Appreciation Velocity — Pennsylvania Cities
Cities of Pennsylvania ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 10Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Weatherly, PA
+4,164.6%
#2 · Berwick, PA
+2,836.5%
#3 · Herndon, PA
+1,900.0%
#4 · Fredericksburg, PA
+1,696.5%
#5 · Sligo, PA
+1,226.5%
#6 · Scotrun, PA
+1,143.5%
#7 · Forks Township, PA
+1,037.2%
#8 · Gettysburg, PA
+917.7%
#9 · Duryea, PA
+916.4%
#10 · Everett, PA
+904.0%
City ranking — 10Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | City | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weatherly, PA | PA | +918.8% | +676.2% | +2,067.7% | +4,164.6% | $2.45M |
| 2 | Berwick, PA | PA | +1,436.7% | +1,937.7% | +1,757.6% | +2,836.5% | $3.33M |
| 3 | Herndon, PA | PA | +90.1% | — | +1,084.8% | +1,900.0% | $1M |
| 4 | Fredericksburg, PA | PA | +248.8% | — | +35.7% | +1,696.5% | $357.5K |
| 5 | Sligo, PA | PA | — | +13.3% | +992.4% | +1,226.5% | $272K |
| 6 | Scotrun, PA | PA | -31.6% | +7.5% | +74.8% | +1,143.5% | $360K |
| 7 | Forks Township, PA | PA | — | +3,150.0% | +829.6% | +1,037.2% | $3.25M |
| 8 | Gettysburg, PA | PA | +382.5% | +880.0% | +634.6% | +917.7% | $1.78M |
| 9 | Duryea, PA | PA | -27.2% | -3.0% | +84.4% | +916.4% | $274.4K |
| 10 | Everett, PA | PA | +86.1% | +457.5% | +311.2% | +904.0% | $755.5K |
| 11 | Grantville, PA | PA | +599.4% | — | +1,229.3% | +878.9% | $1.46M |
| 12 | Finleyville, PA | PA | +184.4% | +281.3% | +337.2% | +856.0% | $1.24M |
| 13 | Rome, PA | PA | +34.0% | +109.9% | -37.7% | +828.0% | $268K |
| 14 | Starrucca, PA | PA | — | +34.3% | +42.8% | +704.6% | $281.6K |
| 15 | Hallam, PA | PA | — | — | — | +647.8% | $344.9K |
| 16 | Summit Hill, PA | PA | +32.5% | +66.7% | +29.8% | +614.3% | $175K |
| 17 | Newmanstown, PA | PA | +33.6% | — | +142.0% | +610.7% | $425.3K |
| 18 | Pen Argyl, PA | PA | +51.2% | +40.7% | +177.8% | +580.1% | $605.3K |
| 19 | Clearville, PA | PA | -23.2% | — | +30.6% | +540.0% | $384K |
| 20 | Canton, PA | PA | +74.7% | -10.7% | — | +529.8% | $200.9K |
| 21 | Lansford, PA | PA | +79.6% | -2.2% | +189.3% | +516.9% | $155K |
| 22 | Oakmont, PA | PA | +131.4% | +277.9% | +206.2% | +506.0% | $959.4K |
| 23 | Waterford, PA | PA | +291.2% | — | +421.5% | +492.5% | $1M |
| 24 | Highspire, PA | PA | +126.7% | +284.3% | +232.7% | +490.9% | $448.6K |
| 25 | Freeland, PA | PA | +28.3% | +16.9% | -2.7% | +453.4% | $145K |
| 26 | DuBois, PA | PA | +85.3% | +248.7% | +257.1% | +451.5% | $517K |
| 27 | Sarver, PA | PA | +268.3% | +352.8% | +338.1% | +446.2% | $1.43M |
| 28 | Hegins, PA | PA | +19.2% | — | -17.9% | +440.5% | $227K |
| 29 | Sellersville, PA | PA | +88.6% | +111.8% | +240.4% | +420.0% | $1.12M |
| 30 | Conneaut Lake, PA | PA | +978.4% | — | +511.0% | +413.2% | $1.55M |
| 31 | Claysville, PA | PA | +37.7% | — | +462.0% | +412.3% | $983.3K |
| 32 | New Columbia, PA | PA | -79.7% | — | — | +399.9% | $200K |
| 33 | Swarthmore, PA | PA | -14.2% | +192.4% | +231.3% | +392.8% | $1.09M |
| 34 | Hazleton, PA | PA | +66.1% | +69.1% | +51.0% | +392.5% | $329.8K |
| 35 | Coplay, PA | PA | -11.9% | -30.6% | — | +391.7% | $295K |
| 36 | Folcroft, PA | PA | +37.4% | — | +170.7% | +390.4% | $400K |
| 37 | Tamaqua, PA | PA | +104.0% | +368.8% | +452.7% | +385.9% | $426.2K |
| 38 | Mount Bethel, PA | PA | +10.7% | +101.1% | +175.2% | +381.8% | $530K |
| 39 | Elizabethtown, PA | PA | +105.7% | +471.5% | +200.6% | +376.0% | $768.2K |
| 40 | Olyphant, PA | PA | +25.9% | +13.0% | +104.2% | +365.5% | $256K |
| 41 | Kunkletown, PA | PA | +2.6% | -19.2% | +55.2% | +365.3% | $261.3K |
| 42 | Vanderbilt, PA | PA | -16.5% | — | -47.7% | +360.0% | $115K |
| 43 | Oberlin, PA | PA | — | — | +20.4% | +340.0% | $220K |
| 44 | Airville, PA | PA | +82.7% | +157.3% | +185.5% | +335.8% | $475K |
| 45 | Ringtown, PA | PA | +600.0% | +75.0% | +257.4% | +320.0% | $210K |
| 46 | Champion, PA | PA | +97.8% | +99.5% | +56.7% | +316.1% | $690K |
| 47 | Westfield, PA | PA | -26.6% | +33.8% | +45.8% | +311.8% | $175K |
| 48 | Chester Springs, PA | PA | +103.4% | — | +144.4% | +311.0% | $1.37M |
| 49 | Shenandoah, PA | PA | +38.2% | +38.4% | +68.9% | +308.0% | $104.8K |
| 50 | Tarentum, PA | PA | +143.0% | +80.3% | +196.4% | +306.6% | $393K |
| 51 | Ashley, PA | PA | -17.1% | +20.3% | +16.8% | +296.4% | $114K |
| 52 | Carbondale, PA | PA | +66.0% | +191.7% | +118.6% | +296.2% | $211.5K |
| 53 | Marietta, PA | PA | +105.4% | +56.2% | +196.5% | +295.4% | $635K |
| 54 | Boiling Springs, PA | PA | +39.4% | +8.7% | +112.1% | +288.2% | $525K |
| 55 | East Stroudsburg, PA | PA | +16.4% | +51.1% | +93.1% | +280.0% | $433.4K |
| 56 | Tobyhanna, PA | PA | -5.4% | +41.5% | +87.9% | +279.7% | $278.5K |
| 57 | Jefferson Township, PA | PA | +217.5% | +55.0% | +151.4% | +274.9% | $500K |
| 58 | Hamburg, PA | PA | +42.0% | -12.2% | +54.2% | +274.2% | $301.8K |
| 59 | Madison Township, PA | PA | — | -70.0% | — | +272.7% | $210K |
| 60 | Nesquehoning, PA | PA | +14.7% | +60.0% | +154.1% | +271.6% | $174.7K |
| 61 | Flinton, PA | PA | +63.1% | — | +1,047.2% | +271.4% | $260K |
| 62 | Burgettstown, PA | PA | +67.6% | — | +325.0% | +270.9% | $398K |
| 63 | Charleroi, PA | PA | +107.0% | +299.6% | +200.6% | +270.8% | $250.8K |
| 64 | Harborcreek, PA | PA | +82.8% | +121.2% | +177.2% | +266.9% | $459K |
| 65 | Sugarloaf, PA | PA | +40.6% | +79.2% | +74.5% | +266.6% | $525K |
| 66 | Upper Darby, PA | PA | -4.7% | +82.9% | +146.2% | +263.3% | $255K |
| 67 | Long Pond, PA | PA | -19.8% | -4.7% | +42.0% | +258.7% | $331.3K |
| 68 | Pocono Summit, PA | PA | -16.9% | +42.1% | +178.0% | +256.4% | $339.8K |
| 69 | Walnutport, PA | PA | +91.7% | — | +233.5% | +253.0% | $642.5K |
| 70 | Matamoras, PA | PA | +28.5% | — | +86.1% | +248.6% | $483K |
| 71 | Bristol, PA | PA | +12.9% | +119.3% | +94.7% | +246.0% | $460.6K |
| 72 | Felton, PA | PA | +118.9% | -54.8% | +102.5% | +244.0% | $520K |
| 73 | Delta, PA | PA | +55.0% | — | +91.8% | +242.3% | $402.3K |
| 74 | Sweet Valley, PA | PA | — | +195.8% | +382.6% | +239.3% | $605K |
| 75 | Easton, PA | PA | +12.3% | -15.3% | +51.6% | +238.6% | $440.6K |
| 76 | Saint Thomas, PA | PA | +88.5% | — | +137.9% | +235.6% | $468K |
| 77 | Wynnewood, PA | PA | +132.0% | +98.6% | +211.5% | +232.0% | $1.88M |
| 78 | Windsor, PA | PA | -16.8% | +108.8% | -3.0% | +230.1% | $240.1K |
| 79 | New Oxford, PA | PA | +68.1% | -40.6% | +112.0% | +226.8% | $352.1K |
| 80 | Dublin, PA | PA | +27.5% | +36.1% | +169.8% | +225.0% | $650K |
| 81 | Clifton Heights, PA | PA | +25.7% | +50.8% | +98.6% | +222.6% | $296.7K |
| 82 | Bushkill, PA | PA | +23.9% | +67.1% | +91.8% | +221.5% | $324K |
| 83 | Blakeslee, PA | PA | +13.9% | +16.7% | +129.0% | +217.7% | $420.3K |
| 84 | Riegelsville, PA | PA | +24.3% | +1.7% | +33.1% | +216.1% | $790K |
| 85 | Albrightsville, PA | PA | +9.8% | +31.8% | +77.8% | +214.1% | $307.8K |
| 86 | Clarks Green, PA | PA | +37.0% | — | +117.3% | +212.0% | $514K |
| 87 | Cheswick, PA | PA | -31.3% | — | +93.6% | +211.5% | $347.9K |
| 88 | West Newton, PA | PA | +84.1% | — | +67.4% | +208.9% | $190K |
| 89 | Washington Crossing, PA | PA | +72.0% | +130.4% | +84.0% | +208.9% | $1.37M |
| 90 | Spring Run, PA | PA | +8.1% | — | +321.1% | +207.7% | $400K |
| 91 | Fayetteville, PA | PA | +59.7% | +1,194.3% | +122.6% | +207.5% | $388.3K |
| 92 | North Versailles, PA | PA | +52.8% | +33.6% | +34.1% | +203.4% | $146.5K |
| 93 | Kittanning, PA | PA | -31.3% | +35.3% | +53.4% | +202.7% | $218.3K |
| 94 | Port Carbon, PA | PA | +41.1% | — | +73.7% | +202.6% | $163.4K |
| 95 | Sunbury, PA | PA | +7.0% | +30.6% | +40.3% | +201.4% | $173.3K |
| 96 | Newtown Square, PA | PA | +85.4% | +49.9% | +135.6% | +194.2% | $1.5M |
| 97 | Verona, PA | PA | -3.1% | +69.2% | +81.9% | +194.1% | $225.2K |
| 98 | Thorndale, PA | PA | +42.1% | — | +52.1% | +192.0% | $540K |
| 99 | Gap, PA | PA | +59.1% | +157.5% | -29.4% | +191.0% | $515K |
| 100 | Bloomsburg, PA | PA | +75.1% | +163.5% | +158.9% | +189.3% | $566.4K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.