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Housing in Jerome

A typical Jerome home is worth roughly $181,000

The median sale price was $140,000 in April 2026.

Typical home value
$181K
PA $255K
Estimate
Median sale price
$140K
April 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in April · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,790
PA $3,311

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 Jerome?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

Less than across Pennsylvania (3.3 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$327,000
Typical Jerome home $181K

That covers a typical Jerome home, with $146K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,100
Loan $900Tax $150Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $120 less 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, Jerome’s typical property tax (0.99% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

93% of Jerome households own their home

Half of Jerome’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 93%Rent 8%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1938
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,790
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
0.99%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,480
8%
of households rent · PA 31%
19
renter households

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

Next door

Jerome vs. its neighbors

Jerome is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Jerome$181K*—$980—$84,958
Conemaugh$166K*—$1,0901$75,459
Jenner$131K*—$1,0500$58,605

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, April 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.

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