Rents are 5% below what Easton's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $1,838 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in Easton usually run 1% below trend in January and 0.7% above it in June, about $31 a month apart at today's median. Based on 5 years of data.
Rent in Easton is 0.8% below its high of $1,852 in July 2026, at $1,838 as of September 2026.
Rent in Easton changed +4.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 114 Pennsylvania cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.6%.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($69,348) is $1,734 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,400); a 2-bedroom is $1,740.
Bangor, 13 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,600/mo), about $2,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Easton. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Easton, PA is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, 28.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Easton, PA has changed in 5 years
Rent in Easton, PA has increased 34.8% since 2021, going from about $1,364 per month to roughly $1,838 today. Census figures show median household income at $69,348 today, compared with $58,243 five years earlier. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 15.7 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 27,860 to 29,739 between 2021 and 2024, a 6.7% change. About 55.5% of households rent today, against 53.1% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 25.6% to 28.2%. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Easton is $1,838/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,190/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,740/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,400/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,220/mo.
At 32% of local median household income ($69,348/yr), Easton ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.1% over the past year.
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