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Housing in West Falls

A typical West Falls home is worth roughly $146,000

Typical home value
$146K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,220
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,358
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is West Falls?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in West Falls

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical West Falls home $146K

That covers a typical West Falls home, with $142K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$920
Loan $720Tax $160Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220 a month here, $300 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, 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.

The homes

83% of West Falls households own their home

Half of West Falls’s homes were built before 1966.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1966
typical home built · PA 1965
$2,358
median property tax bill · PA $3,311
22%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220

Renters already here pay a median of $1,049, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$1,000
2 bedrooms$1,220
3 bedrooms$1,590
4 bedrooms$1,720
17%
of households rent · PA 31%
31
renter households
$1,049
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

West Falls vs. its neighbors

West Falls is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
West Falls$146K*—$1,220—$59,286
Exeter$189K*—$1,2200$68,269
Falls$243K*—$1,3201$74,191
Northmoreland$236K*+2.7%†$1,3204$82,344

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.

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