The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 18098 sells for about $267,000, or $166 per square foot.
Prices are up +6.7% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 12 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,700 a month.
ZIP 18098 — Emmaus
The Allentown housing market is currently characterized by high demand and low inventory, resulting in a competitive seller's market. Prices have seen steady year-over-year growth, with homes selling quickly at or above the asking price. Figures provided reflect city-wide data for Allentown as specific ZCTA-level market metrics for 18098 are not independently published by the cited sources.
Median prices moved up 6.7% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 12 days on market with 0.9 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
25% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 101.7% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.8% · poverty 19.5% — a mixed stability profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
in-migration and out-migration balanced
ZCTA 18098, Lehigh County PA
Data retrieved from data.census.gov ZCTA-level tables.
- Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom4.43.8 mi
- Crayola Experience4.217.8 mi
- Dave & Buster's Lehigh4.26.2 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.15.7 mi
- B Social Bowling4.56.2 mi
- Blue Mountain Resort4.319.7 mi
- Bear Creek Mountain Resort4.58.6 mi
- PPL Center4.54.5 mi
- Jefferson Park4.76.3 mi
- Wind Creek Event Center4.48.4 mi
- Lehigh Valley Zoo4.511.2 mi
- AMC Center Valley 164.34.2 mi
- SteelStacks4.78.1 mi
- Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre4.89.4 mi
- Movie Tavern Trexlertown4.25 mi
- Crayola Experience4.217.8 mi
- SteelStacks4.78.1 mi
- Crystal Cave4.518.9 mi
- Lost River Caverns4.58.6 mi
- Da Vinci Science Center4.44.4 mi
- Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom4.43.8 mi
- Lehigh Valley Zoo4.511.2 mi
- Cedar Beach Park4.64.1 mi
- Grange Park4.76.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Park4.87.6 mi
- Highway Marine4.67.8 mi
- Wedgewood Golf Club4.32.4 mi
- Butter Valley Golf Course4.310.6 mi
- The Club at Twin Lakes4.28.6 mi
- Macoby Run Golf Course4.312.4 mi
- Allentown Municipal Golf Course4.44.9 mi
- Lehigh Valley Mall4.46.4 mi
- Quakertown Farmers Market and Flea Market4.310.9 mi
- Promenade Saucon Valley4.54.1 mi
- Allentown Farmers Market4.74.4 mi
- ShopRite of Bethlehem4.512.7 mi
- Lehigh Valley International Airport4.58.1 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.