Appreciation Velocity — Pennsylvania Cities
Cities of Pennsylvania ranked by 1Y / 3Y / 5Y home-price appreciation.
Public Record
Top 10 — 5Y appreciation (Citys)
#1 · Weatherly, PA
+2,067.7%
#2 · Berwick, PA
+1,757.6%
#3 · Grantville, PA
+1,229.3%
#4 · Herndon, PA
+1,084.8%
#5 · Flinton, PA
+1,047.2%
#6 · Sligo, PA
+992.4%
#7 · Forks Township, PA
+829.6%
#8 · Gettysburg, PA
+634.6%
#9 · Reynoldsville, PA
+630.5%
#10 · Laurel Run, PA
+557.1%
City ranking — 5Y 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 | Grantville, PA | PA | +599.4% | — | +1,229.3% | +878.9% | $1.46M |
| 4 | Herndon, PA | PA | +90.1% | — | +1,084.8% | +1,900.0% | $1M |
| 5 | Flinton, PA | PA | +63.1% | — | +1,047.2% | +271.4% | $260K |
| 6 | Sligo, PA | PA | — | +13.3% | +992.4% | +1,226.5% | $272K |
| 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 | Reynoldsville, PA | PA | +773.6% | — | +630.5% | — | $515K |
| 10 | Laurel Run, PA | PA | — | — | +557.1% | — | $230K |
| 11 | Wellsville, PA | PA | +228.6% | — | +523.3% | — | $849K |
| 12 | Conneaut Lake, PA | PA | +978.4% | — | +511.0% | +413.2% | $1.55M |
| 13 | Claysville, PA | PA | +37.7% | — | +462.0% | +412.3% | $983.3K |
| 14 | Tamaqua, PA | PA | +104.0% | +368.8% | +452.7% | +385.9% | $426.2K |
| 15 | Waterford, PA | PA | +291.2% | — | +421.5% | +492.5% | $1M |
| 16 | Schellsburg, PA | PA | +10.3% | -50.7% | +406.8% | — | $187.5K |
| 17 | Sweet Valley, PA | PA | — | +195.8% | +382.6% | +239.3% | $605K |
| 18 | Grindstone, PA | PA | +210.7% | — | +347.7% | +111.6% | $424.9K |
| 19 | Sarver, PA | PA | +268.3% | +352.8% | +338.1% | +446.2% | $1.43M |
| 20 | Finleyville, PA | PA | +184.4% | +281.3% | +337.2% | +856.0% | $1.24M |
| 21 | Burgettstown, PA | PA | +67.6% | — | +325.0% | +270.9% | $398K |
| 22 | Spring Run, PA | PA | +8.1% | — | +321.1% | +207.7% | $400K |
| 23 | Saint Clair, PA | PA | +18.4% | +93.3% | +314.3% | — | $145K |
| 24 | Everett, PA | PA | +86.1% | +457.5% | +311.2% | +904.0% | $755.5K |
| 25 | Hadley, PA | PA | +134.2% | — | +286.9% | — | $386.5K |
| 26 | Polk, PA | PA | +95.8% | — | +271.1% | — | $141K |
| 27 | Jamestown, PA | PA | +410.5% | +427.5% | +269.2% | +101.4% | $451K |
| 28 | Ringtown, PA | PA | +600.0% | +75.0% | +257.4% | +320.0% | $210K |
| 29 | DuBois, PA | PA | +85.3% | +248.7% | +257.1% | +451.5% | $517K |
| 30 | Sellersville, PA | PA | +88.6% | +111.8% | +240.4% | +420.0% | $1.12M |
| 31 | Rostraver Township, PA | PA | +42.3% | — | +234.7% | — | $301.2K |
| 32 | Walnutport, PA | PA | +91.7% | — | +233.5% | +253.0% | $642.5K |
| 33 | Highspire, PA | PA | +126.7% | +284.3% | +232.7% | +490.9% | $448.6K |
| 34 | Swarthmore, PA | PA | -14.2% | +192.4% | +231.3% | +392.8% | $1.09M |
| 35 | Abbottstown, PA | PA | -5.2% | +100.9% | +230.4% | +118.2% | $374.9K |
| 36 | Seward, PA | PA | +39.3% | — | +229.9% | — | $193K |
| 37 | East Pittsburgh, PA | PA | +70.0% | — | +228.7% | +70.0% | $212.5K |
| 38 | Manor, PA | PA | +19.4% | +493.0% | +219.0% | +104.2% | $295K |
| 39 | Wynnewood, PA | PA | +132.0% | +98.6% | +211.5% | +232.0% | $1.88M |
| 40 | Oakmont, PA | PA | +131.4% | +277.9% | +206.2% | +506.0% | $959.4K |
| 41 | Secane, PA | PA | -36.1% | +9.3% | +204.9% | +66.8% | $250K |
| 42 | Elizabethtown, PA | PA | +105.7% | +471.5% | +200.6% | +376.0% | $768.2K |
| 43 | Charleroi, PA | PA | +107.0% | +299.6% | +200.6% | +270.8% | $250.8K |
| 44 | Union City, PA | PA | +94.0% | — | +199.4% | +161.6% | $310K |
| 45 | Tremont, PA | PA | -13.4% | +141.7% | +199.3% | +142.1% | $145K |
| 46 | Bala Cynwyd, PA | PA | +58.1% | +69.5% | +197.0% | +125.4% | $810K |
| 47 | Marietta, PA | PA | +105.4% | +56.2% | +196.5% | +295.4% | $635K |
| 48 | Tarentum, PA | PA | +143.0% | +80.3% | +196.4% | +306.6% | $393K |
| 49 | Lansford, PA | PA | +79.6% | -2.2% | +189.3% | +516.9% | $155K |
| 50 | Airville, PA | PA | +82.7% | +157.3% | +185.5% | +335.8% | $475K |
| 51 | Shickshinny, PA | PA | +100.9% | +125.4% | +184.5% | — | $440K |
| 52 | Starlight, PA | PA | +45.4% | -30.9% | +183.6% | — | $552.5K |
| 53 | Cranberry Township, PA | PA | +49.4% | +88.6% | +178.6% | +163.6% | $816.8K |
| 54 | Pocono Summit, PA | PA | -16.9% | +42.1% | +178.0% | +256.4% | $339.8K |
| 55 | Pen Argyl, PA | PA | +51.2% | +40.7% | +177.8% | +580.1% | $605.3K |
| 56 | Salisbury, PA | PA | -49.1% | +2.8% | +177.5% | +164.3% | $370K |
| 57 | Harborcreek, PA | PA | +82.8% | +121.2% | +177.2% | +266.9% | $459K |
| 58 | Kingston, PA | PA | -2.6% | +30.3% | +176.4% | +130.7% | $270K |
| 59 | Mount Bethel, PA | PA | +10.7% | +101.1% | +175.2% | +381.8% | $530K |
| 60 | Folcroft, PA | PA | +37.4% | — | +170.7% | +390.4% | $400K |
| 61 | New Castle, PA | PA | -36.3% | +135.0% | +170.4% | +99.9% | $242K |
| 62 | Dublin, PA | PA | +27.5% | +36.1% | +169.8% | +225.0% | $650K |
| 63 | Pittsfield, PA | PA | — | +253.9% | +166.4% | +155.6% | $345K |
| 64 | State College, PA | PA | +80.9% | +109.4% | +165.0% | +175.1% | $848.8K |
| 65 | Mount Wolf, PA | PA | +48.1% | +13.5% | +163.2% | +137.5% | $391.6K |
| 66 | Loysville, PA | PA | +78.9% | +123.2% | +162.7% | — | $424K |
| 67 | Liverpool, PA | PA | +124.1% | — | +161.4% | +111.2% | $390K |
| 68 | Bloomsburg, PA | PA | +75.1% | +163.5% | +158.9% | +189.3% | $566.4K |
| 69 | Wellsboro, PA | PA | +78.1% | +120.9% | +158.3% | +87.3% | $438K |
| 70 | Brookhaven, PA | PA | +68.9% | +126.6% | +158.0% | +140.3% | $425.8K |
| 71 | Sharon, PA | PA | +137.8% | +167.2% | +157.8% | +157.0% | $191.5K |
| 72 | Millerstown, PA | PA | +64.7% | +42.6% | +155.2% | +145.7% | $385K |
| 73 | Nesquehoning, PA | PA | +14.7% | +60.0% | +154.1% | +271.6% | $174.7K |
| 74 | Shippensburg, PA | PA | +74.4% | +39.5% | +153.3% | +142.7% | $379K |
| 75 | Pulaski, PA | PA | +123.5% | — | +153.2% | — | $245K |
| 76 | Jefferson Township, PA | PA | +217.5% | +55.0% | +151.4% | +274.9% | $500K |
| 77 | Kintnersville, PA | PA | — | -19.5% | +150.7% | — | $656.5K |
| 78 | Clifton Township, PA | PA | +5.1% | +34.4% | +150.0% | — | $293.5K |
| 79 | Shohola, PA | PA | +95.5% | -8.9% | +149.9% | +43.8% | $389K |
| 80 | Saegertown, PA | PA | +141.8% | +112.2% | +148.8% | — | $277.5K |
| 81 | Erwinna, PA | PA | — | — | +146.7% | -11.2% | $1.11M |
| 82 | Wattsburg, PA | PA | +226.0% | — | +146.7% | +131.3% | $185K |
| 83 | Upper Darby, PA | PA | -4.7% | +82.9% | +146.2% | +263.3% | $255K |
| 84 | Chester Springs, PA | PA | +103.4% | — | +144.4% | +311.0% | $1.37M |
| 85 | Schuylkill Haven, PA | PA | +34.1% | +33.9% | +143.6% | +102.3% | $265K |
| 86 | Carlton, PA | PA | — | — | +143.1% | — | $150K |
| 87 | Palmyra, PA | PA | +45.9% | +43.4% | +142.9% | +178.3% | $501.5K |
| 88 | Newmanstown, PA | PA | +33.6% | — | +142.0% | +610.7% | $425.3K |
| 89 | Glenolden, PA | PA | +3.8% | +96.4% | +139.0% | +163.8% | $275K |
| 90 | Carnegie, PA | PA | +11.9% | +341.8% | +138.3% | +166.8% | $396.3K |
| 91 | Saint Thomas, PA | PA | +88.5% | — | +137.9% | +235.6% | $468K |
| 92 | Hawley, PA | PA | +13.6% | +52.6% | +136.6% | +183.5% | $443K |
| 93 | Newtown Square, PA | PA | +85.4% | +49.9% | +135.6% | +194.2% | $1.5M |
| 94 | Saylorsburg, PA | PA | +43.7% | +61.6% | +132.8% | +103.5% | $467.5K |
| 95 | Jessup, PA | PA | +58.9% | +171.5% | +131.0% | +77.9% | $290K |
| 96 | Blakeslee, PA | PA | +13.9% | +16.7% | +129.0% | +217.7% | $420.3K |
| 97 | Rochester, PA | PA | +24.0% | +104.5% | +128.9% | +13.4% | $170.7K |
| 98 | Hollidaysburg, PA | PA | +46.4% | +156.9% | +127.9% | +61.8% | $429.5K |
| 99 | Kirkwood, PA | PA | +25.6% | +13.0% | +127.1% | — | $650K |
| 100 | Harleysville, PA | PA | +17.6% | +23.2% | +126.4% | +147.0% | $699.3K |
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.