The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 17872 sells for about $174,227, or $104 per square foot.
Prices are up +51.5% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 59 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $950 a month.
This ZIP has no home sales of its own, so its market figures come from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (county-level). Population, rents, hazards, lending and amenities are this ZIP's own readings.
ZIP 17872 — Shamokin
The 17872 housing market is characterized by low-cost, single-family inventory with modest price appreciation. Sales volume remains limited, and the market is currently experiencing a slower pace of activity compared to the previous year.
Median prices moved up 51.5% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 59 days on market with 4.3 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
22% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 96% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 1.8% · poverty 20.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 17872, Northumberland County PA
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data retrieved from census.gov ZCTA profiles
No county-record distress flags across 1 researched property on the ARED base layer. Key-figure check: median price diverges 99.7% from the nearest retained anchor (researched-property base layer) — beyond the 12.5% tolerance; an automated validation case is open and the value publishes pending its verdict. Validation: the flagged $61,969 could not be independently corroborated and was removed pending review (no prior-cycle value to revert to); the case is under review in the Command Center.