Acreage
3.32 Rural Pennsylvania Acres Near Clarion River with Room to Expand — $135,000
6
out of 10
HousesUnder150K Score
Property Merit 50% · Condition 25% · Price/Sq Ft 15% · Market 10%
| Category | Wt. | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Merit | 50% | 7 | 3.32 acres, rural PA near Clarion River/state parks, utility shed, adjacent parcels available |
| Condition | 25% | 5 | No renovation history, no system dates, 1952 build — unknown bones, no red flags stated |
| Price / Sq Ft | 15% | 7 | Listing $129/sqft vs zip median $276/sqft (53% below); thin 6-comp dataset, directional only |
| Price vs. Market | 5% | 9 | $135K vs $323,750 zip median — 58% below, but zip median likely skewed by acreage sales |
| Market Conditions | 5% | 6 | DOM 152 days avg but 59.4% price drops — clear buyer leverage; listing only 8 days old |
The land is the story here. You're getting 3.32 acres in rural Pennsylvania near the Clarion River and state parks, and the two parcels flanking this one are also listed for sale. If you wanted to assemble a larger piece of ground in this area, you have a path to do that right now. That's the thing worth sitting with before you think about the house at all.
The house is a 1952 one-story, two bedrooms, one bath, 1,046 square feet. There's a utility shed attached to it. That's essentially everything the listing tells you about the structure. No renovation history, no system dates, no sense of what's been touched since Eisenhower was president. That's not a dealbreaker, but it does mean you need to walk through this one with clear eyes and probably a contractor. At 72 years old with no documented updates, you could find a solid, maintained house or you could find deferred work stacking up quietly. There's no way to know from the listing.
What you can know is the price. At $135,000, this is listed at roughly 58% below the zip code's median sale price. Price-per-square-foot puts it at $129 against a local median around $276. That gap is partly explained by what's available nearby, a market where acreage sales can skew the median significantly, but it still represents a real price advantage for what you'd be getting in terms of land and location. And this market is soft right now. Nearly 60% of active listings in this zip have taken price drops, average days on market is pushing 152, and this listing is only eight days old. There's room to negotiate.
What this adds up to, practically, is a base on a good-sized piece of rural Pennsylvania land, close to water and public land, at a price that leaves money for whatever the house needs. If you want to be out here, this is a workable entry point.
