A typical Elmhurst home is worth roughly $216,000
Home prices around Elmhurst have risen about 49% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Elmhurst?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Home prices up 49% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Elmhurst rose 49% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Pennsylvania. Last year prices rose 6.6%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Elmhurst, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 2.7 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Elmhurst home, with $74K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,250 a month here, $120 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Elmhurst’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 $1,250
Renters already here pay a median of $3,501.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, 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 Elmhurst in 2025. The last year with any was 2021 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Elmhurst's population fell by 52 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $259,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $675,000 |
| 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 | $182,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $181,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $806,000 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $720,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
77% of Elmhurst households own their home
Half of Elmhurst’s homes were built before 1969.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
On the market in Elmhurst
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Elmhurst 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. 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.