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Housing in Wall

A typical Wall home is worth roughly $53,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$53K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,120
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,530
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Wall?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$165,000
Typical Wall home $53K

That covers a typical Wall home, with $112K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$410
Loan $260Tax $130Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120 a month here, $710 more 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, Wall’s typical property tax (2.89% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

60% of Wall households own their home

Half of Wall’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 60%Rent 40%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1938
typical home built · PA 1965
$1,530
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
2.89%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,120

Renters already here pay a median of $1,160.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$860
1 bedroom$930
2 bedrooms$1,120
3 bedrooms$1,430
4 bedrooms$1,540
40%
of households rent · PA 31%
82
renter households
$1,160
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Wall in 2025. The last year with any was 2003 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−61
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wall's population fell by 61 and no new homes were permitted. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003110$72,000
2002000—
2001000—
2000110$50,000

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Wall vs. its neighbors

Wall is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Wall$53K*—$1,1200$54,063
North Versailles$111K*−9%†$1,1100$53,353
Wilmerding$70K−8.2%$1,1200$36,467

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.

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