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Housing in Rose

A typical Rose home is worth roughly $171,000

Typical home value
$171K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,084
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Rose?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$265,000
Typical Rose home $171K

That covers a typical Rose home, with $94K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,070
Loan $850Tax $170Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $100 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Rose’s typical property tax (1.22% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $757, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670
1 bedroom$770
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,390
15%
of households rent · PA 31%
58
renter households
26%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%
16%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$757
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

86% of Rose households own their home

Half of Rose’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 15%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1972
typical home built · PA 1965
$2,084
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
1.22%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Rose vs. its neighbors

Rose is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Rose$171K*—$970$70,673
Knox$184K*—$970$72,500
Brookville$139K+0.7%$970$60,214
Pine Creek$162K*—$970$67,500
Eldred$168K*—$970$80,290
Union$167K*—$970$69,444

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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