A typical Glenside home is worth about $464,000
Up 2.3% in a year, 60% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
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 Glenside?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 4.6 years of income
More than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $100K short of a typical Glenside home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,790 a month here, $1,250 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Glenside’s typical property tax (1.56% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
77% of Glenside households own their home
Half of Glenside’s homes were built before 1938.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 25% in five years
About the same pace as Pennsylvania (22.3%).
Show as a table
| January | Glenside | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $268,000 | $173,000 |
| 2018 | $284,000 | $181,000 |
| 2019 | $294,000 | $188,000 |
| 2020 | $305,000 | $198,000 |
| 2021 | $341,000 | $219,000 |
| 2022 | $374,000 | $240,000 |
| 2023 | $406,000 | $257,000 |
| 2024 | $432,000 | $268,000 |
| 2025 | $450,000 | $280,000 |
| 2026 | $454,000 | $287,000 |
| August 2026 | $464,000 | $290,000 |
A typical Glenside home worth $267K in September 2016 is worth about $464K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,790
Renters already here pay a median of $1,431, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
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.
Glenside vs. its neighbors
Glenside is the 2nd priciest of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenside | $464K | +2.3% | $1,790 | — | $101,676 |
| Wyncote | $463K | +1.6% | $2,240 | — | $148,824 |
| Abington | $415K | +2.2% | $1,830 | 58 | $103,645 |
| Jenkintown | $516K | +2.7% | $1,860 | 3 | $110,703 |
| Cheltenham | $398K | +1.7% | $1,850 | 0 | $109,022 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Glenside buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. 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.