Halifax, Pennsylvania.
. Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 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
Living in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Halifax is a borough of 796 people in Dauphin County. Unemployment in Dauphin County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Dauphin County work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Halifax is a small borough, home to fewer people than most towns on a map, and its residents are somewhat older than the typical American community. Relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and the town sees a fair amount of snow along with plenty of rain and melted snow through the year. July is the warmest month.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, professional and business services, and government. Across Dauphin County, some of the largest workplaces are the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals and the Hersheypark Entertainment Complex. A fair number of people work from home, and the usual trip to work is a moderate one. Job numbers across the county have been close to level, and unemployment there is lower than a year ago.
Things to do. Armstrong Creek runs in or beside town, and the Juniata River is a short drive away, as is the Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation Area, a protected area. For a bigger outing, Hersheypark, an amusement park, is a longer drive away.
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- 247households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 26 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What people in Dauphin County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dauphin County had 190,394 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 60°. About 28 inches of snow and 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Dehart Dam weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Dauphin County
- Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterGeneral hospital6,685FTE
- Upmc Pinnacle HospitalsGeneral hospital4,482FTE
- Hersheypark Entertainment ComplexAmusement and theme parks2,950
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services2,941
- Pinnacle Health Medical ServicesOffices of physicians2,368
- Harrisburg Area Community CollegeTwo-year college2,087
- Commonwealth Charter Academy CSSchool district1,799FTE
- Central Dauphin SDSchool district1,789FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 303 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 57,633 people in all across the county; Halifax has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- 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 Halifax’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 Dauphin County and the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro.
Halifax 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 3 Halifax listings — 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.
- Halifax36.64%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Halifax22
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Halifax8
Zip codes with a Halifax address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Halifax — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.