Oldest housing in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania counties and cities ranked by median year structure built.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Pennsylvania by median year structure built — which have the oldest housing stock, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Schuylkill County leads at 1944.

Among cities & places, Alexandria leads at 1938.

Counties

#	Name	Median year built
1	Schuylkill County	1944
2	Philadelphia County	1949
3	McKean County	1952
4	Lackawanna County	1955
5	Northumberland County	1955
6	Cambria County	1956
7	Allegheny County	1957
8	Blair County	1957
9	Delaware County	1957
10	Lawrence County	1957
11	Beaver County	1958
12	Fayette County	1958
13	Cameron County	1959
14	Luzerne County	1959
15	Venango County	1959
16	Armstrong County	1960
17	Greene County	1960
18	Mifflin County	1960
19	Elk County	1961
20	Warren County	1961
21	Jefferson County	1962
22	Erie County	1963
23	Lycoming County	1963
24	Mercer County	1963
25	Somerset County	1963
26	Westmoreland County	1964
27	Washington County	1965
28	Clarion County	1966
29	Crawford County	1966
30	Berks County	1968
31	Bradford County	1968
32	Clinton County	1968
33	Lehigh County	1968
34	Clearfield County	1969
35	Columbia County	1969
36	Indiana County	1969
37	Potter County	1969
38	Dauphin County	1970
39	Montgomery County	1970
40	Northampton County	1970
41	Bedford County	1971
42	Forest County	1971
43	Lebanon County	1971
44	Tioga County	1971
45	Carbon County	1972
46	Huntingdon County	1972
47	Sullivan County	1972
48	Snyder County	1973
49	Union County	1973
50	Wyoming County	1973
51	Juniata County	1974
52	Bucks County	1975
53	Fulton County	1975
54	Montour County	1975
55	Susquehanna County	1975
56	York County	1976
57	Cumberland County	1977
58	Lancaster County	1977
59	Perry County	1977
60	Franklin County	1978
61	Butler County	1979
62	Adams County	1980
63	Centre County	1980
64	Wayne County	1980
65	Chester County	1983
66	Monroe County	1984
67	Pike County	1985

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Median year built
1	Alexandria	1938
2	Allison	1938
3	Ambridge	1938
4	Apollo	1938
5	Armagh	1938
6	Ashland	1938
7	Ashley	1938
8	Aspinwall	1938
9	Atlas	1938
10	Auburn	1938
11	Avoca	1938
12	Avondale	1938
13	Bangor	1938
14	Beaver Falls	1938
15	Beaver Meadows	1938
16	Beaver	1938
17	Beaverdale	1938
18	Bellevue	1938
19	Belsano	1938
20	Ben Avon Heights	1938
21	Ben Avon	1938
22	Benson	1938
23	Berrysburg	1938
24	Blain	1938
25	Bloomfield	1938
26	Blooming Glen	1938
27	Blossburg	1938
28	Bobtown	1938
29	Brackenridge	1938
30	Braddock	1938
31	Bradenville	1938
32	Bradford	1938
33	Branchdale	1938
34	Bristol	1938
35	Brockton	1938
36	Brownstown	1938
37	Brownsville	1938
38	Burgettstown	1938
39	Burnside	1938
40	Burnt Cabins	1938
41	Butler	1938
42	Cairnbrook	1938
43	Callensburg	1938
44	Cambridge Springs	1938
45	Casanova	1938
46	Cassandra	1938
47	Casselman	1938
48	Cassville	1938
49	Chalkhill	1938
50	Chapman	1938
51	Charleroi	1938
52	Cheltenham Village	1938
53	Cherry Tree	1938
54	Churchtown	1938
55	Clappertown	1938
56	Clarendon	1938
57	Clarksville	1938
58	Claysville	1938
59	Clearville	1938
60	Clymer	1938
61	Coal Center	1938
62	Coaldale	1938
63	Coaldale	1938
64	Coburn	1938
65	Cokeburg	1938
66	Columbia	1938
67	Colver	1938
68	Coraopolis	1938
69	Cotton Town	1938
70	Crabtree	1938
71	Crafton	1938
72	Creekside	1938
73	Cressona	1938
74	Cross Creek	1938
75	Cumbola	1938
76	Dawson	1938
77	Dayton	1938
78	Defiance	1938
79	Delano	1938
80	Delaware Water Gap	1938
81	Delta	1938
82	Donaldson	1938
83	Donora	1938
84	Dormont	1938
85	Drifting	1938
86	Dudley	1938
87	Duncannon	1938
88	East Bangor	1938
89	East Conemaugh	1938
90	East Lansdowne	1938
91	East Vandergrift	1938
92	East Washington	1938
93	East Waterford	1938
94	Easton	1938
95	Eastvale	1938
96	Edenborn	1938
97	Edgewood	1938
98	Edgewood	1938
99	Ehrenfeld	1938
100	Eldred	1938

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