What is the median home value in Bern Township, PA?

The median value of owner-occupied homes in Bern Township, PA is $339,500 (±$18,429), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Bern Township, the median home value went from $225,900 in 2015–2019 to $339,500 in 2020–2024 (+50.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on .

Median home value
$339,500 (±$18,429)
Owner-occupied homes
2,004 (±208)
Most common range
$300,000 to $499,999

Home values in Bern Township

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
ValueBern TownshipBerks CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Less than $50,0000.6% (±1.0 points)4.3%5.5%5.3%
$50,000 to $99,9990.7% (±1.1 points)5.3%8.4%6.1%
$100,000 to $149,9993.2% (±2.5 points)8.2%9.6%6.8%
$150,000 to $199,99910.7% (±6.7 points)14.5%12.8%9.0%
$200,000 to $299,99919.2% (±7.2 points)28.3%22.9%17.8%
$300,000 to $499,99957.1% (±9.5 points)30.7%25.9%26.9%
$500,000 to $999,9997.7% (±3.6 points)7.7%12.8%20.9%
$1,000,000 or more0.8% (±1.2 points)1.0%2.1%7.1%

The most common range is $300,000 to $499,999, 57.1% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Bern Township against Berks County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Bern TownshipBerks CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Median home value$339,500 (±$18,429)$257,300 (±$3,633)$254,500 (±$767)$332,700
Owner-occupied homes2,004 (±208)116,334 (±1,443)3,656,971 (±15,249)84,210,142

In Bern Township, the median home value is higher than in Berks County ($257,300).

It is also higher than in Pennsylvania ($254,500).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($332,700).

In Berks County, Bern Township ranks 16 of 71 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 297 of 2,541.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Bern Township have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median home value$225,900 (±$14,608)$339,500 (±$18,429)+50.3%Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage$1,775 (±$126)$2,069 (±$433)+16.6%No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes$4,908 (±$590)$5,265 (±$1,186)+7.3%No measurable change after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Bern Township

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Bern Township
PlaceDistanceMedian home valueCompared with this place
Bern Township—$339,500 (±$18,429)—
Fox Chase1.8 mi$285,200 (±$13,818)Lower
Riverview Park2.5 mi$258,100 (±$24,243)Lower
Muhlenberg Park3.1 mi$322,300 (±$31,067)Not measurably different
Colony Park3.5 mi$358,300 (±$45,392)Not measurably different
Leesport3.6 mi$221,300 (±$28,539)Lower
Muhlenberg Township3.8 mi$233,300 (±$11,225)Lower
South Temple3.9 mi$203,400 (±$60,382)Lower
Temple4.0 mi$165,600 (±$5,985)Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Fox Chase, PA ($285,200), Riverview Park, PA ($258,100), Leesport, PA ($221,300).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Berks County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian home value
10Oley Township$350,100 (±$15,112)
11North Heidelberg Township$350,000 (±$24,377)
12Ontelaunee Township$347,500 (±$20,671)
13Ruscombmanor Township$346,200 (±$30,560)
14Union Township (Berks County)$346,100 (±$42,939)
15Wyomissing$339,900 (±$23,254)
16Bern Township$339,500 (±$18,429)
17Caernarvon Township (Berks County)$338,400 (±$32,452)
18Albany Township (Berks County)$337,100 (±$30,802)
19Penn Township (Berks County)$325,400 (±$22,851)
20Rockland Township (Berks County)$321,800 (±$35,320)
21Marion Township (Berks County)$314,400 (±$23,737)
22South Heidelberg Township$311,800 (±$28,787)

Showing 13 of 71 places in Berks County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Bern Township

What is the average home value in Bern Township, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $339,500 (±$18,429) for owner-occupied homes in Bern Township (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Bern Township gone up?

In Bern Township, the median home value went from $225,900 in 2015–2019 to $339,500 in 2020–2024 (+50.3%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Is this what homes in Bern Township sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Bern township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (county subdivision:05816, in state:42 county:011).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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