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Housing in Wilmore

A typical Wilmore home is worth roughly $108,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$108K
PA $290K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,370
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$955
PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Wilmore?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Wilmore

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You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Wilmore home $108K

That covers a typical Wilmore home, with $180K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$680
Loan $540Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,370 a month here, $690 more than owning.

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

81% of Wilmore households own their home

Half of Wilmore’s homes were built before 1948.

Owners and renters
Own 81%Rent 19%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1948
typical home built · PA 1965
$955
median property tax bill · PA $3,311

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 $1,370

Renters already here pay a median of $725, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,120
1 bedroom$1,130
2 bedrooms$1,370
3 bedrooms$1,900
4 bedrooms$1,970
19%
of households rent · PA 31%
20
renter households
$725
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Johnstown, PA MSA): 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 Wilmore in 2025. The last year with any was 2012 (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−19
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Wilmore's population fell by 19 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 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—
2012110$151,000
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

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

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Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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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