Zip lookup · PA

17872
Shamokin, Pennsylvania.

Shamokin, Northumberland County, PA · Sunbury, PA metro · population 8,894

What it costs per month · 17872 $292/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$136 (+87%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $1,369 -2%
$56,916$55,548 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $7,087 +15%
$48,461$55,548 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 17872 $292 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 17872$292
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 25 years.

Typical home values in zip 17872 fell 2.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Shamokin, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $55,548 as of Sep 2026
-2.4%year on year

Typical home value — 17872

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 17872 $55,548 Sunbury $175,441 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 17872$55,548
  • Sunbury$175,441
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.6 17866 Coal Township 9,769 — $73,270
3.9 17881 Trevorton 1,479 — $137,272
4.2 17860 Paxinos 2,332 — $288,111
6.7 17823 Dornsife 1,258 — $277,487
7.7 17834 Kulpmont 3,480 — $90,067
8.6 17824 Elysburg 3,949 — $279,972
8.7 17832 Marion Heights 578 — $84,738
8.9 17801 Sunbury 16,429 $900 $192,653
9.2 17983 Valley View 1,541 — $204,139
9.7 17938 Hegins 2,479 — $239,443
9.7 17851 Mount Carmel 7,234 — $55,230
10.6 17978 Spring Glen 688 — $225,802
11.0 17830 Herndon 1,938 — $226,400
12.3 17098 Williamstown 2,618 — $136,389
12.6 17876 Shamokin Dam 1,827 — $243,702
12.7 17048 Lykens 3,870 — $164,732
13.0 17030 Gratz 541 — $202,462
13.3 17080 Pillow 264 — $177,417
13.4 17921 Ashland 6,931 — $136,079
13.7 17857 Northumberland 7,671 — $224,237
14.1 17820 Catawissa 5,499 — $254,749
14.8 17870 Selinsgrove 14,490 $1,100 $260,881
14.8 17981 Tremont 2,468 — $117,647
15.5 17821 Danville 18,613 $1,440 $277,777
16.0 17864 Port Trevorton 2,495 — $212,533
16.4 17980 Tower City 3,342 — $162,026
16.6 17023 Elizabethville 3,489 — $245,532
17.5 17935 Girardville 1,371 — $39,514
17.6 17889 Winfield 3,039 — $295,242
17.8 17017 Dalmatia 1,509 — $220,269

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.