A typical Upper Mahanoy home is worth roughly $200,000
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Upper Mahanoy?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.6 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Upper Mahanoy home, with $92K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $160 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Upper Mahanoy’s typical property tax (1.10% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
80% of Upper Mahanoy households own their home
Half of Upper Mahanoy’s homes were built before 1941.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070
Renters already here pay a median of $1,083.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Northumberland County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
3 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Upper Mahanoy in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $1.1 million to build. Over the past 10 years, Upper Mahanoy has permitted 21 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Upper Mahanoy's population fell by 148 even though 20 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are 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) | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $340,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $275,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $248,000 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2017 | 13 | 0 | 13 | $150,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $454,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $211,000 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $191,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $166,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $179,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $414,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $390,000 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $249,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $571,000 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $360,000 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $360,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $260,000 |
Upper Mahanoy's permit office reported 11 of 12 months in 2025; the Census estimated the rest.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Upper Mahanoy vs. its neighbors
Upper Mahanoy is the 2nd least expensive of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
Compare more
| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Mahanoy | $200K* | — | $1,070 | 3 | $76,806 |
| Washington | $243K* | — | $1,150 | 1 | $81,458 |
| West Cameron | $205K* | — | $1,020 | 2 | $75,000 |
| Upper Mahantongo | $197K* | — | $980 | — | $64,063 |
| East Cameron | $217K* | — | $970 | 1 | $67,500 |
| Jordan | $248K* | — | $970 | 0 | $87,031 |
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 Upper Mahanoy buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. 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.