Monthly cost of buying the typical home, at today's average 30-year rate. Change any number to fit your situation.
Zillow doesn't publish a rent index for this area.
Our forecast of +4.2% over 12 months would add roughly $1,274 a month in value to the owner's side, but the 80% range runs from −0.6% to +11.0%, so treat it as uncertain.
Estimates only. Excludes maintenance (often about 1% of the price a year), the return the down payment could earn elsewhere, and tax effects. Rent is the Zillow Observed Rent Index, a typical market rent for all home types.
Redfin, all residential, monthly. These feed the metro trend model.
Strongest forecast relative to the metro first. “vs. metro” ranks each ZIP within Allentown, PA (100 = strongest).
| 18102 Allentown, PA | $226,033 | ▲ 5.2% | ▲ 6.2% −0% to +14% | 100 |
| 18216 Beaver Meadows, PA | $179,998 | ▲ 3.6% | ▲ 6.0% −1% to +14% | 98 |
| 18250 Summit Hill, PA | $161,693 | ▲ 7.1% | ▲ 5.5% −1% to +13% | 97 |
| 18240 Nesquehoning, PA | $201,767 | ▼ 1.5% | ▲ 5.2% −1% to +13% | 95 |
| 18079 Slatedale, PA | $253,264 | ▲ 0.7% | ▲ 5.2% −1% to +13% | 94 |
| 18343 Mount Bethel, PA | $381,984 | ▲ 4.6% | ▲ 5.0% −2% to +12% | 92 |
| 18063 Martins Creek, PA | $309,242 | ▲ 2.6% | ▲ 4.9% −2% to +12% | 91 |
| 18078 Schnecksville, PA | $525,540 | ▲ 5.6% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 89 |
| 18092 Zionsville, PA | $508,827 | ▲ 5.8% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 88 |
| 18091 Wind Gap, PA | $375,903 | ▲ 3.8% | ▲ 4.8% −2% to +12% | 86 |
| 18229 Jim Thorpe, PA | $283,613 | ▲ 2.2% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 85 |
| 18020 Bethlehem, PA | $435,142 | ▲ 4.2% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 83 |
| 18072 Pen Argyl, PA | $316,282 | ▲ 3.8% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 82 |
| 18053 Germansville, PA | $406,511 | ▲ 5.9% | ▲ 4.7% −2% to +12% | 80 |
| 18066 New Tripoli, PA | $461,418 | ▲ 5.0% | ▲ 4.6% −2% to +12% | 78 |