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The median home value in State College, PA is $421,721 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.9% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$421,721
Year-over-Year
+1.9%
Population
57,580
State College ranks #21 of 150 Pennsylvania cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 62.7% above the state's city median of $259,163. It sits in Centre County, where the county-wide median is $357,278.
Median household income in State College is $45,424, so the typical home value is about 9.3× 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).
State College police recorded a violent crime rate of 153 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 764 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 State College, that value is $421,721. That's up 1.9% from a year earlier. It is about 62.7% above the typical Pennsylvania city tracked here.
Homes in State College are more expensive than Centre County as a whole, where the median is $357,278 — a difference of about 18.0%.
Median household income here is $45,424, so the typical home value is about 9.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
State College police reported 153 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 57,580. 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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