Glen Mills PA homes for sale span four school districts, and The McKnight Team helps buyers and sellers find out which one they are buying into. Glen Mills is an unincorporated community in Concord Township, Delaware County, about 27 miles west of Philadelphia. The 19342 address reaches beyond Concord into Thornbury and the surrounding townships, and the district changes with it. The figures on this page cover the whole address, because that is how buyers search.
What the Glen Mills Numbers Mean
One hundred twenty six homes closed in six months at a median of $599,500. Sixty one percent of sellers got asking price or better and the average closed at 100.8 percent of list. The median took 10 days to go under contract.
Forty five percent found a buyer within a week, and 29 percent of listings took more than 30 days. That is a function of price point and product mix rather than weakness. Detached homes here closed at a median of $799,000, and higher priced homes always attract fewer, more deliberate buyers.
Read the inventory carefully. Thirty eight homes are for sale with a median asking price of $912,000, which is $312,500 above the closed median. What is standing on the market is weighted heavily toward the top of the range, so a buyer at $500,000 is shopping a much thinner slice than the listing count suggests.
Where Is Glen Mills? Township, ZIP, and Four School Districts
Glen Mills is in the 19342 ZIP code in Delaware County, centred on Concord Township. It is an unincorporated community with no borough government and no tax rate of its own. The land was part of William Penn’s original 1681 grant, and the name comes from two paper mills built by the Willcox family in 1835 and 1846 that supplied the paper used for United States government bonds and currency between 1864 and 1878.
Four districts serve the one address. Garnet Valley covered 90 of the 126 sales, West Chester Area 14, Unionville-Chadds Ford 13 and Rose Tree Media 9. A Glen Mills listing tells you the post office and nothing reliable about the district, and on this address the district is the largest recurring cost difference between two otherwise similar houses.
What Is It Like to Live in Glen Mills, PA?
Suburban and green, with more open space than most of Delaware County. The Newlin Mill Complex, a grist mill built in 1704, is on the National Register. The 1882 railway station still stands and the West Chester Railroad runs weekend heritage service through it. The Golf Course at Glen Mills, designed by Bobby Weed, is here.
The housing runs from large detached homes on wooded lots through a substantial stock of townhouses and condominiums, much of it built from the 1980s forward. Twenty one of the 126 sales were in age restricted communities, which reflects how much 55 and over product Concord Township has absorbed.
Neighborhoods on a Glen Mills Address
Fox Hill Farm
The busiest named neighborhood here, with 15 sales at a median of $555,000, 10 of them detached. That is $244,000 below the detached median for the address.
Darlington Woods, Springhill Farm, and Park Crossings
The townhouse side. Darlington Woods closed 13 townhouses and condominiums at a median of $380,000, Springhill Farm closed 13 at $390,000 and Park Crossings closed 4 at $351,250. Interior townhouses across the address closed 29 sales at $450,000 and end of row units closed 15 at $405,000, so the community matters more than the unit position when pricing here.
Fox Valley, The Hollow at Fox Valley, and Windsor at Glen Mills
The condominium stock and the bottom of the range. Fox Valley closed 7 at a median of $282,000, The Hollow at Fox Valley closed 4 at $333,460 and Windsor at Glen Mills closed 5 at $375,000. Condominiums across the address closed 17 sales at $350,000. At roughly $450,000 below the detached median, this is the entry point into these school districts.
Spring Lake
Worth watching. Five sales closed here at a median of $646,190 and four of the five were new construction. It is the newest activity on the address and the only community here currently producing builder sales in volume.
What Kinds of Homes Are for Sale in Glen Mills?
Detached homes led with 65 of the 126 sales at a median of $799,000. Interior townhouses closed 29 at $450,000, condominiums and flats closed 17 at $350,000 and end of row townhouses closed 15 at $405,000. The median home that sold had 1,923 square feet above grade. Sales ran from $200,000 to $2,258,000.
Fifty one of the 126 sales carried a homeowners association, and 21 were age restricted. If you are shopping 55 and over product in Delaware County, this address has a lot of it.
New Construction in Glen Mills
NVHomes is building Brinton Lake Estates in Glen Mills. Spring Lake also produced new construction sales on this address during the period.
Eight of the 126 homes that closed were new construction, about one in sixteen. That is a modest share, so a resale seller here competes mostly with other homeowners. Details on the community, including what is offered and what it costs, are in our new construction section.
If you are considering a builder home, talk to us before your first model home visit. Most builders require your agent to be registered on that first visit, and the sales office works for the builder, not for you.
Four School Districts on One Address
Garnet Valley School District covered 90 of the 126 sales, West Chester Area 14, Unionville-Chadds Ford 13 and Rose Tree Media 9. The district follows the municipality, not the mailing address.
The district sets the school portion of the property tax bill, and that is the largest line on the bill for nearly every homeowner here. With four districts on one ZIP code, confirm it for the specific property with the district directly rather than relying on a listing.
What Buyers Should Know Right Now
Thirty eight homes for sale against 126 sales in six months is close to eight weeks of inventory, which is real selection, and a 100.8 percent sale to list ratio means you are not routinely bidding over asking. This is a more patient market than anything in Bucks County right now.
Two things to do before you write. Confirm the school district for the specific address, because four of them are in play and they are not interchangeable in cost or in resale. And if your budget is under $500,000, look at the condominium and townhouse communities first. Fox Valley at $282,000 and Darlington Woods at $380,000 are where the attainable inventory actually is, and they are easy to miss behind a $912,000 asking median.
What Sellers Should Know Right Now
Sixty one percent of Glen Mills sellers got asking or better, which is solid, but plan for time. Twenty nine percent of listings took more than 30 days and the average was 35 days. If your agent promises a weekend of showings and three offers, they are describing a different market.
Price to your district and your product. A Garnet Valley detached home and a Rose Tree Media condominium are both Glen Mills, and they are nowhere near each other. Fox Hill Farm at $555,000 sits $244,000 below the detached median in the same ZIP code. The comparable set here is your community and your district, and on an address this fragmented that narrows the list quickly.
Frequently Asked Questions About Glen Mills PA Homes for Sale
How much do homes cost in Glen Mills, PA?
The median sale price over the last six months was $599,500 across 126 closed sales. Detached homes ran a median of $799,000, interior townhouses $450,000, end of row units $405,000 and condominiums $350,000.
How fast do homes sell in Glen Mills?
The median home went under contract in 10 days and the average was 35 days, with 29 percent taking more than a month. Sixty one percent of sellers got asking price or better.
Is Glen Mills its own town?
No. Glen Mills is an unincorporated community in Concord Township, Delaware County, in the 19342 ZIP code. The address also reaches into Thornbury and neighbouring townships.
What school district serves Glen Mills?
Four of them. Garnet Valley covered 90 of the 126 sales, West Chester Area 14, Unionville-Chadds Ford 13 and Rose Tree Media 9. Confirm the district for the specific property.
Does Glen Mills have 55 and over communities?
Yes. Twenty one of the last 126 closed sales on this address were in age restricted communities.
Ready to Find Your Glen Mills Home?
Glen Mills is four school districts and a $2 million price spread under one ZIP code, in a market patient enough to actually think in. Getting the district right is the difference between a good purchase and an expensive surprise. We check it, we pull the comparables that match, and we tell you what we would do if it were ours.
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