WILLIAMSTOWN BORO, Pennsylvania, 17098
Opening bid
$3,078
Assessed value
$28,600
Market / AVM
$99,000
Taxes owed
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Property facts enriched via realestateapi · 9/29/2026
Physical conditions that affect value and rarely appear on a listing.
Active freight track. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.
1% annual chance flood (100-year), with a published base flood elevation. Insurance mandatory with a federally backed loan. Flood insurance will be required for a federally backed mortgage, which is a permanent cost on any resale and can exceed the payment on a low-value parcel.
Active freight track. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.
Odour is prevailing-wind dependent and worst in summer.
RealEstateAPI PropertyDetail · Every populated field, as returned · 138 values
| Id | 179,515,994 |
|---|---|
| Beds | 2 |
| Baths | 1 |
| Vacant | Yes |
| Cash buyer | Yes |
| Flood zone | Yes |
| Free clear | Yes |
| High equity | Yes |
| Last sale date | 2004-12-30 |
| Property type | SFR |
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This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.
Dauphin County Tax Claim Bureau ↗Active freight track. Noise, vibration and horn use at crossings — check where the nearest crossing is before assuming quiet.
Truck traffic and operating hours are the usual complaint.
Odour travels much further than noise and is seasonal.
Blasting schedules and heavy haulage on local roads.
Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.
Frontage or flood exposure depending on elevation and zone — read this next to the FEMA signal, not on its own.
Ground elevation at the parcel. Compare with the FEMA base flood elevation where one is published.
365 of 2,847 units vacant year-round, around or below the national tract average.
Self-reported median across the whole tract — context for whether a number is plausible, not a comparable and never a bid input.
Tract median household income. Sets what a local buyer can finance.
Public green space.
A mapped public road runs along or beside the parcel.
Public green space.
Everyday shopping — worth checking on rural parcels, where it can be twenty miles.
Everyday shopping — worth checking on rural parcels, where it can be twenty miles.
Everyday shopping — worth checking on rural parcels, where it can be twenty miles.
Catchment is set by district boundary, not by distance.
Owner-occupied majority, which usually means a retail resale is possible.
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Flood zones from FEMA, elevation from USGS, tract statistics from the US Census. Proximity is measured from the parcel’s recorded location, which for most parcels is an assessor centroid rather than a boundary — treat these as figures to verify on a site visit, not as survey distances.
| Equity percent |
|---|
| 100 |
| Flood zone type | X |
|---|
| Last sale price | $42,000 |
|---|
| Owner occupied | Yes |
|---|
| Estimated value | $99,000 |
|---|
| Last update date | 2026-09-23 00:00:00 UTC |
|---|
| Estimated equity | $99,000 |
|---|
| Flood zone description | AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD |
|---|
| Apn | 71-006-001 |
|---|---|
| Land use | Residential |
| Lot acres | 0.22 |
| Census block | 2013 |
| Census tract | 024900 |
| Property use | Single Family Residence |
| Lot depth feet | 108.2 |
| Lot width feet | 98.2 |
| Lot square feet | 9,583 |
| Property class | The general use for the property is for residential purposes |
| Apn unformatted | 71006001 |
| Census block group | 3 |
| Year | 2,026 |
|---|---|
| Tax amount | $1,078 |
| Property id | 179,515,994 |
| Market value | $28,600 |
| Assessed value | $28,600 |
| Assessment year | 2,026 |
| Market land value | $8,300 |
| Assessed land value | $8,300 |
| Tax delinquent year | 2024 |
| Market improvement value | $20,300 |
| Assessed improvement value | $20,300 |
| Seq no | 1 |
|---|---|
| Sale date | 2004-12-30 |
| Arms length | Yes |
| Buyer names | Marie-Paule Desmet |
| Sale amount | $42,000 |
| Seller names | Moss,Tonya L |
| Document type | Grant Deed |
| Recording date | 2005-01-05 |
| Document number | 0000000603 |
| Purchase method | Cash Purchase |
| Transaction type | Transfer |
| Document type code | DTGD |
| Owner1 type | Individual |
|---|---|
| Owner2 type | Other |
| Mail address · zip | 17098 |
| Mail address · city | Williamstown |
| Mail address · fips | 42043 |
| Mail address · zip4 | 1321 |
| Mail address · house | 209 |
| Mail address · label | 209 N Water St, Williamstown, PA 17098 |
| Mail address · state | PA |
| Mail address · county | Dauphin County |
| Mail address · street | Water |
| Mail address · address | 209 N Water St |
| Mail address · carrier route | C002 |
| Mail address · pre direction | N |
| Mail address · address format | S |
| Owner occupied | Yes |
| Owner1 full name | De Smet |
| Owner1 last name | Smet |
| Owner1 first name | De |
| Seq no | Sale date | Arms length | Buyer names | Sale amount | Seller names | Document type | Recording date | Document number | Purchase method | Transaction type | Document type code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004-12-30 | Yes | Marie-Paule Desmet | $42,000 | Moss,Tonya L | Grant Deed | 2005-01-05 | 0000000603 | Cash Purchase | Transfer | DTGD |
| Fmr year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Hud area code | METRO25420M25420 |
| Hud area name | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA |
| Median income | $55,815 |
| Fmr efficiency | $847 |
| Fmr one bedroom | $975 |
| Fmr two bedroom | $1,228 |
| Suggested rent | $1,228 |
| Fmr four bedroom | $1,650 |
| Fmr three bedroom | $1,570 |
| Attic | Yes |
|---|---|
| Address · zip | 17098 |
| Address · city | Williamstown |
| Address · fips | 42043 |
| Address · zip4 | 1321 |
| Address · house | 209 |
| Address · label | 209 N Water St, Williamstown, PA 17098 |
| Address · state | PA |
| Address · county | Dauphin County |
| Address · street | Water |
| Address · address | 209 N Water St |
| Address · street type | St |
| Address · carrier route | C002 |
| Address · jurisdiction | Dauphin County |
| Address · pre direction | N |
| Address · congressional district | 10 |
| Bedrooms | 2 |
| Deck area | 0 |
| Latitude | 40.581258016323154 |
| Pool area | 0 |
| Bathrooms | 1 |
| Longitude | -76.61986138676076 |
| Patio area | 0 |
| Year built | 1,900 |
| Garage type | Detached Garage |
| Rooms count | 0 |
| Units count | 0 |
| Property use | Single Family Residence |
| Construction | Frame |
| Lot square feet | 9,583 |
| Parking spaces | 2 |
| Buildings count | 0 |
| Property use code | 385 |
| Garage square feet | 640 |
| Living square feet | 914 |
| Partial bathrooms | 0 |
| Basement square feet | 838 |
| Building square feet | 914 |
| Price per square foot | 46 |
| Parcel account number | 710060010000000 |
| Plumbing fixtures count | 0 |
| Basement finished percent | 0 |
| Basement square feet finished | 0 |
| Basement square feet unfinished | 0 |