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The housing market in Pennsylvania State is quite healthy, with median values slightly lower than the US average. Despite this, Pennsylvania has seen similar appreciation rates of 8.06%, compared to the national average of 8.27%. This indicates that home owners have seen good returns on their investments over the past year, despite being slightly lower than the national average. With such positive growth in this area, it is no surprise that Pennsylvania continues to be a desirable place for real estate purchases and investments.

The median home cost in Pennsylvania is $242,800. Home appreciation the last 10 years has been 64.9%. Home Appreciation in Pennsylvania is up 12.8%.

Average Age of Homes
- The median age of Pennsylvania real estate is 55 years old
The Rental Market in Pennsylvania
- Renters make up 27.1% of the Pennsylvania population
- 1.5% of houses and apartments in Pennsylvania, are available to rent

DID YOU KNOW
Buying a home is the biggest single purchase most people make during their lives. The second largest is most often an automobile.

Median Monthly Rent by Number of Bedrooms

   Housing by Year Built

  HousingPennsylvania, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  5,728,788.0139,647,020.0
  5742
  $242,800$338,100
  12.8%16.6%
  46.5%57.0%
  64.9%101.1%
  $15.51$10.98
  $3,022$2,690
  62.2%57.4%
  10.1%11.2%
  27.7%31.4%
  Vacant Housing
  1.5%1.9%
  0.4%0.4%
  0.7%0.7%
  0.5%0.4%
  2.8%3.6%
  4.3%4.1%
  Value of Owner-Occupied Housing
  2.4%2.6%
  2.6%2.4%
  3.5%2.8%
  5.1%3.9%
  6.1%4.5%
  14.5%11.3%
  16.6%13.0%
  22.4%20.1%
  12.4%13.6%
  6.1%8.3%
  5.6%9.7%
  1.5%3.9%
  0.7%2.2%
  0.2%0.8%
  0.3%1.1%
  Housing Units by Year Structure Built
  0.1%0.2%
  8.0%13.6%
  8.0%13.6%
  9.4%13.6%
  9.6%13.2%
  12.5%14.8%
  9.4%13.6%
  13.5%10.0%
  7.2%4.7%
  25.7%12.2%
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Over 2 years ago

How Can PA not have 5 stars? Sure the elected officials may be below avg and some of the areas may not be well maintained but it's a great place to explore and even put  More

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I've lived in PA for 26 years and I've been ready to leave for some time. PA made the top 10 for property tax, is ranked number 13 for hazardous pollution, not even in  More

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Over 8 years ago

We need jobs now bring back gas, oil and coal. I moved back to Pennsylvania in 2008 so my wife could be close to her family and I found a job at halliburton rather  More

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