Dauphin County, PA real estate

What the numbers say

Dauphin County, PA real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Dauphin County listed for $272,250, down 9.2% from a year earlier. That is 12% below the Pennsylvania median of $309,000.

Homes spent a median of 37 days on the market. That makes Dauphin County the #5 fastest-selling of 44 Pennsylvania counties we track.

Homeowners in Dauphin County pay a median of $3,198 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $236,400, an effective rate of about 1.35%. The Pennsylvania average is 1.30%, which makes Dauphin County the #48 lowest-tax of 67 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,217 a month, and $1,285 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 19 times a year's rent.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $272,000 home here comes to about $1,905 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $82,000 a year (the median household here earns $76,242).