The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 18049 sells for about $351,500, or $166 per square foot.
Prices are up +18.75% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 41 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,360 a month.
ZIP 18049 — Emmaus
The housing market in the 18049 area is characterized by high demand and limited inventory, driving significant year-over-year price appreciation. Properties are selling quickly and often above the asking price, indicating a strong seller's market. These conditions are largely driven by low supply relative to buyer interest in the Lehigh Valley region.
Median prices moved up 18.8% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 41 days on market with 0.9 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 101.66% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 2.6% · poverty 6.3% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 18049, Lehigh County PA
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this ZIP — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Data retrieved from census.gov ZCTA-level tables.
- Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom4.45 mi
- Crayola Experience4.219.3 mi
- Dave & Buster's Lehigh4.28.1 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.15.8 mi
- B Social Bowling4.57.7 mi
- Bear Creek Mountain Resort4.57.4 mi
- PPL Center4.56.3 mi
- Jefferson Park4.78.1 mi
- Wind Creek Event Center4.410 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill3.58.1 mi
- Lehigh Valley Zoo4.512.3 mi
- AMC Center Valley 164.35.5 mi
- SteelStacks4.79.7 mi
- Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre4.810.6 mi
- Movie Tavern Trexlertown4.25.3 mi
- Crayola Experience4.219.3 mi
- SteelStacks4.79.7 mi
- Crystal Cave4.518.4 mi
- Lost River Caverns4.59.7 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center4.46.3 mi
- Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom4.45 mi
- Lehigh Valley Zoo4.512.3 mi
- Cedar Beach Park4.65.7 mi
- Grange Park4.76.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Park4.89 mi
- Highway Marine4.67.2 mi
- Wedgewood Golf Club4.33.5 mi
- Butter Valley Golf Course4.38.8 mi
- The Club at Twin Lakes4.210.1 mi
- Macoby Run Golf Course4.310.6 mi
- Allentown Municipal Golf Course4.46.3 mi
- Lehigh Valley Mall4.48.2 mi
- Quakertown Farmers Market and Flea Market4.310.2 mi
- Promenade Saucon Valley4.55.4 mi
- Allentown Farmers Market4.76.1 mi
- Marshalls & HomeGoods4.48.9 mi
- Lehigh Valley International Airport4.59.9 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.