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Housing in Mapleton

A typical Mapleton home is worth roughly $90,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$90K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,015
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Mapleton?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Mapleton

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Mapleton home $90K

That covers a typical Mapleton home, with $198K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$570
Loan $450Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $500 more 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, the Pennsylvania typical property tax (1.30% 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

82% of Mapleton households own their home

Half of Mapleton’s homes were built before 1943.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1943
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,015
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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 $1,070

Renters already here pay a median of $775, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$920
2 bedrooms$1,070
3 bedrooms$1,450
4 bedrooms$1,790
18%
of households rent · PA 31%
20
renter households
$775
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Mapleton in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Mapleton has permitted 1 homes in all.

Single-family
012 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
1
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−23
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Mapleton's population fell by 23 and no new homes were permitted. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025110$565,000
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008220$365,000
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Mapleton vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Mapleton$90K*—$1,0701$71,250
Union$165K*+10.4%†$1,0802$56,563
Brady$170K*—$9900$73,393

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. 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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