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Home values, rents and more in Hershey, PA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$407,000
Metro: $307,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.5%
Metro: +2.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,516/mo
Metro: $1,481 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+5.2%
Metro: +2.8% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
14,242
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$78,587
Metro: $80,919 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Hershey, PA, shaded by typical home valueHershey1703317078
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  • $350k–$360k
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ZIP codes around Hershey, PA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Hershey is outlined.

How Hershey compares

The typical home in Hershey, PA is worth about $407,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Hershey are 33% above the typical value in the Harrisburg metro area ($307,000) and 11% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Hershey rose 2.5%, compared with +2.6% in the Harrisburg metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,516 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Harrisburg metro area ($1,481) and 22% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.

The median household income is $78,587, against $80,919 in the Harrisburg metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 14,242 people live in Hershey (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Hershey has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 27 cities in the Harrisburg metro area and the 118th-highest of 773 in Pennsylvania with Zillow figures.

Part of: Dauphin County, PA · Harrisburg metro area · Pennsylvania

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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