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Housing in Olivia

A typical Olivia home is worth roughly $216,000

Home prices around Olivia have risen about 32% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$216K
▼ 1.9% in a year · PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,290
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,310
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Olivia?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

100% of Olivia households own their home

Half of Olivia’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1975
typical home built · PA 1965
$2,310
median property tax bill · PA $3,311

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 Olivia

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Olivia home $216K

That covers a typical Olivia home, with $72K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,360
Loan $1,070Tax $230Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 a month here, $70 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.

Price trend

Home prices up 32% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Olivia rose 32% over the past 5 years, slower than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices fell 1.9%.

Olivia areaPennsylvania
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
−1.9%
past year
+32%
past 5 years
+57%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Olivia, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,110
1 bedroom$1,120
2 bedrooms$1,290
3 bedrooms$1,570
4 bedrooms$1,710
0%
of households rent · PA 31%

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

Olivia vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Olivia. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Olivia$216K*−1.9%†$1,290$100,775
Bald Eagle—−1.9%†$1,290$72,250

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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