Housing in Marshallton

A typical Marshallton home is worth roughly $83,000

Typical home value

$83K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$893

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Marshallton?

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

Your money goes further71% below the Pennsylvania typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1938.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.6 years of income

Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$198,000

Typical Marshallton home $83K

That covers a typical Marshallton home, with $114K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$510

Loan $410Tax $70Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $460 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Shamokin$60K Ranshaw$69K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Marshallton’s typical property tax (1.07% 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

74% of Marshallton households own their home

Half of Marshallton’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters

Own 74%Rent 26%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1938

typical home built · PA 1965

$893

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.07%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $773, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,240

4 bedrooms$1,290

26%

of households rent · PA 31%

137

renter households

38%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%

22%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$773

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Northumberland 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

Marshallton vs. its neighbors

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

Marshallton$83K Ranshaw$69K Shamokin$60K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Marshallton	$83K*	—	$970	—	$52,411
Shamokin	$60K*	—	$970	0	$39,690
Ranshaw	$69K*	—	$970	—	$53,349

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. 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.