17980
Tower City, Pennsylvania.
Tower City, Schuylkill County, PA · Pottsville, PA metro · population 3,342
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$543 (+177%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,634 +3%
- $157,393$162,026 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $42,348 +35%
- $119,678$162,026 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.
- 17980$850
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in zip 17980 rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
This zip spans 2 counties: Dauphin County, PA 68% · Schuylkill County, PA 32%
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Tower City, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 17980
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 17980$162,026
- Pottsville$179,837
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 35 zips in range — sorting picks from all 35.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 17098 | Williamstown | 2,618 | — | $136,389 |
| 5.8 | 17038 | Jonestown | 8,394 | — | $329,486 |
| 6.1 | 17978 | Spring Glen | 688 | — | $225,802 |
| 7.6 | 17048 | Lykens | 3,870 | — | $164,732 |
| 8.4 | 17030 | Gratz | 541 | — | $202,462 |
| 8.6 | 17983 | Valley View | 1,541 | — | $204,139 |
| 9.0 | 17028 | Grantville | 3,563 | — | $378,525 |
| 10.6 | 17023 | Elizabethville | 3,489 | — | $245,532 |
| 10.6 | 17938 | Hegins | 2,479 | — | $239,443 |
| 10.6 | 17026 | Fredericksburg | 3,137 | — | $358,329 |
| 10.7 | 17032 | Halifax | 7,551 | — | $299,925 |
| 12.0 | 17963 | Pine Grove | 9,323 | — | $261,733 |
| 12.2 | 17080 | Pillow | 264 | — | $177,417 |
| 12.5 | 17003 | Annville | 12,534 | $1,661 | $383,539 |
| 13.4 | 17112 | Harrisburg | 38,502 | $1,587 | $358,449 |
| 13.7 | 17981 | Tremont | 2,468 | — | $117,647 |
| 14.2 | 17830 | Herndon | 1,938 | — | $226,400 |
| 14.2 | 17823 | Dornsife | 1,258 | — | $277,487 |
| 14.3 | 17046 | Lebanon | 31,835 | $1,275 | $262,917 |
| 14.9 | 17061 | Millersburg | 6,842 | — | $230,129 |
| 16.0 | 17017 | Dalmatia | 1,509 | — | $220,269 |
| 16.3 | 17018 | Dauphin | 3,902 | — | $299,837 |
| 16.4 | 17872 | Shamokin | 8,894 | — | $55,548 |
| 16.8 | 17078 | Palmyra | 23,840 | $1,479 | $350,349 |
| 17.4 | 17036 | Hummelstown | 23,520 | $1,974 | $381,233 |
| 17.6 | 17881 | Trevorton | 1,479 | — | $137,272 |
| 18.0 | 19507 | Bethel | 3,563 | — | $351,581 |
| 18.2 | 17033 | Hershey | 16,481 | $1,558 | $409,841 |
| 18.2 | 17866 | Coal Township | 9,769 | — | $73,270 |
| 18.8 | 17067 | Myerstown | 15,815 | $1,600 | $322,545 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.