Wallingford PA homes for sale sit entirely inside one township and one school district. Wallingford is a community within Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, about 13,706 people across 4.7 square miles. Every sale on this page is in the same municipality with the same tax rate. What splits this market is not geography. It is product.
What the Wallingford Numbers Mean
One hundred four homes closed in six months at a median of $439,000. The average sale closed at 99.6 percent of list and only 54 percent of sellers got asking price or better. Both figures point to a market where the typical buyer negotiated rather than competed.
The $439,000 median describes almost no actual house here. Detached homes closed 61 sales at a median of $585,000. Condominiums and flats closed 20 at $205,000. That is a $380,000 gap, and with condominiums making up nearly a fifth of all transactions they pull the town median far below what a detached buyer will actually pay.
Supply favours buyers by regional standards. Twenty nine homes are for sale against only 9 under contract, and the median asking price on the standing inventory is $619,990, well above the closed median. Twenty five percent of listings took more than 30 days.
Where Is Wallingford? Township, ZIP, and Rail
Wallingford is in the 19086 ZIP code in Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, bordered by Media and Upper Providence to the north, Springfield Township and Swarthmore to the east, Ridley Township, Chester city to the south, and Brookhaven and Rose Valley to the west. The township also contains Garden City, South Media and Moylan.
All 104 sales were in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, formed in 1983 by the merger of the Nether Providence and Swarthmore-Rutledge districts. Every sale was also in Nether Providence Township. The district and the tax rate are not variables here, so you can spend your attention on the house instead.
Two SEPTA Regional Rail stations on the Media and Wawa line serve the township, Wallingford and Moylan-Rose Valley, and the Media-Sharon Hill light rail line passes through. That access is a large part of the value here.
What Is It Like to Live in Wallingford, PA?
Wooded, established and quiet, built around Crum Creek and Ridley Creek which form the township boundaries. The Thomas Leiper Estate, Wolley Stille and Westlawn are all on the National Register. Media, the county seat, is a short drive north and supplies the restaurants and the courthouse business.
The housing is mostly detached homes from the early and middle twentieth century on generous wooded lots, with a substantial condominium stock filling in the affordable end. Almost nothing here is new. Only two of the 104 sales in this window were new construction.
Neighborhoods in Wallingford and Nether Providence
Sproul Estates and Scots Glen
The detached top end. Sproul Estates closed 13 sales at a median of $625,000 and Scots Glen closed 3 at $779,000. Detached homes across the whole address closed 61 at $585,000, so Sproul Estates sits a little above the detached middle and is the most active detached neighborhood here.
Garden City
Thirteen sales at a median of $300,000, mostly detached, which is $285,000 below the detached median. Garden City is the affordable detached pocket on this address and the practical answer for a buyer who wants a house rather than a condominium but cannot reach $600,000.
Crum Creek Valley, Danbury Village, and Saybrook Village
The condominium communities, and nearly a fifth of the entire market. Crum Creek Valley closed 11 at a median of $240,000, Danbury Village closed 8 at $199,950 and Saybrook Village closed 3 at $205,000. These three alone are 22 of the 104 sales. If you own in one of them, your comparable set is your building and nothing else on this page applies.
Weston Village and Putnam Village
The townhouse side. Weston Village closed 5 townhouses at a median of $337,000 and Putnam Village closed 4 at $339,250. Interior townhouses across the address closed 8 at $310,000 and end of row units closed 7 at $370,000. Twins closed 8 at $279,388.
What Kinds of Homes Are for Sale in Wallingford?
Detached homes led with 61 of the 104 sales at a median of $585,000. Condominiums and flats came second by count with 20 at $205,000. Interior townhouses closed 8 at $310,000, end of row units 7 at $370,000 and twins 8 at $279,388. The median home that sold had 1,709 square feet above grade. Sales ran from $125,000 to $1,250,000.
Only 10 of the 104 sales carried a homeowners association and none were age restricted, which is unusual and reflects how much of this housing stock predates the planned community era.
New Construction in Wallingford
D.R. Horton is building Wallingford Mews in Nether Providence Township.
Only two of the 104 homes that closed in the last six months were new construction. Wallingford is close to a pure resale market, which is what happens in a built out township of 4.7 square miles. For a seller that means no builder competition at all. 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.
Wallingford-Swarthmore School District
Wallingford-Swarthmore School District serves all of Nether Providence Township and Swarthmore Borough. All 104 sales in this window were in it, with no exceptions. Elementary schools cover kindergarten through fifth grade, Strath Haven Middle School covers sixth through eighth and Strath Haven High School covers ninth through twelfth.
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. Which specific school a given address attends is assigned by the district and can change, so confirm it with the district directly rather than relying on a listing.
What Buyers Should Know Right Now
Twenty nine homes for sale against only 9 under contract is a favorable ratio for buyers. The average sale closed slightly under asking, which means a well supported offer below list has a real chance here.
Know which market you are in before you set a budget. The condominium communities at $200,000 to $240,000 and the detached market at $585,000 are the same school district and the same tax rate, and there is very little in between. Garden City at $300,000 is the main bridge between them. If a listing quotes you the $439,000 town median as context, it is describing an average of two things rather than any available house.
What Sellers Should Know Right Now
Be realistic about the number. Forty six percent of Wallingford sellers took less than asking and the average closed at 99.6 percent of list. Twenty five percent of listings sat more than a month. With 29 competing listings and only 9 homes under contract, buyers here have time and they are using it.
The pricing error specific to this address is the median itself. A Sproul Estates seller working from $439,000 is roughly $185,000 low. A Danbury Village seller working from it is more than double where the building trades. Because the district and municipality are uniform, the only thing that determines your price is product type and condition, and those need to carry the whole analysis.
Frequently Asked Questions About Wallingford PA Homes for Sale
How much do homes cost in Wallingford, PA?
The median sale price over the last six months was $439,000 across 104 closed sales, but that blends two very different markets. Detached homes closed at a median of $585,000 and condominiums at $205,000.
How fast do homes sell in Wallingford?
The median home went under contract in 9 days and the average was 24 days. Only 54 percent of sellers got asking price or better and the average sale closed at 99.6 percent of list.
Is Wallingford its own town?
No. Wallingford is a community within Nether Providence Township, Delaware County, in the 19086 ZIP code. The township also contains Garden City, South Media and Moylan.
What school district serves Wallingford?
Wallingford-Swarthmore School District serves all of Nether Providence Township. All 104 sales in this window were in that one district with no exceptions.
Does Wallingford have train service?
Yes. Two SEPTA Regional Rail stations on the Media and Wawa line serve the township, Wallingford and Moylan-Rose Valley, and the Media-Sharon Hill light rail line passes through.
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Wallingford is one township, one school district and two completely separate markets sharing a median that describes neither. Knowing which one you are in is the entire analysis here. We pull the comparables that match your product, we explain them, and we tell you what we would do if it were ours.
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