A typical Zerbe home is worth roughly $155,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is Zerbe?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.7 years of income
Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Zerbe home, with $66K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $20 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Zerbe’s typical property tax (1.05% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
82% of Zerbe households own their home
Half of Zerbe’s homes were built before 1941.
Pennsylvania: 69% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
Renters already here pay a median of $689, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Northumberland County, PA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in Zerbe in 2025. That's 0.5 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Zerbe has permitted 7 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Zerbe's population fell by 70 even though 8 new homes were 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
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $222,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $480,000 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $181,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $246,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $246,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $680,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $422,000 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $179,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $179,000 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $300,000 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Zerbe vs. its neighbors
Zerbe is the 3rd least expensive of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zerbe | $155K* | — | $970 | 1 | $58,287 |
| Trevorton | $151K | −12.1% | $970 | — | $59,167 |
| Shamokin | $260K* | — | $1,010 | 2 | $95,000 |
| West Cameron | $205K* | — | $1,020 | 2 | $75,000 |
| Coal | $72K | −11% | $970 | 0 | $51,010 |
| Little Mahanoy | — | — | $1,070 | 0 | $71,500 |
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 Zerbe 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.