17961
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania.
Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, PA · Pottsville, PA metro · population 6,740
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$872 (+135%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,466 +3%
- $279,791$289,257 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $71,395 +33%
- $217,862$289,257 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- 17961$1,518
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in zip 17961 rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Orwigsburg, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 17961
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 17961$289,257
- Pottsville$179,837
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 43 zips in range — sorting picks from all 43.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
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| 4.7 | 17922 | Auburn | 4,803 | — | $321,028 |
| 6.6 | 17965 | Port Carbon | 1,927 | — | $132,750 |
| 6.9 | 17960 | New Ringgold | 4,264 | — | $319,696 |
| 7.1 | 17929 | Cressona | 1,432 | — | $192,629 |
| 7.7 | 19526 | Hamburg | 11,581 | $1,400 | $300,240 |
| 8.1 | 17959 | New Philadelphia | 1,445 | — | $108,723 |
| 8.5 | 17970 | Saint Clair | 3,171 | $1,000 | $105,850 |
| 9.2 | 17972 | Schuylkill Haven | 11,826 | — | $252,885 |
| 10.0 | 18252 | Tamaqua | 11,024 | $1,062 | $173,903 |
| 10.4 | 19529 | Kempton | 3,109 | — | $442,355 |
| 10.5 | 19534 | Lenhartsville | 1,970 | — | $381,755 |
| 10.7 | 17901 | Pottsville | 22,371 | $1,252 | $164,568 |
| 10.9 | 17954 | Minersville | 4,623 | — | $99,849 |
| 11.1 | 18214 | Barnesville | 2,522 | — | $243,040 |
| 11.8 | 19541 | Mohrsville | 4,367 | — | $380,242 |
| 12.1 | 19555 | Shoemakersville | 3,577 | — | $286,174 |
| 12.5 | 17931 | Frackville | 8,899 | — | $156,716 |
| 13.0 | 17948 | Mahanoy City | 4,188 | — | $48,461 |
| 13.4 | 19506 | Bernville | 7,108 | — | $403,307 |
| 14.1 | 18211 | Andreas | 1,207 | — | $353,630 |
| 14.1 | 18218 | Coaldale | 2,514 | — | $99,418 |
| 14.4 | 17976 | Shenandoah | 5,916 | — | $66,740 |
| 15.4 | 17935 | Girardville | 1,371 | — | $39,514 |
| 15.7 | 18250 | Summit Hill | 3,137 | — | $155,798 |
| 15.8 | 19507 | Bethel | 3,563 | — | $351,581 |
| 15.9 | 19533 | Leesport | 8,648 | — | $362,826 |
| 16.1 | 18232 | Lansford | 4,156 | $1,025 | $97,605 |
| 16.5 | 18066 | New Tripoli | 6,102 | — | $456,696 |
| 16.6 | 19530 | Kutztown | 15,573 | — | $360,586 |
| 16.6 | 18237 | Mcadoo | 3,712 | — | $179,069 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.