Topton, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $264,455 (+1.0% in a year). Reading, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$790 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,740 +1%
- $261,714$264,455 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $72,366 +38%
- $192,089$264,455 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.
- Topton$1,388
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in Topton, PA rose 1.0% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Topton, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Topton is a borough of 2,041 people in Berks County. Half its households earn more than $92,552 a year and half less, against $79,777 across Berks County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Berks County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Topton is a small borough in Berks County, with a population small enough that neighbors tend to know one another. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run above the county's, with fewer people living below the poverty line than you might expect. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in the building trades. Within the borough, the largest workplaces include East Penn Distribution Topton, Brandywine Heights Area Schools and The Lutheran Home at Topton. Most people travel a fair distance to work, and a small share work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Crystal Cave is a protected area, and Bear Creek Ski and Recreation Area offers skiing in the cold months. The Valley Preferred Cycling Center, a stadium, is also a short drive away. Farther afield, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an amusement park a longer drive from town.
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- 956households
- 18%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berks County had 175,054 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 62°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rodale Rsch Ctr weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Topton
- East Penn Distribution ToptonMotor vehicle supplies and new parts merchant wholesalers586
- Brandywine Heights Area SDSchool district202FTE
- The Lutheran Home at ToptonContinuing care retirement communities139
- Mersen USA GS - GMIGraphite specialties for mechanical use manufacturing85
- Electro-Space FabricatorsMachine bases, metal, manufacturing71
- Compass Group62
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 943 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
- Strong windRelatively 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 Topton’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 Berks County and the Reading, PA metro.
Topton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Topton$264,455
- 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.
- Topton5
Zip codes with a Topton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Topton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.