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ZIP 15634 · Grapeville, PA · 471 residents · September 2026

Grapeville 15634: the market leans toward sellers.

Conditions tightening in sellers' favor. Typical home value $91K, −8.1% over 12 months; listings take 22 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Leaning seller+35

In Mar 2026: +3

Typical value$91K−8.1% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market22 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut0%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$970/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings10% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list107.8%100% sold above list · Redfin, Aug 2025
HavenScore52of 100

Higher than 56% of scored ZIPs

Affordability67
Growth42
Risk51
Momentum27
Livability65

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+3
  2. Apr 2026−25
  3. May 2026−25
  4. Jun 2026−18
  5. Jul 2026−19
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026+35

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 22 days on marketfaster than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 0% of listings cut pricefewer than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list 107.8%homes close at or above asking · Redfin, Aug 2025
  • 1 active listings0% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin, August 2025.

Firming: prices −8.1% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward sellers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$90,796Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price$165,000Redfin · Aug 2025
Sale-to-list107.8%Redfin · Aug 2025
Sold above list100.0%Redfin · Aug 2025

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
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Prices

Typical home value since 2023, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year−8.1%
3 years—
5 years—
10 years—
From peak−13.6%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 15634 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $116,057 in September 2024; the latest value is −21.8% from that peak, 23 months on. The sharpest 12-month move was −16.8%, ending August 2026.

Zillow's typical home value here, $91K in August 2026, is 69% below the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved −8.1% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Middle tier$91K
Top tier$145K
Single-family$91K

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankPennsylvania rank
1 year−8.1%−8.1%/yrHigher than 1% nationallyHigher than 1% in Pennsylvania
Since 2023−4.8%−1.8%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$60K$80K$100K$120K$85K202420252026$60K$80K$100K$120K$85K202420252026
3 months$85K−6.6% · $80K–$93KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
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36 monthsPro
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Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Zillow's own published forecast has this ZIP's typical value rise 0.2% over the twelve months from August 2026 (Zillow Home Value Forecast).

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$77320% of the median household income here ($46,359)
Principal and interest$536
Property tax$113
Insurance$74
Mortgage insurance$51

Inside the 28% line lenders use for housing costs. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $884 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$970
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$773

Buying costs $197 a month less than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$46,359Census ACS
Price to income2.0×long-run average 2.2×
Property tax1.49%statutory, state
Insurance$884/yrtypical premium
Commute30 minmedian, one way
Walkability7 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingVery LowFEMA NRI · wildfire 55 · flood 41
Population change+20.1% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1949Census ACS
Owner-occupied65%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 2.0× the median household income here, against 3.7× in the median PA ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $46,359 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskVery Lowscore 13 of 100 · county median 20
Flood41 of 100county median 52
Wildfire55 of 100county median 61
Hurricane49 of 100county median 49

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 55 scored ZIPs in Westmoreland County.

Everyday prices

Everyday prices in the Pittsburgh metro run 5% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024).

Rents in the index run 28% below the U.S. average.

$75,000 at U.S.-average prices buys what $71,000 buys here.

Metro-level index, U.S. = 100 · 2024 · the Pittsburgh metro, not this ZIP alone.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income8%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income54%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

67

Growth

42

Risk

51

Momentum

27
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Livability

65
Walkability7 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseBelow-average walkability
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density541 jobs per sq miCensus LODESModerate employment nearby

Nearby

39 scored Pennsylvania ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above listAugust 2025
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
BEAEveryday prices (Regional Price Parities)2024
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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