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Housing in Port Clinton

A typical Port Clinton home is worth roughly $135,000

Typical home value
$135K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,490
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,987
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Port Clinton?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Port Clinton

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You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Port Clinton home $135K

That covers a typical Port Clinton home, with $152K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$860
Loan $670Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,490 a month here, $630 more 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, 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.

The homes

71% of Port Clinton households own their home

Half of Port Clinton’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 71%Rent 29%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1938
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,987
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,490

Renters already here pay a median of $1,133, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,050
1 bedroom$1,140
2 bedrooms$1,490
3 bedrooms$1,940
4 bedrooms$2,040
29%
of households rent · PA 31%
32
renter households
$1,133
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Port Clinton vs. its neighbors

Port Clinton is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Port Clinton$135K*—$1,490—$61,563
Tilden$200K*+12.8%†$1,5301$80,168
West Brunswick$290K*+1.5%†$1,10061$119,167

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. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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