Housing in Mead

A typical Mead home is worth roughly $115,000

Typical home value

$115K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,366

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Mead?

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

Your money goes further61% below the Pennsylvania typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$202,000

Typical Mead home $115K

That covers a typical Mead home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$710

Loan $570Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $270 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Glade$183K Sheffield$79K Pleasant$165K Warren$144K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mead’s typical property tax (1.19% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $707, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,300

4 bedrooms$1,390

17%

of households rent · PA 31%

renter households

33%

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

22%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$707

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

83% of Mead households own their home

Half of Mead’s homes were built before 1960.

Owners and renters

Own 83%Rent 17%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1960

typical home built · PA 1965

$1,366

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.19%

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

13%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Mead vs. its neighbors

Mead is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Glade$183K Pleasant$165K Warren$144K Mead$115K Sheffield$79K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Mead	$115K*	—	$980	—	$54,076
Glade	$183K*	−1.9%†	$990	—	$73,388
Sheffield	$79K*	—	$1,130	1	$58,042
Pleasant	$165K*	−1.9%†	$980	—	$75,893
Warren	$144K	+0.2%	$990	4	$53,815
Corydon	—	+8.5%†	$990	0	$68,750
Hamilton	—	—	$1,000	0	$46,250

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.