Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Measured against area pay, Chartiers Township costs less to live in than 57% of U.S. towns
It ranks #350 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania for affordability. Home prices around Chartiers Township have risen about 32% over the past 5 years. Builders were permitted 28 new homes in 2025.
Census 2020–24 home values, rents, tax bills and cost burden, measured against the median household income of the Pittsburgh, PA metro area ($76K). How TownRatings grades cost of living
The grade compares costs with what households across the Pittsburgh metro earn ($76K, Census 2020–24). The typical home costs 3.3 years of metro income, and 38% of renters pay 30% or more of income for housing.
In dollars
- $1,290a month for a two-bedroom, utilities includedHUD Fair Market Rent, 2026
- 95prices across the Pittsburgh metro, where the U.S. is 100 (housing 72)BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
In paychecks the grade
- 3.3 yrsof area income buys the typical home; the typical U.S. town: 3.3$76K, Pittsburgh-area income
- 19%of area income goes to the median rent; the typical U.S. town: 18%Census 2020–24
- 38%of renters pay 30%+ of income for housing; across Pennsylvania: 48%Census 2020–24
- 17%of owners do; the typical U.S. town: 20%Census 2020–24
Housing in Chartiers Township, in brief
Nearly every household owns
91% of Chartiers Township households own their home, against 69% across Pennsylvania. There are only 285 renter households, so rentals are scarce. Property taxes ↓
Prices have lagged Pennsylvania
There’s no Zillow index for Chartiers Township, so the page uses the federal house price index for the ZIP codes around it, which follows repeat sales of the same homes. It rose 32% over five years, against 48% across Pennsylvania. Price trend ↓
Written from the data on this page. There’s no Zillow index for Chartiers Township, so the typical value is an estimate: the Census median carried forward with the federal house price index; permits are Census figures through 2025; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Chartiers Township’s grade
Measured against what households in the area earn, Chartiers Township is more affordable than 57% of U.S. towns, #350 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Rent pulls the grade down most; the share of households paying 30%+ for housing holds it up.
Home prices up 32% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Chartiers Township rose 32% over the past 5 years, slower than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices rose 1.6%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Chartiers Township home at roughly $279,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $279K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Chartiers Township, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A year’s rent takes 19% of area income
The calculator starts from the area income the grade uses. Switch to Chartiers Township’s own median, or type yours.
That covers a typical Chartiers Township home, with $15K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290 a month here, $390 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Chartiers Township’s typical property tax (0.95% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,290
Renters already here pay a median of $1,186.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
28 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 28 new homes in Chartiers Township in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $8.9 million to build. That's 3.1 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Pennsylvania (2). Over the past 10 years, Chartiers Township has permitted 633 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Chartiers Township gained 814 residents while 403 new homes were permitted: about 2 new residents per new home, more than across Pennsylvania (1.4): growth outpaced building.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2025 | 28 | 28 | 0 | $8.9 million |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 0 | $9.6 million |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 0 | $11.1 million |
| 2022 | 28 | 23 | 5 | $6.3 million |
| 2021 | 116 | 116 | 0 | $26.4 million |
| 2020 | 138 | 138 | 0 | $27.3 million |
| 2019 | 107 | 97 | 10 | $20.5 million |
| 2018 | 70 | 63 | 7 | $16.3 million |
| 2017 | 56 | 34 | 22 | $11.5 million |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2015 | 37 | 37 | 0 | $8.5 million |
| 2014 | 30 | 30 | 0 | $7.7 million |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| 2012 | 22 | 22 | 0 | $5.2 million |
| 2011 | 24 | 20 | 4 | $5 million |
| 2010 | 29 | 29 | 0 | $5.6 million |
| 2009 | 53 | 53 | 0 | $6.9 million |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $2.2 million |
| 2007 | 55 | 41 | 14 | $7.9 million |
| 2006 | 93 | 84 | 9 | $10.6 million |
| 2005 | 47 | 47 | 0 | $9.1 million |
| 2004 | 41 | 34 | 7 | $7.7 million |
| 2003 | 23 | 23 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| 2002 | 24 | 24 | 0 | $4.6 million |
| 2001 | 27 | 27 | 0 | $4.7 million |
| 2000 | 25 | 22 | 3 | $4 million |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Property tax runs below the Pennsylvania norm
The median bill is $2,363 (Pennsylvania: $3,311), 0.95% of a home’s value a year, against 1.30% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
The rest of a budget near Chartiers Township
Only figures published free for the whole country, each labeled with the area it covers: the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, or Pennsylvania. Groceries follow the goods price level; nobody publishes them town by town.
| Cost | Here | Compared with | Area | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prices overall U.S. = 100 | 95 | PA 98 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Goods (groceries, clothing, cars…) U.S. = 100 | 101 | PA 99 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Utilities U.S. = 100 | 108 | PA 109 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Other services U.S. = 100 | 98 | PA 100 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
Price levels: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities 2024 (metro area and state). Electricity: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A.
Chartiers Township vs. its neighbors
Zillow publishes no value for Chartiers Township. North Strabane Township and Cecil Township and Muse and McGovern and South Strabane Township and Canton Township have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, latest | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chartiers Township | B | — | $248K | 0.95% | $1,290 |
| Canton Township | A− | — | $148K | 1.05% | $1,200 |
| Cecil Township | C− | — | $347K | 1.04% | $1,390 |
| North Strabane Township | C− | — | $356K | 1.02% | $1,340 |
| Houston | A | $257K | $204K | 0.87% | $1,330 |
| South Strabane Township | C | — | $269K | 1.17% | $1,200 |
| McGovern | – | — | $320K | 0.81% | $1,280 |
| Muse | – | — | $340K | 1.30% | $1,460 |
“—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures. “—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents).
Questions about the cost of living in Chartiers Township
Is Chartiers Township expensive to live in?
Measured against what households in the area earn, Chartiers Township costs less than 57% of U.S. towns: a B for cost of living, #350 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The typical home costs 3.3 years of the median household income of the Pittsburgh, PA metro area ($76K).
How much is rent in Chartiers Township?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,290 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $1,186 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Chartiers Township?
The median bill is $2,363 a year, 0.95% of the median home value (Pennsylvania: $3,311, 1.30%), from the Census 2020–24.
Neighbors talk housing
What Chartiers Township buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.