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The median home value in Centre County, PA is $357,278 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.52% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$357,278
Year-over-Year
+2.52%
National Rank
#626 of 3071
Centre County ranks 8th out of 67 counties in PA by median home price, and is +52.5% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within PA, the typical county has a median home value of $230,781, making Centre County +54.8% above the PA state median.
Households here earn a median of $74,291 a year against a typical home value of $357,278 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.8×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 80% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Centre County recorded a violent crime rate of 139 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 693 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 63,468 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Centre County is $357,278. That's up 2.52% from a year earlier. That is about 52.5% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Centre County the 8th most expensive of 67 counties in Pennsylvania.
Median household income here is $74,291, so a typical home costs about 4.8× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Centre County recorded 139 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 63,468 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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