
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Edgewood?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$176,000
Typical Edgewood home $85K

That covers a typical Edgewood home, with $91K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$520
Loan $420Tax $70Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $450 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Edgewood ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Edgewood’s typical property tax (1.02% 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

68% of Edgewood households own their home

Half of Edgewood’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 68%Rent 32%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1938
typical home built · PA 1965
$866
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
1.02%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $689, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,290
32%
of households rent · PA 31%
335
renter households
40%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%
25%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$689
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Edgewood vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Edgewood. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Edgewood$85K*—$970$45,759
Fairview-Ferndale$87K*—$970$43,359

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. 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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