A typical Temple home is worth about $277,000
Up 5.3% in a year, close to the Pennsylvania typical home.
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Temple?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.8 years of income
About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $39K short of a typical Temple home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,960 a month here, $50 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Temple’s typical property tax (2.43% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
57% of Temple households own their home
Half of Temple’s homes were built before 1955.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Up 41.3% in five years
Faster than Pennsylvania (22.3%).
Show as a table
| January | Temple | Pennsylvania |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $136,000 | $173,000 |
| 2018 | $140,000 | $181,000 |
| 2019 | $151,000 | $188,000 |
| 2020 | $161,000 | $198,000 |
| 2021 | $179,000 | $219,000 |
| 2022 | $201,000 | $240,000 |
| 2023 | $223,000 | $257,000 |
| 2024 | $241,000 | $268,000 |
| 2025 | $258,000 | $280,000 |
| 2026 | $269,000 | $287,000 |
| August 2026 | $277,000 | $290,000 |
A typical Temple home worth $132K in September 2016 is worth about $277K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,960
Renters already here pay a median of $1,382, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Reading, PA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Temple vs. its neighbors
The towns that share a border with Temple. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple | $277K | +5.3% | $1,960 | $73,651 |
| South Temple | $203K* | +2.6%† | $1,960 | $85,753 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Temple buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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.