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Housing in Goshen

A typical Goshen home is worth roughly $121,000

Home prices around Goshen have risen about 77% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$121K
▲ 15.2% in a year · PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,442
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Goshen?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 77% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Goshen rose 77% over the past 5 years, faster than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices rose 15%.

Goshen areaPennsylvania
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+15%
past year
+77%
past 5 years
+94%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Goshen, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Goshen

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Goshen home $121K

That covers a typical Goshen home, with $167K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$760
Loan $600Tax $130Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $250 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Renters already here pay a median of $582, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,350
14%
of households rent · PA 31%
16
renter households
$582
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Clearfield County, PA): 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 Goshen in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (1 new home).

Single-family
012345 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
6
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−45
New homes+11

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Goshen's population fell by 45 even though 11 new homes were 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
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022110$200,000
2021220$550,000
2020110$201,000
2019110$95,000
2018110$190,000
2017000—
2016000—
2015110$148,000
2014110$75,000
2013220$410,000
2012220$47,000
2011000—
2010330$243,000
2009330$270,000
2008000—
2007000—
2006330$289,000
2005330$289,000
2004440$378,000
2003550$283,000
2002330$308,000
2001220$146,000
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

86% of Goshen households own their home

Half of Goshen’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1987
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,442
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
12%
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.

Next door

Goshen vs. its neighbors

Goshen is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Goshen$121K*+15.2%†$1,0100$48,333
Bradford$118K*—$1,0903$55,938
Girard$118K*—$1,0900$58,889
Lawrence$296K+6%$9708$62,371

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.

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