A typical Snake Spring home is worth roughly $315,000
Home prices around Snake Spring have risen about 35% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 2 new homes in 2025.
Home prices up 35% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Snake Spring rose 35% over the past 5 years, slower than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices rose 5.5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Snake Spring home at roughly $315,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $315K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Snake Spring, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A typical home costs 4.3 years of income
More than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $17K short of a typical Snake Spring home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $860 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Snake Spring’s typical property tax (0.66% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $1,110.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bedford County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
2 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 2 new homes in Snake Spring in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 1.1 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Snake Spring has permitted 39 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Snake Spring gained 131 residents while 107 new homes were permitted: about 1.2 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. 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) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $645,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $517,000 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $824,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $738,000 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2017 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $422,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $674,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $783,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $441,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $316,000 |
| 2011 | 67 | 3 | 64 | $8.2 million |
| 2010 | 8 | 2 | 6 | $2 million |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2007 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $2.4 million |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $2 million |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $603,000 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2000 | 22 | 22 | 0 | $3 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
1 of Snake Spring’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Snake Spring’s homes were built before 1979.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
Snake Spring vs. its neighbors
Snake Spring is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Spring | $315K* | +5.5%† | $970 | 2 | $73,571 |
| Bedford | $192K* | +2.1%† | $990 | 3 | $61,136 |
| Hopewell | $173K* | — | $1,040 | 3 | $64,199 |
| West Providence | $180K* | +6%† | $980 | 11 | $79,844 |
| South Woodbury | $166K* | — | $1,110 | 2 | $74,722 |
| Colerain | $225K* | +2.2%† | $990 | 0 | $66,607 |
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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.