Housing in North Union

A typical North Union home is worth roughly $140,000

#53Lowest property tax in PA #92Cheapest rent in PA #141Most affordable in PA All PA rankings →

Typical home value

$140K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,100

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,431

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is North Union?

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

Your money goes further52% below the Pennsylvania typical home.Low tax bills#53 of 1,057 in PA for the lowest property tax bills.Rent is cheap#92 in PA for the cheapest rent.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$207,000

Typical North Union home $140K

That covers a typical North Union home, with $67K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$850

Loan $690Tax $120Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100 a month here, $250 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Uniontown$161K Oliver$144K Dunbar$167K Menallen$161K Franklin$124K East Uniontown$115K South Union$209K

How North Union ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, North Union’s typical property tax (1.02% 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 $1,100

Renters already here pay a median of $771, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850

1 bedroom$910

2 bedrooms$1,100

3 bedrooms$1,410

4 bedrooms$1,510

26%

of households rent · PA 31%

1,257

renter households

53%

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

24%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$771

median rent paid today · Census

How North Union ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →

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

The homes

1 of North Union’s houses are on the National Register

Half of North Union’s homes were built before 1965.

History →

Owners and renters

Own 74%Rent 26%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1965

typical home built · PA 1965

$1,431

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.02%

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

Historic houses in North Union

Springer FarmListed 1982

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Next door

North Union vs. its neighbors

North Union is the 3rd least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

South Union$209K Dunbar$167K Uniontown$161K Menallen$161K Oliver$144K North Union$140K Franklin$124K East Uniontown$115K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
North Union	$140K*	—	$1,100	—	$54,336
Uniontown	$161K	+1.7%	$1,010	0	$35,454
Oliver	$144K*	+5.2%†	$1,010	—	$55,602
Dunbar	$167K*	—	$1,010	—	$60,917
Menallen	$161K*	+5.2%†	$1,080	4	$64,013
Franklin	$124K*	—	$1,250	—	$57,250
East Uniontown	$115K*	+5.2%†	$1,080	—	$48,305
South Union	$209K*	+5.2%†	$1,080	9	$77,708

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.