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

Name: Home values in Shippensburg Township, PA, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Shippensburg Township, PA is $158,600 (±$42,921), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Shippensburg Township, the median home value went from $83,000 in 2015–2019 to $158,600 in 2020–2024 (+91.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $158,600 (±$42,921)
Owner-occupied homes: 335 (±84)
Most common range: Less than $50,000

Home values in Shippensburg Township

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Shippensburg Township	Cumberland County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $50,000	36.4% (±12.7 points)	4.9%	5.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	2.4% (±3.0 points)	2.5%	8.4%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	5.7% (±7.6 points)	6.2%	9.6%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	20.0% (±10.7 points)	13.1%	12.8%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	20.0% (±14.5 points)	29.2%	22.9%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	15.5% (±9.8 points)	30.8%	25.9%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	0.0% (±9.2 points)	12.2%	12.8%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±9.2 points)	1.1%	2.1%	7.1%

The most common range is Less than $50,000, 36.4% 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.

Shippensburg Township against Cumberland County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Shippensburg Township	Cumberland County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median home value	$158,600 (±$42,921)	$277,600 (±$4,540)	$254,500 (±$767)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	335 (±84)	75,922 (±1,353)	3,656,971 (±15,249)	84,210,142

In Shippensburg Township, the median home value is lower than in Cumberland County ($277,600).

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

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Cumberland County, Shippensburg Township ranks 33 of 33 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 1753 of 2,541.

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

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

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$83,000 (±$55,412)	$158,600 (±$42,921)	+91.1%	No measurable change after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$1,080 (±$363)	$1,480 (±$338)	+37.0%	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 Shippensburg Township

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Shippensburg Township
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Shippensburg Township	—	$158,600 (±$42,921)	—
Shippensburg	1.4 mi	$177,700 (±$46,703)	Not measurably different
Southampton Township (Cumberland County)	3.0 mi	$265,600 (±$19,624)	Higher
Southampton Township (Franklin County)	3.4 mi	$229,500 (±$13,263)	Higher
Orrstown	5.3 mi	$162,500 (±$13,069)	Not measurably different
Newburg (Cumberland County)	5.6 mi	$225,500 (±$13,737)	Higher
South Newton Township	6.0 mi	$245,000 (±$23,089)	Higher
North Newton Township	6.2 mi	$255,200 (±$19,104)	Higher
Hopewell Township (Cumberland County)	6.6 mi	$264,100 (±$44,981)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Southampton Township (Cumberland County), PA ($265,600), Southampton Township (Franklin County), PA ($229,500), Newburg (Cumberland County), PA ($225,500).

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

Median home value across Cumberland County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
27	Shiremanstown	$215,500 (±$10,082)
28	Upper Frankford Township	$191,800 (±$38,089)
29	Shippensburg	$177,700 (±$46,703)
30	Newville	$177,100 (±$17,727)
31	Lower Mifflin Township	$174,600 (±$35,452)
32	Mount Holly Springs	$165,100 (±$25,216)
33	Shippensburg Township	$158,600 (±$42,921)

Showing 7 of 33 places in Cumberland County, ranked from highest to lowest.

The figures for Shippensburg Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Shippensburg University.

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 Shippensburg Township

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

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $158,600 (±$42,921) for owner-occupied homes in Shippensburg Township (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Shippensburg Township gone up?

In Shippensburg Township, the median home value went from $83,000 in 2015–2019 to $158,600 in 2020–2024 (+91.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Is this what homes in Shippensburg 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 Shippensburg township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (county subdivision:70360, in state:42 county:041).

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.