Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
, asking rent $2,721 (+1.2%). Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Asking rents in Doylestown, PA rose 1.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.
Living in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is a borough of 8,300 people in Bucks County. Half its households earn more than $99,322 a year and half less, against $114,764 across Bucks County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 47% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 53% are rented. Unemployment in Bucks County was 3.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Doylestown is a small borough in Bucks County where the people who live here are older than in most places, and a four-year degree is common among adults. Incomes run below the county's, and fewer homes are lived in by their owners than you might expect, so renting is a familiar part of life. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, manufacturing and shops. Among the largest workplaces in town are Wesley Enhanced Living, a continuing care retirement community, along with Target and Acme Markets. Many people work from home, and the typical commute is moderate. Across Bucks County, unemployment is lower than it was a year ago, and the number of jobs has edged up.
Things to do. The James A. Michener Art Museum is in or beside town, an easy visit for anyone living here. A longer drive brings you to Philadelphia, where the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Barnes Foundation are both museums, and Independence Hall is one of the best known historic sites in the country. Together they make for good day trips from town.
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- 4,211households
- 59%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 20%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bucks County had 276,735 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 23°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Doylestown Airport weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Doylestown
- Wesley Enhanced LivingContinuing care retirement communities224
- TargetDiscount department stores127
- Acme MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores75
- DoylestownMail and parcel delivery66
- Wawa SiteConvenience store41
- Superior WoodcraftCabinets, kitchen, stock or custom wood, manufacturing36
- Shared Support SouthGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability28
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 597 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
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Doylestown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Bucks County and the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro.
Doylestown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
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 Doylestown listings, and the typical home goes pending in 9 days — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Doylestown25.66%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Doylestown9
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Doylestown107
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Doylestown44
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Doylestown101.95%
Zip codes with a Doylestown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Doylestown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Doylestown
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18901 | Doylestown | 28,509 | $2,635 | $682,688 |
| 18902 | Doylestown | 22,898 | $2,896 | $796,095 |
| 18934 | — | — | — | $886,078 |