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July 28, 2026· Updated August 22, 2026
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Harrisburg, PA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Harrisburg: a median closing price of $143,000 across 351 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Harrisburg, PA Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

Harrisburg produces a steady stream of closings but little consensus: sales over the last six months span a range wide enough that the median is a midpoint between different markets, not a going rate. The distribution below matters more than the headline.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 351
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $143,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $92
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $94,000 and $200,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 351 closed sales in Harrisburg over the last six months, with a median closing price of $143,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $94,000 and $200,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 346 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $60 and $122 per square foot.

Figures last updated August 22, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Harrisburg, PA (August 2026)

The median home price in Harrisburg is $143,000, measured across the 351 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $94,000 and $200,000.

Where Harrisburg sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Harrisburg
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $94k to $200k
$40k to $79k: 49 sales$40k$79k to $119k: 53 sales$119k to $158k: 89 sales89sales$119k$158k to $198k: 50 sales$198k to $237k: 36 sales$198k$237k to $276k: 16 sales$276k to $316k: 12 sales$276k$316k to $355k: 9 salesMedian $143k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Harrisburg over the last six months, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $94,000 and $200,000. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Harrisburg monthly medians over the last six months, among qualifying closings with usable living area
Feb 2026: $93 per square foot across 18 sales$93Feb 2026Mar 2026: $90 per square foot across 58 sales$90Mar 2026Apr 2026: $94 per square foot across 68 sales$94Apr 2026May 2026: $102 per square foot across 63 sales$102May 2026Jun 2026: $81 per square foot across 59 sales$81Jun 2026Jul 2026: $93 per square foot across 48 sales$93Jul 2026Aug 2026: $90 per square foot across 32 sales$90Aug 2026

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 15 days, across 205 Harrisburg closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 32 days, across 187 Harrisburg closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 351 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Harrisburg angle

Across 351 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $143,000, and the middle half of sales closed between $94,000 and $200,000. The width means the citywide median is a weak anchor for any one property; the depth means you do not have to settle for a weak anchor. The two sides of the middle band are close to even in length, so there is no systematic tilt to correct for, only the raw width.

From market read to offer price

A spread this wide means the citywide number cannot price a specific address; the step that matters is the property-level read. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. As of August 2026, the public scoreboard showed 3.26% median error across 12,516+ graded closings. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Harrisburg address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

Cite this

Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Harrisburg, PA
Data updated: August 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 351
Median sold price: $143,000
Median sold $/sqft: $92 (346 qualifying)
https://resideline.com/blog/harrisburg-pa-housing-market

The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Harrisburg over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track inside the city limits are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 35% of the 351 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $161,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Harrisburg?

The median sold price in Harrisburg over the last 6 months is $143,000, measured across 351 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Harrisburg last month?

Resideline tracked 48 closed sales in Harrisburg in July 2026, out of 351 closings tracked over the last six months. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Harrisburg?

The middle half of Harrisburg sales over the last six months closed between $94,000 and $200,000, with a median of $143,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Harrisburg?

Among qualifying Harrisburg closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $92, measured across 346 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Does a wide band mean Harrisburg, PA is hard to price?

It means the shortcut does not work, not that the job is hard. The middle half of tracked closings ran from $94,000 to $200,000, wider than most markets we cover, so $143,000 will not price a specific house.

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