Home values, rents and more in the Lancaster metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Lancaster metro compares
The typical home in the Lancaster metro area is worth about $386,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Lancaster metro are 35% above the typical value in Pennsylvania ($287,000) and 6% above the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Lancaster metro rose 4.3%, compared with +2.2% in Pennsylvania and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,575 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as Pennsylvania ($1,599) and 18% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.8% over the past year.
The median household income is $86,959, against $77,971 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 563,159 people live in the Lancaster metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Lancaster metro has the 175th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the highest of 36 in Pennsylvania with Zillow figures.
Part of: Pennsylvania
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- Zillow 12-month price forecast
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- Flood, wildfire and natural hazard risk
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Lancaster metro
Cities in the Lancaster metro
- Lancaster, PA
- Ephrata, PA
- Elizabethtown, PA $365,000
- Columbia, PA $290,000
- Willow Street, PA $377,000
- Lititz, PA $467,000
- Millersville, PA $355,000
- Mount Joy, PA
- Leola, PA $412,000
- New Holland, PA $416,000
- Manheim, PA
- East Petersburg, PA $364,000
- Akron, PA $350,000
- Denver, PA $396,000
- Mountville, PA $348,000
- Marietta, PA $313,000
- Quarryville, PA $430,000
- Landisville, PA $480,000
- Gap, PA $474,000
- Adamstown, PA $314,000
- Christiana, PA $428,000
- Stevens, PA
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.