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Home appreciation in State College, PA

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in State College, PA grew an average of 6.9% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+4.7%

2025 over 2024. Pennsylvania: +5.8%.

5-year, per year

+6.9%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Pennsylvania: +8.6%.

10-year, per year

+5.4%

+68.7% in total since 2015. Pennsylvania: +6.2%.

How does your home compare?

State College, PA home prices rose 68.7% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +58.1% to +67.8%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How State College, PA compares with Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania averaged +8.6% a year, putting State College, PA behind the state overall. For five-year price growth, State College, PA ranks 352nd out of 409 metros nationwide and 16th out of 17 in Pennsylvania.

Index, 2005 = 100

State College, PA and Pennsylvania, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearState College, PAPennsylvania
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2104103
2005 Q3106107
2005 Q4107109
2006 Q1106111
2006 Q2111112
2006 Q3111113
2006 Q4111115
2007 Q1112116
2007 Q2114116
2007 Q3115116
2007 Q4117116
2008 Q1118117
2008 Q2116116
2008 Q3117114
2008 Q4120114
2009 Q1118115
2009 Q2118113
2009 Q3118111
2009 Q4119110
2010 Q1119110
2010 Q2118109
2010 Q3119110
2010 Q4120110
2011 Q1119108
2011 Q2119107
2011 Q3119107
2011 Q4120108
2012 Q1120107
2012 Q2119106
2012 Q3122107
2012 Q4121107
2013 Q1123107
2013 Q2124107
2013 Q3125108
2013 Q4121108
2014 Q1120108
2014 Q2125109
2014 Q3126110
2014 Q4125110
2015 Q1129111
2015 Q2130112
2015 Q3129112
2015 Q4130112
2016 Q1134113
2016 Q2134115
2016 Q3135116
2016 Q4136116
2017 Q1136116
2017 Q2138119
2017 Q3142120
2017 Q4138120
2018 Q1141122
2018 Q2145123
2018 Q3145125
2018 Q4144124
2019 Q1148126
2019 Q2151128
2019 Q3153130
2019 Q4153131
2020 Q1154133
2020 Q2157134
2020 Q3157137
2020 Q4159139
2021 Q1162142
2021 Q2165149
2021 Q3176156
2021 Q4177159
2022 Q1178163
2022 Q2191172
2022 Q3189175
2022 Q4191174
2023 Q1196176
2023 Q2203182
2023 Q3196185
2023 Q4203185
2024 Q1202188
2024 Q2213194
2024 Q3208196
2024 Q4213197
2025 Q1215200
2025 Q2220205
2025 Q3222207
2025 Q4218208
2026 Q1222211
2026 Q2227214

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +5.4% a year over ten years, +68.7% in total.

Over this history, home prices rose in every year.

The strongest year was 2022 at +10.2%, and the weakest was 2011 at +0.2%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +4.7%, against +5.8% for the state.

ZIP codes in State College, PA

Over the ten years to 2025, the 6 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +58.1% in 16803 to +67.8% in 16828, while the metro as a whole rose 68.7%.

ZIP codes in State College, PA ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
16828+2.9%+7.1%+5.3%+67.8%
16870+2.6%+6.5%+5.3%+67.6%
16801+1.7%+6.6%+5.3%+67.4%
16823+6.6%+6.4%+5.1%+64.7%
16827-2.6%+7.8%+5.0%+62.9%
16803+0.7%+5.6%+4.7%+58.1%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for State College, PA and Pennsylvania, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006105.4+5.4%107.7
2007110.0+4.4%110.7
2008113.3+2.9%109.7
2009113.9+0.6%107.1
2010114.3+0.4%104.8
2011114.5+0.2%102.6
2012116.0+1.3%101.7
2013118.4+2.1%102.5
2014119.1+0.6%104.0
2015124.6+4.6%106.8
2016129.5+3.9%109.7
2017133.0+2.7%113.3
2018138.2+3.9%117.8
2019145.3+5.1%122.8
2020150.5+3.6%129.2
2021163.4+8.5%144.5
2022180.0+10.2%163.2
2023191.6+6.4%173.6
2024200.9+4.8%184.9
2025210.3+4.7%195.6

The 17 measured metros in Pennsylvania

Measured metros in Pennsylvania ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ+6.9%+10.5%+7.1%
2Lebanon, PA+7.9%+10.3%+6.9%
3Reading, PA+5.5%+10.2%+7.0%
4Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA+6.6%+10.1%+6.4%
5Erie, PA+8.3%+10.0%+6.1%
6Lancaster, PA+5.1%+9.8%+7.0%
7York-Hanover, PA+5.8%+9.3%+6.4%
8Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA+5.4%+9.0%+6.0%
9Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA (metropolitan division)+5.6%+9.0%+6.2%
10Chambersburg, PA+4.7%+8.8%+5.7%
11Johnstown, PA+6.3%+8.3%+5.3%
12Gettysburg, PA+3.2%+8.2%+5.7%
13Pittsburgh, PA+5.3%+7.6%+6.0%
14Williamsport, PA+4.0%+7.1%+4.6%
15Philadelphia, PA (metropolitan division)+5.6%+7.0%+6.1%
16State College, PA+4.7%+6.9%+5.4%
17Altoona, PA+5.3%+6.7%+4.7%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Pennsylvania row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2