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Housing in Millcreek

A typical Millcreek home is worth roughly $169,000

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$169K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,706
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Millcreek?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

96% of Millcreek households own their home

Half of Millcreek’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1969
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,706
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
49%
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.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Millcreek

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Millcreek home $169K

That covers a typical Millcreek home, with $119K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,070
Loan $840Tax $180Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $90 less than owning.

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,600
4%
of households rent · PA 31%
4
renter households

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

2 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Millcreek in 2025, all single-family houses. Over the past 10 years, Millcreek has permitted 16 homes in all.

Single-family
02468 200020052010201520202025
2
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
16
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−31
New homes+6

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Millcreek's population fell by 31 even though 6 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 49% of Millcreek's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$225,000
2025220$450,000
2024110$550,000
2023550$1.5 million
2022110$25,000
2021000—
2020330$750,000
2019330$750,000
2018000—
2017110$60,000
2016000—
2015000—
2014220$422,000
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009110$124,000
2008000—
2007110$30,000
2006110$30,000
2005000—
2004330$416,000
2003770$261,000
2002660$223,000
2001330$364,000
2000770$471,000

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

Next door

Millcreek vs. its neighbors

Millcreek is the 3rd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Millcreek$169K*—$9802$45,469
Clarion$183K*—$1,0100$55,705
Highland$180K*—$1,0600$79,167
Farmington$164K*—$1,0100$86,897
Eldred$168K*—$970—$80,290
Union$167K*—$970—$69,444

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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