A typical Harmar home is worth roughly $225,000
Home prices around Harmar have risen about 40% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Harmar?
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A typical home costs 3.5 years of income
About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Harmar home, with $10K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,360 a month here, $90 less than owning.
How Harmar ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harmar’s typical property tax (1.47% 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 40% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Harmar rose 40% over the past 5 years, slower than across Pennsylvania (48%). Prices were about flat last year. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Harmar home at roughly $225,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $225K.
How Harmar ranks on rising home prices →
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Harmar, 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 $1,360
Renters already here pay a median of $935, 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 (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Harmar in 2025. That's 0.3 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Harmar has permitted 2 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Harmar gained 212 residents while 108 new homes were permitted: about 2 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $357,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $263,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $123,000 |
| 2013 | 14 | 2 | 12 | $1.1 million |
| 2012 | 53 | 13 | 40 | $4 million |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | 0 | $3.6 million |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $544,000 |
| 2007 | 14 | 10 | 4 | $3.2 million |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $627,000 |
| 2002 | 5 | 3 | 2 | $1.7 million |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $565,000 |
How Harmar 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.
76% of Harmar households own their home
Half of Harmar’s homes were built before 1965.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Harmar vs. its neighbors
Harmar is the 2nd least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harmar | $225K* | −0.2%† | $1,360 | 1 | $65,075 |
| Indiana | $379K* | +1.2%† | $1,360 | 16 | $115,375 |
| Oakmont | $346K | −0.2% | $1,340 | 7 | $92,782 |
| Plum | $228K* | +5.1%† | $1,300 | 53 | $98,705 |
| Fox Chapel | $901K* | +5.7%† | $1,330 | 5 | $243,625 |
| Cheswick | $247K | +0.1% | $1,370 | 0 | $75,000 |
| O'Hara | $401K* | +6.6%† | $1,320 | 26 | $117,276 |
| Harwick | $135K* | — | $1,170 | — | $60,179 |
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.