Cost of Living & Housing in Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney's cost of living pairs a real, wide, disclosed housing-price spread with Pennsylvania's simple flat state income tax and a below-statewide-average county property tax rate.
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Learn moreA real, wide, disclosed spread in housing figures
Sources reviewed this pass ran from a median home value of $79,900 to a median sale price of $99,900 (up 14% year-over-year) to a considerably higher July 2026 median list price of $225,000. Even at the high end, this runs well below the Pennsylvania statewide average home value of approximately $294,099 (base record).
A slow-moving, low-turnover small-town market
Punxsutawney's housing market scored just 16 out of 100 on one competitiveness index -- a genuinely quiet market where homes do not move quickly, common in small, rural boroughs (base record).
Jefferson County's property tax rate runs below the PA statewide average
Jefferson County's effective property tax rate ran approximately 1.00%, modestly below the Pennsylvania statewide average of approximately 1.36% (base record).
Pennsylvania's flat 3.07% state income tax, plus a local EIT confirm-directly note
Pennsylvania's income tax is a real, current flat 3.07% statewide. Punxsutawney Borough also levies its own Earned Income Tax, collected by Berkheimer Tax Administrator as the Jefferson County Tax Collection District's Act 32 collector -- this record could not independently confirm the borough's precise combined municipal-plus-school-district EIT percentage this pass, so confirm the current total rate directly via the PA DCED's PSD Code & EIT Rate lookup tool (base record).
Key takeaways
- Punxsutawney's housing figures carry a real, disclosed wide spread ($79,900-$225,000) -- confirm a specific current listing directly.
- The housing market runs genuinely slow-moving, scoring just 16 out of 100 on one competitiveness index.
- Jefferson County's property tax rate (~1.00%) runs below the Pennsylvania statewide average.
- Pennsylvania's flat 3.07% state income tax applies; confirm Punxsutawney's combined local EIT rate directly, unverified this pass.
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