A typical Mountain Top home is worth about $342,000
Up 2.4% in a year, 18% above the Pennsylvania typical home. Homes typically sell in 18 days, close to asking.
What kind of housing town is Mountain Top?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
89% of Mountain Top households own their home
Half of Mountain Top’s homes were built before 1985.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 26.9% in five years
Faster than Pennsylvania (22.3%).
Show as a table
| January | Mountain Top | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $207,000 | $173,000 |
| 2018 | $214,000 | $181,000 |
| 2019 | $214,000 | $188,000 |
| 2020 | $229,000 | $198,000 |
| 2021 | $247,000 | $219,000 |
| 2022 | $277,000 | $240,000 |
| 2023 | $292,000 | $257,000 |
| 2024 | $309,000 | $268,000 |
| 2025 | $328,000 | $280,000 |
| 2026 | $333,000 | $287,000 |
| August 2026 | $342,000 | $290,000 |
A typical Mountain Top home worth $205K in September 2016 is worth about $342K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A seller's market
Supply is tight — about 3.6 months of homes for sale at the current pace. Buyers should expect competition on well-priced homes.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
A typical home costs 3.1 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Mountain Top home, with $68K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $1,070 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mountain Top’s typical property tax (1.23% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070
Renters already here pay a median of $849, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Mountain Top vs. its neighbors
Mountain Top is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Mountain Top buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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.