Housing in Shippen

A typical Shippen home is worth roughly $108,000

Typical home value

$108K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,446

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Shippen?

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

Your money goes further63% below the Pennsylvania typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.7 years of income

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

You could afford about

$227,000

Typical Shippen home $108K

That covers a typical Shippen home, with $120K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$680

Loan $530Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $290 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Jones$133K St. Marys$149K Norwich$110K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Shippen’s typical property tax (1.34% 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 $913.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710

1 bedroom$740

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,170

4 bedrooms$1,440

13%

of households rent · PA 31%

renter households

56%

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

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$913

median rent paid today · Census

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

87% of Shippen households own their home

Half of Shippen’s homes were built before 1961.

Owners and renters

Own 87%Rent 13%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1961

typical home built · PA 1965

$1,446

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.34%

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

19%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Shippen vs. its neighbors

Shippen is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

St. Marys$149K Jones$133K Norwich$110K Shippen$108K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Shippen	$108K*	—	$970	—	$62,000
Benezette	—	—	$1,000	3	$47,917
Jones	$133K*	—	$970	2	$67,500
St. Marys	$149K*	+5%†	$980	12	$67,167
Norwich	$110K*	—	$980	2	$56,250
Sergeant	—	—	$970	0	$38,333

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.