<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Here's how much money you should have if you want to buy a home"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Each year, real estate website <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/marketplace/real-estate/2023/10/02/zillow-housing-market-worth/71030307007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Zillow</a> shares its top-10 most popular markets with the public, in some places aligned with the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/14/hot-housing-real-estate-markets-2024/71905910007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">housing market at large</a>, and in others, not.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Kansas’ Prairie Village was Zillow’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.zillow.com/research/most-popular-city-2022-31925/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">most popular city of 2022</a>, showing a shift in interest to the Midwest from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.zillow.com/research/tahoe-zillow-most-popular-2021-30479/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">2021's West Coast lead</a>: South Lake Tahoe in California.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Zillow surfers generally gravitated toward smaller cities in 2023," Zillow's report shows. Only one of the ten cities has over 100,000 residents. Most of the remaining towns have less than 50,000.</p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">Zillow's top 10 most popular markets of 2023</h2><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:371px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/2022/04/11/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry38-VGh.jpg?width=660&height=371&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/2022/04/11/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry38-VGh.jpg?width=1320&height=742&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="West Chester, Pennsylvania wins top spot on Zillow's list of most popular markets."/></figure><ul class="gnt_ar_b_ul"><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>West Chester, Pennsylvania</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Nashua, New Hampshire</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Manchester, New Hampshire</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Wethersfield, Connecticut</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>West Hartford, Connecticut</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Stow, Ohio</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Middletown, Connecticut</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Twinsburg, Ohio</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Newington, Connecticut</strong></li><li class="gnt_ar_b_ul_li"><strong>Concord, New Hampshire</strong></li></ul><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">10 best real estate markets for 2024:</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/12/14/hot-housing-real-estate-markets-2024/71905910007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:7|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Sales growth and affordability</a></p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_cp gnt_em_cp__sp" aria-label="Headlines about the U.S. labor force and the economy" data-c-cta="READ ABOUT JOBS, THE ECONOMY"><div class="gnt_em_cp_cw"><img class="gnt_em_cp_cw_i" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/b45c99e0f3f85b9b87c69a68f88b115770ffd552/c=221-0-2487-1704/local/-/media/2018/01/03/Burlington/B9330840530Z.1_20180103124340_000_G0NKOVAQ5.1-0.jpg?width=258&height=193&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/b45c99e0f3f85b9b87c69a68f88b115770ffd552/c=221-0-2487-1704/local/-/media/2018/01/03/Burlington/B9330840530Z.1_20180103124340_000_G0NKOVAQ5.1-0.jpg?width=516&height=386&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt=""/></div></aside><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">More on the winning town</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">West Chester, Pennsylvania is home to about 20,000 residents. Zillow reports that "strong interest" in the West Chester area has increased home values over 8% the past year.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">According to the real estate company, the typical home in West Chester lies around a $584,000 value. Though this may be higher than similar Pennsylvania towns, Zillow reports, it's much more affordable than the nearby cities of New York and Washington D.C.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">West Chester was among the top 100 cities with the most page views on Zillow's website, hanging with cities with much larger populations. "Almost two thirds of those views came...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2023/12/27/zillows-top-10-most-popular-markets-2023/72034378007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>