Forest Hills property owners paid 0.3% of their home values in property taxes during the fourth quarter of 2025, which amounted to less than 0.3 times the national average, according to BlockShopper.com.
Data from 25 home sales indicate the median sales price in Forest Hills for the fourth quarter of 2025 was $179,000. Throughout 2025, the median property tax bill for the city was $479, matching 0.3% of the median assessed value for taxed homes.
The average effective property tax rate across the US was 0.888% in 2024.
Within Allegheny County, Russellton and Elizabeth had the highest effective property tax rates among local cities.
This article estimates the effective property tax rate for 2025 using inflation projections and 2022 county tax data. The actual rates may differ slightly in some locations.
U.S. home prices continued to increase in 2025, reaching a national median of about $447,000 in June. This represents a 1.13% rise from the prior year, Redfin reports. The figures also highlight a pronounced supply and demand gap, with 36% more sellers than buyers—a difference of 508,715 homes. Redfin considers a market balanced when seller and buyer populations are within 10% of each other.
The table below offers a comparison among Allegheny County cities, including Russellton, based on their median effective property tax rate using fourth-quarter 2025 sales and tax data.
| City | Q4 2025 Sales | Q4 2025 Median Price | Median tax 2025 | Effective tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russellton | 7 | $36,500 | $422 | 1.2% |
| Elizabeth | 6 | $41,089 | $399 | 1% |
| Glen Osborne | 2 | $208,500 | $1,423 | 0.7% |
| Sewickley Heights | 5 | $460,000 | $3,258 | 0.7% |
| Wall | 2 | $26,706 | $133 | 0.5% |
| Tarentum | 16 | $44,000 | $183 | 0.4% |
| McDonald | 4 | $114,500 | $492 | 0.4% |
| Chalfant | 4 | $87,500 | $347 | 0.4% |
| West Elizabeth | 3 | $50,369 | $194 | 0.4% |
| Glenfield | 2 | $144,125 | $555 | 0.4% |
| Bakerstown | 6 | $361,950 | $1,343 | 0.4% |
| Braddock Hills | 7 | $110,566 | $326 | 0.3% |
| Emsworth | 10 | $135,917 | $444 | 0.3% |
| Ben Avon | 2 | $304,500 | $881 | 0.3% |
| Clairton | 34 | $40,000 | $115 | 0.3% |
| East McKeesport | 11 | $72,000 | $246 | 0.3% |
| Jefferson Hills | 33 | $195,000 | $672 | 0.3% |
| Versailles | 6 | $58,000 | $200 | 0.3% |
| Leetsdale | 4 | $107,099 | $370 | 0.3% |
| Noblestown | 2 | $273,456 | $891 | 0.3% |
| Rennerdale | 4 | $207,500 | $699 | 0.3% |
| Bethel Park | 69 | $270,000 | $703 | 0.3% |
| Forest Hills | 25 | $179,000 | $479 | 0.3% |
| Swissvale | 29 | $107,500 | $293 | 0.3% |
| Upper St. Clair | 49 | $445,000 | $1,156 | 0.3% |
| White Oak | 22 | $144,327 | $371 | 0.3% |
| Brentwood | 37 | $155,000 | $388 | 0.3% |
| Springdale | 11 | $127,000 | $356 | 0.3% |
| Whitehall | 33 | $232,000 | $603 | 0.3% |
| Dravosburg | 4 | $92,500 | $246 | 0.3% |
| Bell Acres | 6 | $322,500 | $854 | 0.3% |
| Franklin Park | 40 | $530,000 | $1,395 | 0.3% |
| Sewickley | 10 | $383,750 | $1,038 | 0.3% |
| Etna | 10 | $93,929 | $260 | 0.3% |
| Glassport | 17 | $72,000 | $191 | 0.3% |
| Fox Chapel | 7 | $940,000 | $2,652 | 0.3% |
| Oakmont | 25 | $265,000 | $692 | 0.3% |
| Edgewood | 18 | $299,000 | $771 | 0.3% |
| Mount Oliver | 11 | $62,500 | $169 | 0.3% |
| Green Tree | 17 | $260,000 | $674 | 0.3% |
| Crafton | 13 | $220,000 | $501 | 0.2% |
| Allison Park | 61 | $360,000 | $882 | 0.2% |
| Baldwin | 52 | $227,500 | $462 | 0.2% |
| Plum | 65 | $228,000 | $553 | 0.2% |
| North Braddock | 7 | $47,800 | $105 | 0.2% |
| South Park Township | 52 | $287,500 | $629 | 0.2% |
| Braddock | 6 | $40,000 | $79 | 0.2% |
| Monroeville | 81 | $226,000 | $521 | 0.2% |
| Harwick | 4 | $179,000 | $350 | 0.2% |
| Ingram | 9 | $200,000 | $373 | 0.2% |
| McKeesport | 61 | $52,800 | $120 | 0.2% |
| Turtle Creek | 10 | $86,950 | $183 | 0.2% |
| West View | 22 | $232,000 | $452 | 0.2% |
| West Mifflin | 46 | $166,000 | $312 | 0.2% |
| Duquesne | 13 | $63,000 | $124 | 0.2% |
| Wilmerding | 5 | $65,272 | $124 | 0.2% |
| Avalon | 18 | $167,500 | $377 | 0.2% |
| Oakdale | 2 | $205,000 | $487 | 0.2% |
| McKees Rocks | 20 | $67,250 | $150 | 0.2% |
| Bellevue | 23 | $210,000 | $456 | 0.2% |
| Castle Shannon | 38 | $208,000 | $448 | 0.2% |
| Coraopolis | 22 | $166,726 | $296 | 0.2% |
| Pitcairn | 5 | $85,000 | $177 | 0.2% |
| Port Vue | 18 | $107,500 | $222 | 0.2% |
| Carnot-Moon | 37 | $320,000 | $684 | 0.2% |
| Dormont | 27 | $290,000 | $497 | 0.2% |
| Greenock | 5 | $185,000 | $353 | 0.2% |
| Boston | 5 | $164,450 | $308 | 0.2% |
| Liberty | 7 | $125,000 | $289 | 0.2% |
| Trafford | 3 | $112,000 | $244 | 0.2% |
| Sewickley Hills | 5 | $225,000 | $557 | 0.2% |
| Millvale | 9 | $78,000 | $184 | 0.2% |
| Pleasant Hills | 23 | $249,000 | $580 | 0.2% |
| Carnegie | 29 | $216,000 | $414 | 0.2% |
| Glenshaw | 21 | $266,500 | $656 | 0.2% |
| West Homestead | 3 | $196,000 | $370 | 0.2% |
| Pennsbury Village | 9 | $170,000 | $389 | 0.2% |
| Munhall | 44 | $128,000 | $268 | 0.2% |
| Bridgeville | 17 | $192,500 | $426 | 0.2% |
| Imperial | 13 | $265,000 | $630 | 0.2% |
| Gibsonia | 11 | $395,000 | $831 | 0.2% |
| Churchill | 9 | $310,000 | $711 | 0.2% |
| Sharpsburg | 13 | $105,000 | $230 | 0.2% |
| Aspinwall | 5 | $369,000 | $913 | 0.2% |
| Heidelberg | 4 | $223,000 | $403 | 0.2% |
| Cheswick | 8 | $237,500 | $490 | 0.2% |
| Verona | 14 | $100,000 | $219 | 0.2% |
| Curtisville | 3 | $117,012 | $252 | 0.2% |
| Blawnox | 3 | $215,000 | $390 | 0.2% |
| Pittsburgh | 790 | $204,000 | $342 | 0.2% |
| Homestead | 9 | $75,000 | $118 | 0.2% |
| Whitaker | 7 | $130,000 | $206 | 0.2% |
| Bradford Woods | 4 | $650,000 | $1,054 | 0.2% |
| Ben Avon Heights | 3 | $589,900 | $651 | 0.1% |
| Lincoln | 3 | $289,000 | $325 | 0.1% |
| Brackenridge | 3 | $194,000 | $233 | 0.1% |
| Wilkinsburg | 38 | $127,750 | $179 | 0.1% |
| Enlow | 2 | $205,550 | $226 | 0.1% |
| Rankin | 3 | $135,000 | $96 | 0.1% |
| Edgeworth | 2 | $1,643,700 | $2,064 | 0.1% |
| East Pittsburgh | 4 | $120,000 | $145 | 0.1% |
This article’s information was sourced from BlockShopper.com. Access the original data here.
