A typical Wells home is worth roughly $210,000
No new homes were permitted in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Wells?
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A typical home costs 3.5 years of income
About the same as across Pennsylvania. Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Wells home, with $29K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $180 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Wells’s typical property tax (0.73% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050
Renters already here pay a median of $975.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Bradford County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Wells in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (3 new homes).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wells gained 336 residents while 25 new homes were permitted: about 13 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $991,000 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $279,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $385,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $320,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $535,000 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $520,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $260,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $125,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $550,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $160,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $210,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $540,000 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $540,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $231,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $360,000 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $385,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $365,000 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $440,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $131,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
73% of Wells households own their home
Half of Wells’s homes were built before 1979.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Wells vs. its neighbors
Wells is the priciest of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | $210K* | — | $1,050 | 0 | $60,156 |
| South Creek | $164K* | — | $1,060 | 0 | $57,000 |
| Jackson | $180K* | — | $1,040 | 1 | $68,906 |
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 Wells buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.