Rents are 5% below what Exton's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,422 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
February. Asking rents in Exton usually run 1.4% below trend in February and 1.9% above it in August, about $80 a month apart at today's median. Based on 6 years of data.
Rent in Exton is 0.5% below its high of $2,433 in August 2026, at $2,422 as of September 2026.
Rent in Exton changed +3.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 114 Pennsylvania cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.6%.
Rent rose in 11 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($120,697) is $3,017 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,520); a 3-bedroom is $3,040.
Thorndale, 6 miles away, rents for 28% less ($1,744/mo), about $8,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Exton. 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
Exton, PA is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 68.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Exton, PA has changed in 5 years
Rent in Exton, PA has increased 29.7% since 2021, going from about $1,868 per month to roughly $2,422 today. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $120,346 in 2021 to $120,697 more recently. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 29.4 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 6,095 to 6,772 between 2021 and 2024, a 11.1% change. About 70.9% of households rent today, against 64.3% in 2021. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Exton, PA market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Exton is $2,422/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,920/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,520/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,110/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,040/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($120,697/yr), Exton ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.7% over the past year.
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