Home › States › Pennsylvania › New Kensington

Median Home Price in New Kensington, PA

The median home value in New Kensington, PA is $180,333 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.39% from a year earlier.

View New Kensington on the interactive city map →

Median Home Value

$180,333

Year-over-Year

-0.39%

Population

11,832

New Kensington ranks #119 of 150 Pennsylvania cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 30.4% below the state's city median of $259,163. It sits in Westmoreland County, where the county-wide median is $216,792.

Housing affordability in New Kensington

Median household income in New Kensington is $49,063, so the typical home value is about 3.7× 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).

Crime in New Kensington

New Kensington police recorded a violent crime rate of 456 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,400 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about New Kensington

What is the average home price in New Kensington, PA?

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 New Kensington, that value is $180,333. That's down 0.39% from a year earlier. It is about 30.4% below the typical Pennsylvania city tracked here.

Is New Kensington expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in New Kensington are cheaper than Westmoreland County as a whole, where the median is $216,792 — a difference of about 16.8%.

Is New Kensington affordable?

Median household income here is $49,063, so the typical home value is about 3.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is New Kensington a safe place to live?

New Kensington police reported 456 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,832. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.