A typical Lower Mifflin home is worth roughly $220,000
Home prices around Lower Mifflin have risen about 57% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Lower Mifflin?
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A typical home costs 3.6 years of income
About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Lower Mifflin home, with $5K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $160 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lower Mifflin’s typical property tax (1.31% 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 57% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Lower Mifflin rose 57% over the past 5 years, faster than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices rose 3.5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Lower Mifflin home at roughly $220,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $220K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lower Mifflin, 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 $1,230
Renters already here pay a median of $1,304.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA): 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 Lower Mifflin in 2025. That's 0.5 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Lower Mifflin has permitted 11 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Lower Mifflin's population fell by 28 even though 12 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $400,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $470,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $780,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $225,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $468,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $212,000 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $403,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $263,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
88% of Lower Mifflin households own their home
Half of Lower Mifflin’s homes were built before 1984.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Lower Mifflin vs. its neighbors
Lower Mifflin is the 2nd least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Mifflin | $220K* | +3.5%† | $1,230 | 1 | $60,682 |
| North Newton | $255K* | +4.1%† | $1,280 | 1 | $78,125 |
| Tyrone | $243K* | — | $1,190 | — | $70,347 |
| Jackson | $244K* | — | $1,390 | — | $64,375 |
| Southwest Madison | $303K* | — | $1,120 | — | $92,727 |
| Upper Mifflin | $268K* | +3.5%† | $1,370 | 1 | $83,047 |
| Upper Frankford | $192K* | +3.8%† | $1,260 | 3 | $77,862 |
| West Pennsboro | $283K* | +5%† | $1,370 | 5 | $81,433 |
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.