A typical Franconia home is worth roughly $516,000
Home prices around Franconia have risen about 51% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 23 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Franconia?
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A typical home costs 4.6 years of income
More than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $114K short of a typical Franconia home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,780 a month here, $1,540 less than owning.
How Franconia ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Franconia’s typical property tax (1.45% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Home prices up 51% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Franconia rose 51% over the past 5 years, faster than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices rose 3.3%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Franconia home at roughly $516,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $516K.
How Franconia ranks on rising home prices →
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Franconia, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,780
Renters already here pay a median of $1,897.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
23 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 23 new homes in Franconia in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $6.6 million to build. That's 1.7 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Pennsylvania as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Franconia has permitted 341 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Franconia gained 195 residents while 183 new homes were permitted: about 1.1 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes 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) | 2 | 2 | 0 | $743,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 0 | $6.6 million |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 0 | $9.2 million |
| 2023 | 57 | 57 | 0 | $14.5 million |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 0 | $12.6 million |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2020 | 34 | 34 | 0 | $6.3 million |
| 2019 | 52 | 52 | 0 | $8.1 million |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 | 0 | $4.8 million |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | 0 | $3.5 million |
| 2016 | 40 | 40 | 0 | $7.6 million |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $964,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2011 | 13 | 13 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| 2010 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2009 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $3 million |
| 2008 | 46 | 46 | 0 | $6.2 million |
| 2007 | 133 | 133 | 0 | $13.1 million |
| 2006 | 39 | 39 | 0 | $8 million |
| 2005 | 143 | 143 | 0 | $19.7 million |
| 2004 | 111 | 111 | 0 | $14.2 million |
| 2003 | 24 | 12 | 12 | $3.2 million |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| 2001 | 76 | 76 | 0 | $8.9 million |
| 2000 | 90 | 90 | 0 | $9.4 million |
Franconia's permit office reported 11 of 12 months in 2025; the Census estimated the rest.
How Franconia 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.
83% of Franconia households own their home
Half of Franconia’s homes were built before 1987.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Franconia vs. its neighbors
Franconia is the priciest of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franconia | $516K* | +3.3%† | $1,780 | 23 | $111,426 |
| Salford | $463K* | +4%† | $1,780 | 0 | $125,658 |
| Lower Salford | $509K* | +2.8%† | $2,130 | 30 | $146,481 |
| Souderton | $468K | +2.3% | $1,680 | 0 | $93,537 |
| Upper Salford | $460K* | +2.5%† | $2,050 | 0 | $138,600 |
| Telford | $439K | +2.1% | $1,770 | 0 | $91,058 |
| Hatfield | $485K | +2.2% | $1,890 | 54 | $97,993 |
| Towamencin | $430K* | +5.7%† | $2,160 | 0 | $100,396 |
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. 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.