A typical Jennerstown home is worth roughly $194,000
The median sale price was $170,000 in April 2026.
Only 1 sale in April 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 Jennerstown?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3 years of income
About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Jennerstown home, with $57K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $130 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jennerstown’s typical property tax (0.97% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040
Renters already here pay a median of $856, 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 Jennerstown in 2025. That's 0.9 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Jennerstown has permitted 5 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Jennerstown's population fell by 17 even though 3 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
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $262,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $262,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $519,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $578,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $95,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $165,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $122,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $297,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $420,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $261,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $291,000 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $291,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
87% of Jennerstown households own their home
Half of Jennerstown’s homes were built before 1963.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Jennerstown buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.