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Housing in Villanova

A typical Villanova home is worth about $1,563,000

Up 9% in a year, 5 times the Pennsylvania typical home.

Typical home value
$1.56M
▲ 9% in a year · PA $290K
Zillow
Median sale price
$1.12M
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in May · 1 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$2,470
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$10,000+
PA $3,311

Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What stands out · In brief

The short version on homes in Villanova

Renting costs far less than owning

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,470 a month. Owning the typical Villanova home, with 20% down at the calculator’s rate, runs about $9,890 with tax and insurance: 4 times as much. Can I afford it? ↓

Nearly every household owns

100% of Villanova households own their home, against 69% across Pennsylvania. The homes ↓

Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.

Price trend

Home values since 2023

Typical home value by month.

VillanovaPennsylvania
$200K$300K$400K$500K$600K$700K$800K$900K$1M$1.1M$1.2M$1.3M$1.4M$1.5M$1.6M20242026
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JanuaryVillanovaPennsylvania
2024$1,324,000$268,000
2025$1,384,000$280,000
2026$1,494,000$287,000
August 2026$1,563,000$290,000
Then & now

A typical Villanova home worth $1.33M in December 2023 is worth about $1.56M today.

+$236K
+9%
past year
+17.7%
since 2023

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 6.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$922,000
Typical Villanova home $1.56M

That’s $641K short of a typical Villanova home.

The typical home, each month
$9,890
Loan $7,740Tax $1,690Insurance $460

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,470 a month here, $7,420 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Pennsylvania typical property tax (1.30% 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 $2,470

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,900
1 bedroom$2,070
2 bedrooms$2,470
3 bedrooms$2,960
4 bedrooms$3,300
0%
of households rent · PA 31%
12%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

100% of Villanova households own their home

Half of Villanova’s homes were built before 1961.

Owners and renters
Own 100%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1961
typical home built · PA 1965
$10,000+
median property tax bill · PA $3,311

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Villanova vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Villanova. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Villanova$1.56M+9%$2,470$250,000+
Rosemont$644K*+5.8%†$2,420$88,322

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, 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.

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