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The median home value in Erie, PA is $208,273 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$208,273
Year-over-Year
+5.62%
Population
92,379
Erie ranks #106 of 150 Pennsylvania cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 19.6% below the state's city median of $259,163. It sits in Erie County, where the county-wide median is $226,760.
Median household income in Erie is $46,113, so the typical home value is about 4.5× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Erie police recorded a violent crime rate of 376 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,929 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Erie, that value is $208,273. That's up 5.62% from a year earlier. It is about 19.6% below the typical Pennsylvania city tracked here.
Homes in Erie are cheaper than Erie County as a whole, where the median is $226,760 — a difference of about 8.2%.
Median household income here is $46,113, so the typical home value is about 4.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Erie police reported 376 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 92,379. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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