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Housing in Greenfields

A typical Greenfields home is worth roughly $269,000

The median sale price was $480,000 in May 2026.

Typical home value
$269K
▲ 3.7% in a year · PA $255K
Estimate
Median sale price
$480K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in May · 2 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,380
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,788
PA $3,311

Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

Price trend

Home prices up 95% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Greenfields rose 95% over the past 5 years, faster than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices rose 3.7%.

Greenfields areaPennsylvania
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%+300%200020052010201520202025
+3.7%
past year
+95%
past 5 years
+145%
past 10 years

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.4 years of income

About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$287,000
Typical Greenfields home $269K

That covers a typical Greenfields home, with $19K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,720
Loan $1,330Tax $320Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380 a month here, $340 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Greenfields’s typical property tax (1.41% 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 $1,380

Renters already here pay a median of $2,015.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$950
1 bedroom$1,080
2 bedrooms$1,380
3 bedrooms$1,700
4 bedrooms$1,830
15%
of households rent · PA 31%
64
renter households
$2,015
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

85% of Greenfields households own their home

Half of Greenfields’s homes were built before 1958.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1958
typical home built · PA 1965
$3,788
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
1.41%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Greenfields vs. its neighbors

Greenfields is the 3rd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Greenfields$269K*+3.7%†$1,380—$78,830
Bern$340K*+4.6%†$1,4803$117,897
Spring$287K*+6.8%†$1,99010$94,837
Reading$268K+3.8%$1,5000$44,091
Wyomissing$386K+1.1%$2,1500$93,203
Muhlenberg$233K*+4%†$1,83023$88,069

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, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community 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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