Fulton County, PA real estate

What the numbers say

Fulton County, PA real estate at a glance

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

Homeowners in Fulton County pay a median of $2,120 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $208,500, an effective rate of about 1.02%. The Pennsylvania average is 1.30%, which makes Fulton County the #11 lowest-tax of 67 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $809 a month, and $824 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 21 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $209,000 home here comes to about $1,400 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $60,000 a year (the median household here earns $65,836).