A typical Perry home is worth roughly $207,000
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Perry?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040
Renters already here pay a median of $800, 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 (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.
89% of Perry households own their home
Half of Perry’s homes were built before 1974.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Perry
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That covers a typical Perry home, with $81K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $270 less than owning.
How Perry ranks on affordability →
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.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Perry in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.1 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Perry has permitted 9 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Perry gained 21 residents while 1 new home was permitted: about 21 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $357,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $597,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $896,000 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $262,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $195,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $260,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $85,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Perry vs. its neighbors
Perry is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | $207K* | — | $1,040 | 3 | $59,375 |
| Madison | $151K* | — | $970 | 3 | $68,409 |
| Parker | $134K | −1.8% | $970 | 1 | $39,583 |
| Toby | $108K* | — | $970 | 1 | $71,023 |
| Bradys Bend | $211K* | — | $1,020 | 2 | $65,536 |
| Fairview | $185K* | — | $1,090 | 13 | $83,438 |
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.