Charleroi, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $88,982 (-10.2% in a year). Pittsburgh, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$187 (+67%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $10,124 -10%
- $99,105$88,982 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $5,705 -6%
- $94,687$88,982 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.
- Charleroi$467
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Charleroi, PA fell 10.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Charleroi is a borough of 4,234 people in Washington County. Half its households earn more than $43,265 a year and half less, against $78,958 across Washington County; 31% of its people live below the poverty line. 49% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 51% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Charleroi is a small borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, with a median age that sits a little above the middle years. Incomes here run well below the county's, and more households live below the poverty line than most would expect, while homes are among the more modest in price. Fewer homes are lived in by their owners than across much of the country, so renters and owners share the streets about equally. Winters are cold and snowy enough to need a shovel now and then, with January the coldest month, and summers turn warm in July. Rain and melted snow arrive steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in shops, manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, and professional and business services. Some of the largest workplaces in Charleroi are care providers, among them Southwest Behavioral Care, The Care Center and Diversified Human Services. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical, and the usual trip to work is a moderate drive. Unemployment across Washington County has eased compared with a year earlier, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. The Ohio River is the best known of the places nearby, and it is a longer drive away, a spot for time along the water. For a day out, Fallingwater is a well-known museum, also a longer drive away. Acrisure Stadium is another longer drive for football fans.
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- 1,728households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 31%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 89,399 jobs in 2025, 2.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 10 inches of snow and 41 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Charleroi Lock weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Charleroi
- Southwest Behavioral CareResidential group homes for the emotionally disturbed242
- The Care CenterSubstance abuse facilities, residential189
- Diversified Human ServicesHome care of elderly, non-medical139
- Core Main64
- SonocoDie-cut paperboard64
- Model Uniforms, Charleroi PlantIndustrial uniform supply services55
- Model Dry Cleaners, Charleroi PlantCleaners, drycleaning and laundry service40
- ConnectHomeless shelters23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 836 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Charleroi’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the Pittsburgh, PA metro.
Charleroi home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Charleroi$88,982
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Charleroi listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Charleroi24.12%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Charleroi70
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Charleroi15
Zip codes with a Charleroi address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Charleroi — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.