Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0Measured against area pay, Lycoming Township costs less to live in than 69% of U.S. towns
Home prices around Lycoming Township have risen about 35% over the past 5 years. No new homes were permitted in 2025.
Census 2020–24 home values, rents, tax bills and cost burden, measured against the median household income of the Williamsport, PA metro area ($64K). How TownRatings grades cost of living
The grade compares costs with what households across the Williamsport metro earn ($64K, Census 2020–24). The typical home costs 3.1 years of metro income, and 68% of renters pay 30% or more of income for housing.
In dollars
- $1,060a month for a two-bedroom, utilities includedHUD Fair Market Rent, 2026
- 92prices across the Williamsport metro, where the U.S. is 100 (housing 64)BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
In paychecks the grade
- 3.1 yrsof area income buys the typical home; the typical U.S. town: 3.3$64K, Williamsport-area income
- 14%of area income goes to the median rent; the typical U.S. town: 18%Census 2020–24
- 21%of owners do; the typical U.S. town: 20%Census 2020–24
What kind of housing town is Lycoming Township?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
What’s behind Lycoming Township’s grade
Measured against what households in the area earn, Lycoming Township is more affordable than 69% of U.S. towns. Property tax pulls the grade down most; rent holds it up.
Home prices up 35% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Lycoming Township rose 35% over the past 5 years, slower than across Pennsylvania (48%). Last year prices rose 3.7%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Lycoming Township home at roughly $209,000 today.
Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $209K.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lycoming 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 14% of area income
The calculator starts from the area income the grade uses. Switch to Lycoming Township’s own median, or type yours.
That covers a typical Lycoming Township home, with $32K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $230 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lycoming Township’s typical property tax (1.12% 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 $1,060
Renters already here pay a median of $765, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Williamsport, PA MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
No new homes permitted in 2025
No permits for new homes were issued in Lycoming Township in 2025. The last year with any was 2024 (1 new home).
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Lycoming Township gained 13 residents while 25 new homes were permitted: about 0.5 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across Pennsylvania: 1.4 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 1 | 1 | 0 | $367,000 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $367,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $334,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $299,000 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $788,000 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $675,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $524,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $514,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $241,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $170,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $170,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $262,000 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $879,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $174,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $230,000 |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $323,000 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $641,000 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $680,000 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $748,000 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $816,000 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $748,000 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $612,000 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $544,000 |
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 $2,229 (Pennsylvania: $3,311), 1.12% 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 Lycoming Township
Only figures published free for the whole country, each labeled with the area it covers: the Williamsport, 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 | 92 | PA 98 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Goods (groceries, clothing, cars…) U.S. = 100 | 101 | PA 99 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Utilities U.S. = 100 | 107 | 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.
Lycoming Township vs. its neighbors
Zillow publishes no value for Lycoming Township. Anthony Township and Hepburn Township and Loyalsock Township and Cogan House Township and Old Lycoming Township and Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycoming Township | B+ | — | $198K | 1.12% | $1,060 |
| Hepburn Township | B | — | $256K | 1.17% | $1,050 |
| Anthony Township | – | — | $266K | 1.23% | $1,080 |
| Old Lycoming Township | C+ | — | $199K | 1.24% | $1,260 |
| Lewis Township | – | — | $161K | 1.35% | $1,090 |
| Cogan House Township | – | — | $214K | 1.23% | $1,100 |
| Loyalsock Township | C− | — | $249K | 1.17% | $1,250 |
“—” 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 Lycoming Township
Is Lycoming Township expensive to live in?
Measured against what households in the area earn, Lycoming Township costs less than 69% of U.S. towns: a B+ for cost of living. The typical home costs 3.1 years of the median household income of the Williamsport, PA metro area ($64K).
How much is rent in Lycoming Township?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,060 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $765 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Lycoming Township?
The median bill is $2,229 a year, 1.12% of the median home value (Pennsylvania: $3,311, 1.30%), from the Census 2020–24.
Neighbors talk housing
What Lycoming 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.