Housing in Upper Mahantongo

A typical Upper Mahantongo home is worth roughly $197,000

Typical home value

$197K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,583

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Upper Mahantongo?

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

Your money goes further32% below the Pennsylvania typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$236,000

Typical Upper Mahantongo home $197K

That covers a typical Upper Mahantongo home, with $39K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,250

Loan $970Tax $220Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $270 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Jordan$248K Hubley$175K Eldred$240K Upper Mahanoy$200K Lykens$189K Hegins$244K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Upper Mahantongo’s typical property tax (1.31% 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 $980

Renters already here pay a median of $813, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680

1 bedroom$760

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,270

4 bedrooms$1,330

26%

of households rent · PA 31%

renter households

$813

median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

74% of Upper Mahantongo households own their home

Half of Upper Mahantongo’s homes were built before 1957.

Owners and renters

Own 74%Rent 26%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1957

typical home built · PA 1965

$2,583

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.31%

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

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Next door

Upper Mahantongo vs. its neighbors

Upper Mahantongo is the 3rd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Jordan$248K Hegins$244K Eldred$240K Upper Mahanoy$200K Upper Mahantongo$197K Lykens$189K Hubley$175K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Upper Mahantongo	$197K*	—	$980	—	$64,063
Jordan	$248K*	—	$970	0	$87,031
Hubley	$175K*	—	$1,060	1	$71,932
Eldred	$240K*	—	$1,250	—	$73,250
Upper Mahanoy	$200K*	—	$1,070	3	$76,806
Lykens	$189K*	—	$1,240	7	$72,679
Hegins	$244K	+8.3%	$1,050	3	$92,861

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.