Kane, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $103,728 (-3.9% in a year). Bradford, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$270 (+99%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $4,202 -4%
- $107,930$103,728 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $8,670 +9%
- $95,058$103,728 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.
- Kane$544
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 40 years.
Typical home values in Kane, PA fell 3.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kane, McKean County, Pennsylvania
Kane is a borough of 3,630 people in McKean County. Half its households earn more than $52,353 a year and half less, against $62,905 across McKean County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 61% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 39% are rented. Unemployment in McKean County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Kane is a small borough in McKean County, Pennsylvania, with a population that is somewhat older than the typical American town. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values are modest. Household incomes run below the county's, and winters are long and cold, with a great deal of snow through the season and a mild, pleasant July.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and retail also employing a good share of people. Kane Area Schools, Custom Built Mfg and Tops Markets are among the largest workplaces in town. Unemployment across McKean County has eased from a year earlier, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. The Tionesta Scenic and Research Natural Areas, a protected area, are a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Allegheny National Forest, a large protected area, and to Kinzua Bridge State Park, another protected area. Those who like the water can head for Allegheny Reservoir, also a longer drive away.
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- 1,528households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McKean County had 13,771 jobs in 2025, 1.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 53°. About 93 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kane 1NNE weather station, a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kane
- Kane Area SDSchool district167FTE
- Custom Built MfgAutomobile wrecker hoists manufacturing48
- Tops MarketsGrocery stores48
- Kane Innovations K2Railings, metal, manufacturing40
- Country Fair 69Convenience food stores20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 156 people in all. School districts come 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kane’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 McKean County and the Bradford, PA metro.
Kane home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kane$103,728
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Kane 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.
- Kane24.17%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kane35
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kane8
Zip codes with a Kane address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kane — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.