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Housing in Newmanstown

A typical Newmanstown home is worth about $346,000

Up 5.6% in a year, 19% above the Pennsylvania typical home.

Typical home value
$346K
▲ 5.6% in a year · PA $290K
Zillow
Median sale price
$250K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in May · 3 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,600
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,885
PA $3,311

Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Newmanstown?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

83% of Newmanstown households own their home

Half of Newmanstown’s homes were built before 1998.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1998
typical home built · PA 1965
$2,885
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
1.11%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

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

Price trend

Up 36.4% in five years

Faster than Pennsylvania (22.3%).

NewmanstownPennsylvania
$150K$200K$250K$300K$350K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryNewmanstownPennsylvania
2017$185,000$173,000
2018$195,000$181,000
2019$203,000$188,000
2020$219,000$198,000
2021$238,000$219,000
2022$263,000$240,000
2023$288,000$257,000
2024$300,000$268,000
2025$317,000$280,000
2026$337,000$287,000
August 2026$346,000$290,000
Then & now

A typical Newmanstown home worth $186K in September 2016 is worth about $346K today.

+$161K
+5.6%
past year
+36.4%
past 5 years
+86.6%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.8 years of income

About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$341,000
Typical Newmanstown home $346K

That’s $6K short of a typical Newmanstown home.

The typical home, each month
$2,140
Loan $1,720Tax $320Insurance $100

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,600 a month here, $540 less 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, Newmanstown’s typical property tax (1.11% 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 $1,600

Renters already here pay a median of $1,522.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,170
1 bedroom$1,260
2 bedrooms$1,600
3 bedrooms$2,040
4 bedrooms$2,220
17%
of households rent · PA 31%
234
renter households
28%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,522
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Newmanstown vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Newmanstown$346K+5.6%$1,600—$90,177
Millcreek$267K*+12.9%†$1,510—$91,181
Marion$314K*+4.4%†$1,4902$80,294

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, 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.

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