Galeton, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $140,153 (+7.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$349 (+90%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,302 +7%
- $130,851$140,153 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $17,028 +14%
- $123,124$140,153 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.
- Galeton$736
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 27 years.
Typical home values in Galeton, PA rose 7.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Galeton, Potter County, Pennsylvania
Galeton is a borough of 990 people in Potter County. Half its households earn more than $70,298 a year and half less, against $59,020 across Potter County; 14% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Potter County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Potter County work in schools and health care, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Galeton is a small borough in Potter County, in the forested uplands of north-central Pennsylvania. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run higher than across the county as a whole, though a noticeable part of the town lives below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in most of the country, and some residents work from home. Winters are cold and snowy, with a good deal of rain and melted snow across the year, and summers are mild.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and transport, warehousing and utilities also employing many. Across Potter County, some of the largest workplaces are Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Morgan Advanced Materials and Coudersport Area Schools. Unemployment in the county is lower than it was a year earlier, though there are slightly fewer jobs there than the year before.
Things to do. Colton Point State Park, a protected area, and Pine Creek, a river, are both a short drive away. Denton Hill State Park is also close, and the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum is a short drive too. For more time outdoors, Cherry Springs State Park and Leonard Harrison State Park are a longer drive away.
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- 429households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 13%work from home
What people in Potter County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Potter County had 4,750 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 57°. About 61 inches of snow and 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wellsboro Southwest weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Potter County
- Charles Cole Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital310FTE
- Morgan Advanced MaterialsMetal-graphite product manufacturing250
- University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterOffices of physicians169
- Sweden Valley ManorNursing homes105
- Coudersport Area SDSchool district100FTE
- Northern Potter SDSchool district96FTE
- RAM Forest ProductsBoards, wood, made from logs or bolts81
- Coudersport Truck-LiteAutomotive lighting fixtures manufacturing72
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 12 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,294 people in all across the county; Galeton has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Galeton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Potter County.
Galeton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Galeton$140,153
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Galeton 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.
- Galeton21.65%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Galeton20
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Galeton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Galeton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.