Manheim, Pennsylvania.
, asking rent $1,883 (+3.8%). Lancaster, 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
Asking rents in Manheim, PA rose 3.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Living in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Manheim is a borough of 5,046 people in Lancaster County. Half its households earn more than $81,273 a year and half less, against $86,959 across Lancaster County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Lancaster County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Manheim is a small borough in Lancaster County where most homes are lived in by their owners. The population is young for the area, and incomes run a little below the county's. Winters are cold, with January highs near freezing and a fair amount of snow, and summers are warm, with July the hottest month and rain or melted snow falling through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops. Some of the largest workplaces in Manheim are Harrington Hoists, which makes overhead cranes, Carel USA, which makes industrial pressure gauges, and Fenner Precision Polymers, which makes rubber and plastic hoses and belting. Unemployment across Lancaster County is lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. Chiques Creek, a river, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Hersheypark, an amusement park, and the National Watch and Clock Museum, a museum devoted to timekeeping. Dutch Wonderland, another amusement park, is also a longer drive away.
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- 2,037households
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lancaster County had 254,207 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 61°. About 23 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Landisville Northwest weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Manheim
- Harrington HoistsOverhead traveling cranes manufacturing180
- Carel USAManometers, industrial process-type, manufacturing170
- Fenner Precision Polymers (PRP) LBRubber and plastics hoses and belting mfg.76
- Hondru FordAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used67
- Fenner Precision Polymers (PRP) LBRubber and plastics hoses and belting mfg.55
- Lezzer Lumber423310 lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panel merchant wholesalers43
- ManheimMail and parcel delivery26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 617 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
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 Manheim’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 Lancaster County and the Lancaster, PA metro.
Manheim 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 5 Manheim listings, and the typical home goes pending in 8 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.
- Manheim19.48%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Manheim32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Manheim18
Zip codes with a Manheim address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Manheim — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.