The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 18088 sells for about $200,000, or $167 per square foot.
Prices are up +5.3% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 33 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,331 a month.
ZIP 18088 — Walnutport
The 18088 housing market is characterized by extremely tight inventory and high demand, resulting in a competitive environment for buyers. Prices remain supported by regional economic growth in the Allentown metro area, though the ZIP-specific inventory is limited. Market conditions favor sellers due to the low months of supply and high sale-to-list ratios.
Median prices moved up 5.3% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 33 days on market with 0.9 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
27% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 101.2% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 4.1% · poverty 8.8% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 18088
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 US Census Bureau ZCTA 18088 profile
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.