Pennsylvania housing market
Typical home value
$287K
▲ 2.2% 1 yr
5-year change
+23%
U.S. +20%
Median city rent
$1,690/mo
76 cities
Unemployment rate
3.6%
Median household income
$86K
2025
Key takeaways
- 1The typical home in Pennsylvania is worth $287,078, up 2.2% in a year and up 23% over five years. That's the #37 most expensive of 51.
- 2Across 76 cities with rent data, median typical rent is $1,690/mo, roughly a 7.1% gross yield on the typical home.
- 3Median household income was $85,880 in 2025, so the typical home costs 3.3× income.
- 4Unemployment is 3.6% (−0.8 pts in a year).
Home values
Source: Zillow Research (ZHVI, ZORI and market activity data).
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Quarterly, all-transactions index.
Pennsylvania metro areas
Philadelphia, PA
$386K home$1,903 rent5.9% yield
▲ 2.5% 1 yr
Pittsburgh, PA
$228K home$1,467 rent7.7% yield
▲ 0.2% 1 yr
Allentown, PA
$363K home$1,841 rent6.1% yield
▲ 3.2% 1 yr
Harrisburg, PA
$307K home$1,481 rent5.8% yield
▲ 2.6% 1 yr
Scranton, PA
$234K home$1,362 rent7.0% yield
▲ 2.3% 1 yr
Lancaster, PA
$386K home$1,575 rent4.9% yield
▲ 4.3% 1 yr
York, PA
$309K home$1,380 rent5.4% yield
▲ 3.4% 1 yr
Reading, PA
$311K home$1,551 rent6.0% yield
▲ 3.5% 1 yr
Erie, PA
$222K home$1,126 rent6.1% yield
▲ 4.7% 1 yr
East Stroudsburg, PA
$311K home$1,918 rent7.4% yield
▲ 1.7% 1 yr
State College, PA
$352K home$1,947 rent6.6% yield
▲ 2.4% 1 yr
Chambersburg, PA
$290K home$1,335 rent5.5% yield
▲ 1.6% 1 yr
Pottsville, PA
$180K home$1,147 rent7.7% yield
▲ 4.2% 1 yr
Lebanon, PA
$320K home$1,454 rent5.5% yield
▲ 5.1% 1 yr
Johnstown, PA
$124K home$886 rent8.6% yield
▲ 3.5% 1 yr
Altoona, PA
$175K home$1,004 rent6.9% yield
▲ 6.4% 1 yr
Pennsylvania cities
76 cities, largest first. Click a column to sort.
76 cities
| Philadelphia | $232K | ■ 0.0% | $1,757 | ▲ 3.4% | 9.1% |
| Pittsburgh | $235K | ▼ 0.9% | $1,569 | ▲ 3.8% | 8.0% |
| Reading | $263K | ▲ 3.8% | $1,472 | ▲ 3.2% | 6.7% |
| Erie | $204K | ▲ 4.5% | $1,098 | ▲ 2.6% | 6.5% |
| York | $278K | ▲ 3.7% | $1,367 | ▲ 4.8% | 5.9% |
| Allentown | $316K | ▲ 3.8% | $1,686 | ▲ 3.3% | 6.4% |
| Harrisburg | $264K | ▲ 2.4% | $1,388 | ▲ 2.4% | 6.3% |
| Bethlehem | $361K | ▲ 4.1% | $1,880 | ▲ 2.8% | 6.2% |
| West Chester | $663K | ▲ 3.4% | $2,277 | ▲ 3.0% | 4.1% |
| Scranton | $202K | ▼ 2.2% | $1,346 | ▲ 3.7% | 8.0% |
| Easton | $383K | ▲ 3.8% | $1,838 | ▲ 4.0% | 5.8% |
| Mechanicsburg | $398K | ▲ 0.8% | $1,944 | ▲ 2.7% | 5.9% |
| State College | $415K | ▲ 2.3% | $2,022 | ▲ 3.0% | 5.8% |
| Wilkes-Barre | $186K | ▲ 2.3% | $1,311 | ▲ 7.3% | 8.5% |
| Lebanon | $290K | ▲ 5.0% | $1,453 | ▲ 0.6% | 6.0% |
| Norristown | $333K | ▲ 2.2% | $1,785 | ▲ 4.7% | 6.4% |
| Pottstown | $359K | ▲ 2.8% | $1,787 | ▲ 2.9% | 6.0% |
| Johnstown | $106K | ▲ 5.1% | $896 | ▲ 3.1% | 10.1% |
| Levittown | $399K | ▲ 3.1% | $1,836 | ▲ 0.9% | 5.5% |
| Carlisle | $326K | ▲ 3.1% | $1,391 | ▲ 2.5% | 5.1% |
| Chambersburg | $288K | ▲ 1.1% | $1,287 | ▲ 3.0% | 5.4% |
| Lansdale | $502K | ▲ 2.1% | $1,969 | ▲ 1.4% | 4.7% |
| Greensburg | $250K | ▲ 1.9% | $996 | ▲ 7.7% | 4.8% |
| Hanover | $295K | ▲ 3.3% | $1,401 | ▲ 2.1% | 5.7% |
| Coatesville | $392K | ▲ 2.5% | $1,579 | ▲ 4.4% | 4.8% |
| New Castle | $151K | ▲ 5.1% | $931 | ▲ 10.0% | 7.4% |
| East Stroudsburg | $313K | ▲ 2.0% | $1,927 | ▲ 1.5% | 7.4% |
| Downingtown | $594K | ▲ 2.7% | $2,452 | ▲ 4.4% | 5.0% |
| Washington | $232K | ▲ 2.9% | $938 | ▲ 7.6% | 4.8% |
| Williamsport | $209K | ▲ 2.9% | $1,113 | ▲ 0.1% | 6.4% |
| Phoenixville | $527K | ▲ 2.0% | $2,048 | ▲ 4.8% | 4.7% |
| Coraopolis | $301K | ▲ 1.2% | $1,500 | ▲ 3.2% | 6.0% |
| Collegeville | $581K | ▲ 2.6% | $2,323 | ▲ 3.3% | 4.8% |
| Canonsburg | $356K | ▲ 1.9% | $1,662 | ▲ 3.2% | 5.6% |
| Media | $631K | ▲ 2.9% | $2,431 | ▲ 6.1% | 4.6% |
| Camp Hill | $327K | ▲ 3.1% | $1,521 | ▲ 3.8% | 5.6% |
| Quakertown | $448K | ▲ 4.1% | $1,866 | ▲ 2.1% | 5.0% |
| Cranberry Township | $465K | ▲ 2.3% | $1,995 | ▲ 5.8% | 5.1% |
| Drexel Hill | $319K | ▲ 2.5% | $1,682 | ▲ 3.6% | 6.3% |
| Elizabethtown | $365K | ▲ 4.5% | $1,510 | ▲ 4.4% | 5.0% |
| Aliquippa | $206K | ▲ 4.7% | $1,377 | ▲ 2.2% | 8.0% |
| Langhorne | $589K | ▲ 3.4% | $2,471 | ▲ 2.7% | 5.0% |
| Bethel Park | $301K | ▲ 2.2% | $1,458 | ▼ 0.1% | 5.8% |
| McKeesport | $94K | ▼ 4.4% | $1,054 | ▲ 1.3% | 13.5% |
| Malvern | $795K | ▲ 2.4% | $2,551 | ▲ 4.8% | 3.9% |
| Bloomsburg | $262K | ▲ 5.6% | $1,165 | ▲ 8.9% | 5.3% |
| King of Prussia | $499K | ▲ 2.6% | $2,234 | ▲ 3.9% | 5.4% |
| Beaver Falls | $202K | ▲ 5.4% | $1,205 | ▲ 1.3% | 7.2% |
| Monroeville | $230K | ▲ 1.6% | $1,354 | ▲ 0.6% | 7.1% |
| Wayne | $952K | ▲ 7.1% | $2,108 | ▲ 2.8% | 2.7% |
| North Wales | $540K | ▲ 2.6% | $1,913 | ▲ 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Royersford | $456K | ▲ 2.3% | $2,053 | ▲ 1.9% | 5.4% |
| Macungie | $450K | ▲ 3.0% | $2,286 | ▲ 3.1% | 6.1% |
| Pottsville | $162K | ▲ 3.3% | $1,242 | ▲ 4.6% | 9.2% |
| Wexford | $553K | ▲ 3.5% | $2,126 | ▲ 2.6% | 4.6% |
| McKees Rocks | $187K | ▼ 1.0% | $1,374 | ▲ 2.4% | 8.8% |
| Bryn Mawr | $921K | ▲ 7.0% | $2,525 | ▲ 4.1% | 3.3% |
| Jenkintown | $513K | ▲ 2.7% | $1,693 | ▲ 7.3% | 4.0% |
| Exton | $624K | ▲ 3.1% | $2,422 | ▲ 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Yardley | $693K | ▲ 3.8% | $2,770 | ▲ 5.0% | 4.8% |
| Blue Bell | $703K | ▲ 3.8% | $2,766 | ▲ 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Columbia | $290K | ▲ 4.3% | $1,347 | ▲ 5.8% | 5.6% |
| Willow Grove | $414K | ▲ 1.9% | $2,241 | ▲ 4.3% | 6.5% |
| Enola | $294K | ▲ 1.7% | $1,739 | ▲ 4.2% | 7.1% |
| Conshohocken | $481K | ▲ 1.4% | $2,534 | ▲ 3.4% | 6.3% |
| Carnegie | $222K | ▼ 0.8% | $1,247 | ▲ 6.2% | 6.7% |
| Hatfield | $484K | ▲ 2.4% | $1,517 | ▲ 0.4% | 3.8% |
| Clairton | $156K | ▼ 3.2% | $1,282 | ▲ 10.3% | 9.8% |
| Lock Haven | $202K | ▲ 2.0% | $988 | ▲ 1.3% | 5.9% |
| Wynnewood | $816K | ▲ 5.8% | $2,456 | ▲ 6.7% | 3.6% |
| Ardmore | $518K | ▲ 2.3% | $2,408 | ▼ 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Kingston | $235K | ▲ 3.3% | $1,392 | ▲ 7.9% | 7.1% |
| Breinigsville | $488K | ▲ 2.8% | $2,274 | ▲ 4.8% | 5.6% |
| Munhall | $146K | ▲ 1.4% | $1,299 | ▲ 6.7% | 10.7% |
| Bala-Cynwyd | $686K | ▲ 5.1% | $2,304 | ▲ 4.8% | 4.0% |
| Wyncote | $464K | ▲ 2.0% | $2,028 | ▲ 3.6% | 5.2% |
Landlord law in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania landlord-tenant rules
Deposit limit: 2 months' rent in the first year of the lease; 1 month from the second year on. Return deadline, late fees, notice periods and sources →
Data refreshed Oct 26, 2026.