A typical Upper Turkeyfoot home is worth roughly $157,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Upper Turkeyfoot?
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A typical home costs 2.1 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Upper Turkeyfoot home, with $145K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $70 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Upper Turkeyfoot’s typical property tax (0.67% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
91% of Upper Turkeyfoot households own their home
Half of Upper Turkeyfoot’s homes were built before 1969.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $980
Renters already here pay a median of $950.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Somerset County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Upper Turkeyfoot in 2025. That's 0.9 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Upper Turkeyfoot has permitted 10 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Upper Turkeyfoot's population fell by 57 even though 9 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 29% of Upper Turkeyfoot's homes are seasonal or vacation homes, which adds housing without adding residents. 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 | $357,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $357,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $450,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $875,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $500,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $422,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $375,000 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $791,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $385,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $303,000 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $158,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $175,000 |
| 2000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $289,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Upper Turkeyfoot vs. its neighbors
Upper Turkeyfoot is the 3rd least expensive 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Turkeyfoot | $157K* | — | $980 | 1 | $75,298 |
| Lower Turkeyfoot | — | — | $1,010 | 0 | $56,786 |
| Addison | $193K | −0.7% | $1,070 | 4 | $64,750 |
| Black | $147K* | — | $980 | 2 | $70,536 |
| Middlecreek | $205K* | — | $990 | 2 | $64,583 |
| Milford | $176K* | — | $970 | 2 | $69,000 |
| Casselman | — | — | $970 | 0 | — |
| Springfield | $131K* | — | $1,060 | — | $56,667 |
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. 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.