Delta, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $321,277 (+5.0% in a year). York-Hanover, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$940 (+126%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,378 +5%
- $305,898$321,277 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $79,818 +33%
- $241,459$321,277 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.
- Delta$1,686
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Delta, PA rose 5.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Delta, York County, Pennsylvania
Delta is a borough of 707 people in York County. Unemployment in York County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in shops, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Delta is a very small borough in York County, with a young population: the typical resident is younger than in most American towns. Homes here are worth less than the county's, and so are household incomes. A smaller share of adults hold a four-year degree than you might expect, and a larger share live below the poverty line than across much of the region. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm and hot by July, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in shops, in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Across York County, the largest workplaces include York Hospital, BAE Systems and Harley-Davidson. Job numbers across the county have been close to flat over the past year, and unemployment across York County has eased compared with a year earlier. The typical commute is a long one, so many people spend a good part of the day travelling to work.
Things to do. Several parks and protected areas lie a short drive away, including Susquehannock State Park, Rocks State Park and Palmer State Park, which suit walking and time outdoors. Muddy Creek, a river, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is a longer drive away.
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- 22%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 47 mintypical commute
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. York County had 182,806 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 25°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 68°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Conowingo Dam weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in York County
- York HospitalGeneral hospital3,582FTE
- Comprehensive Logistics - YorkGeneral warehousing and storage2,324
- BAE SystemsArmored military vehicles and parts manufacturing1,970
- Kinsley ConstructionWarehouse, industrial, construction1,820
- Harley-DavidsonMotorcycles and parts manufacturing1,146
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,051
- FedExCourier and express delivery services987
- Storage Asset ManagementEquity real estate investment trusts, primarily leasing miniwarehouses and self-storage units960
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 516 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 76,359 people in all across the county; Delta has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Delta’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 York County and the York-Hanover, PA metro.
Delta home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Delta$321,277
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Delta 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Delta14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Delta9
Zip codes with a Delta address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Delta — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.