Housing in Porter

A typical Porter home is worth roughly $164,000

Typical home value

$164K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,030

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,411

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Porter?

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

Your money goes further44% below the Pennsylvania typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1948.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

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

You could afford about

$286,000

Typical Porter home $164K

That covers a typical Porter home, with $122K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$980

Loan $810Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $50 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Tremont$113K Hegins$244K Williams$152K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Porter’s typical property tax (0.86% 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

84% of Porter households own their home

Half of Porter’s homes were built before 1948.

Owners and renters

Own 84%Rent 17%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1948

typical home built · PA 1965

$1,411

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

0.86%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $718, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730

1 bedroom$800

2 bedrooms$1,030

3 bedrooms$1,350

4 bedrooms$1,410

17%

of households rent · PA 31%

125

renter households

34%

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

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$718

median rent paid today · Census

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

Porter vs. its neighbors

Porter is the 2nd priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Hegins$244K Porter$164K Williams$152K Tremont$113K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Porter	$164K*	—	$1,030	—	$72,500
Tremont	$113K	−1.6%	$1,090	—	$82,750
Hegins	$244K	+8.3%	$1,050	3	$92,861
Williams	$152K*	—	$1,140	0	$78,182

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.