Rossiter, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $146,678 (+3.4% in a year). Indiana, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$368 (+91%) since Feb 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,830 +3%
- $141,848$146,678 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $22,013 +18%
- $124,665$146,678 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.
- Rossiter$770
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Rossiter, PA rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rossiter, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Rossiter, in Indiana County, had 537 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $76,250 a year and half less, against $60,208 across Indiana County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Indiana County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Indiana 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Rossiter is a very small community in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, with a population that has stayed modest. Households here have incomes above the county's, and homes are priced in a range that many would call modest. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm in July. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, then restaurants, hotels and entertainment, with some in manufacturing. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and nobody works from home. Across Indiana County, the largest workplaces include Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana Regional Medical Center and Diamond Pharmacy Services. Unemployment across the county is lower than it was a year earlier, and the county has added a few more jobs than the year before.
Things to do. The Jefferson Theater is a theatre a short drive away. For time outdoors, State Game Lands Number 31 is a protected area a longer drive away, and Mahoning Creek is a river, also a longer drive off. Moshannon State Forest is another protected area a longer drive away.
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- 8%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 0%work from home
What people in Indiana County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Indiana County had 28,044 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 35° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°. About 34 inches of snow and 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Putneyville Southeast Dam weather station, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Indiana County
- Indiana University of PennsylvaniaUniversity or college1,166
- Indiana Regional Medical CenterGeneral hospital849FTE
- Diamond Pharmacy ServicesDruggists' sundries merchant wholesalers803
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters423
- Indiana Area SDSchool district343FTE
- Specialty Tires of AmericaTires manufacturing332
- BAYADA Home Health CareHome health care295
- River Valley SDSchool district264FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 67 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,902 people in all across the county; Rossiter has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals 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
- LandslidesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- 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 Rossiter’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 Indiana County and the Indiana, PA metro.
Rossiter home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rossiter$146,678
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Rossiter7
Zip codes with a Rossiter address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rossiter — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.