Rent Affordability for An Accountant in Pennsylvania

A typical accountant in Pennsylvania earns about $89,872 a year, which supports approximately $2,247 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked Pennsylvania city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.

As of May 2026. 160 of 187 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 27 are rent-burdened on this salary.

CityMedian rent% of incomeAffordability
Grove City, PA$738/mo9.9%very comfortable
Vandergrift, PA$850/mo11.3%very comfortable
Johnstown, PA$861/mo11.5%very comfortable
Meadville, PA$899/mo12%very comfortable
Ambridge, PA$899/mo12%very comfortable
Washington, PA$925/mo12.4%very comfortable
Lock Haven, PA$938/mo12.5%very comfortable
Uniontown, PA$944/mo12.6%very comfortable
Rochester, PA$944/mo12.6%very comfortable
New Castle, PA$949/mo12.7%very comfortable
Arnold, PA$950/mo12.7%very comfortable
Sharon, PA$961/mo12.8%very comfortable
Butler, PA$991/mo13.2%very comfortable
Latrobe, PA$987/mo13.2%very comfortable
Indiana, PA$996/mo13.3%very comfortable
Williamsport, PA$1,005/mo13.4%very comfortable
New Kensington, PA$1,011/mo13.5%very comfortable
Dallastown, PA$1,013/mo13.5%very comfortable
McKeesport, PA$1,044/mo13.9%very comfortable
Greensburg, PA$1,038/mo13.9%very comfortable
Millvale, PA$1,042/mo13.9%very comfortable
Jeannette, PA$1,048/mo14%very comfortable
Etna, PA$1,063/mo14.2%very comfortable
Erie, PA$1,089/mo14.5%very comfortable
Farrell, PA$1,095/mo14.6%very comfortable
DuBois, PA$1,103/mo14.7%very comfortable
Turtle Creek, PA$1,112/mo14.8%very comfortable
Altoona, PA$1,121/mo15%very comfortable
Oakmont, PA$1,129/mo15.1%very comfortable
Tamaqua, PA$1,146/mo15.3%very comfortable
Bloomsburg, PA$1,157/mo15.4%very comfortable
Beaver Falls, PA$1,153/mo15.4%very comfortable
Pittston, PA$1,150/mo15.4%very comfortable
Beaver, PA$1,170/mo15.6%very comfortable
Gettysburg, PA$1,187/mo15.8%very comfortable
Pottsville, PA$1,215/mo16.2%very comfortable
Shippensburg, PA$1,255/mo16.8%very comfortable
Verona, PA$1,284/mo17.1%very comfortable
Upper Darby, PA$1,281/mo17.1%very comfortable
Chester, PA$1,291/mo17.2%very comfortable
Carnegie, PA$1,289/mo17.2%very comfortable
Homestead, PA$1,291/mo17.2%very comfortable
Chambersburg, PA$1,298/mo17.3%very comfortable
Monroeville, PA$1,303/mo17.4%very comfortable
Scranton, PA$1,314/mo17.5%very comfortable
Columbia, PA$1,328/mo17.7%very comfortable
Newville, PA$1,325/mo17.7%very comfortable
Wilkes-Barre, PA$1,337/mo17.9%very comfortable
Middletown, PA$1,351/mo18%very comfortable
McKees Rocks, PA$1,349/mo18%very comfortable
Myerstown, PA$1,345/mo18%very comfortable
Aliquippa, PA$1,362/mo18.2%very comfortable
Lemoyne, PA$1,360/mo18.2%very comfortable
South Park, PA$1,366/mo18.2%very comfortable
Bridgeville, PA$1,367/mo18.3%very comfortable
Clairton, PA$1,377/mo18.4%very comfortable
Harrisburg, PA$1,382/mo18.5%very comfortable
York, PA$1,387/mo18.5%very comfortable
Hanover, PA$1,389/mo18.5%very comfortable
Munhall, PA$1,388/mo18.5%very comfortable
Hazleton, PA$1,395/mo18.6%very comfortable
Ephrata, PA$1,395/mo18.6%very comfortable
Waynesboro, PA$1,395/mo18.6%very comfortable
Collingdale, PA$1,395/mo18.6%very comfortable
Lewisburg, PA$1,390/mo18.6%very comfortable
Lebanon, PA$1,399/mo18.7%very comfortable
Boyertown, PA$1,401/mo18.7%very comfortable
Danville, PA$1,397/mo18.7%very comfortable
Brentwood, PA$1,405/mo18.8%very comfortable
Mount Joy, PA$1,405/mo18.8%very comfortable
Reading, PA$1,412/mo18.9%very comfortable
Elizabethtown, PA$1,413/mo18.9%very comfortable
Lansdowne, PA$1,425/mo19%very comfortable
Glenolden, PA$1,434/mo19.1%very comfortable
Monaca, PA$1,427/mo19.1%very comfortable
Carlisle, PA$1,440/mo19.2%very comfortable
Ridley Park, PA$1,475/mo19.7%very comfortable
Clifton Heights, PA$1,483/mo19.8%very comfortable
Allison Park, PA$1,500/mo20%affordable
Prospect Park, PA$1,509/mo20.1%affordable
Coraopolis, PA$1,507/mo20.1%affordable
Bethel Park, PA$1,515/mo20.2%affordable
Palmyra, PA$1,520/mo20.3%affordable
Irwin, PA$1,519/mo20.3%affordable
Kingston, PA$1,535/mo20.5%affordable
Akron, PA$1,545/mo20.6%affordable
Lancaster, PA$1,554/mo20.7%affordable
Bangor, PA$1,550/mo20.7%affordable
Pittsburgh, PA$1,567/mo20.9%affordable
Hatfield, PA$1,575/mo21%affordable
Crum Lynne, PA$1,575/mo21%affordable
Darby, PA$1,588/mo21.2%affordable
Camp Hill, PA$1,590/mo21.2%affordable
Bellefonte, PA$1,584/mo21.2%affordable
Drexel Hill, PA$1,606/mo21.4%affordable
Douglassville, PA$1,605/mo21.4%affordable
Canonsburg, PA$1,625/mo21.7%affordable
Morrisville, PA$1,637/mo21.9%affordable
Abington, PA$1,651/mo22%affordable
Jenkintown, PA$1,656/mo22.1%affordable
Souderton, PA$1,670/mo22.3%affordable
Marcus Hook, PA$1,679/mo22.4%affordable
Coatesville, PA$1,694/mo22.6%affordable
Manheim, PA$1,695/mo22.6%affordable
Bath, PA$1,707/mo22.8%affordable
Mount Wolf, PA$1,708/mo22.8%affordable
Horsham, PA$1,713/mo22.9%affordable
Glenside, PA$1,716/mo22.9%affordable
Enola, PA$1,713/mo22.9%affordable
Spring City, PA$1,719/mo23%affordable
Allentown, PA$1,735/mo23.2%affordable
Norristown, PA$1,744/mo23.3%affordable
Hershey, PA$1,742/mo23.3%affordable
Stroudsburg, PA$1,745/mo23.3%affordable
Red Lion, PA$1,757/mo23.5%affordable
Emmaus, PA$1,783/mo23.8%affordable
Philadelphia, PA$1,797/mo24%affordable
Brookhaven, PA$1,794/mo24%affordable
Quakertown, PA$1,814/mo24.2%affordable
State College, PA$1,823/mo24.3%affordable
Levittown, PA$1,824/mo24.4%affordable
West Reading, PA$1,854/mo24.8%affordable
North Wales, PA$1,859/mo24.8%affordable
Whitehall, PA$1,862/mo24.9%affordable
Thorndale, PA$1,869/mo25%affordable
Northampton, PA$1,879/mo25.1%affordable
Nazareth, PA$1,877/mo25.1%affordable
Bethlehem, PA$1,887/mo25.2%affordable
Clarks Summit, PA$1,895/mo25.3%affordable
Linwood, PA$1,895/mo25.3%affordable
Wyncote, PA$1,899/mo25.4%affordable
Harleysville, PA$1,917/mo25.6%affordable
Elkins Park, PA$1,937/mo25.9%affordable
Bensalem, PA$1,941/mo25.9%affordable
Ambler, PA$1,945/mo26%affordable
Cranberry Township, PA$1,948/mo26%affordable
Murrysville, PA$1,958/mo26.1%affordable
Mechanicsburg, PA$1,953/mo26.1%affordable
East Stroudsburg, PA$1,956/mo26.1%affordable
Devon, PA$1,954/mo26.1%affordable
Easton, PA$1,963/mo26.2%affordable
Pottstown, PA$1,980/mo26.4%affordable
Royersford, PA$1,981/mo26.5%affordable
Wyomissing, PA$1,996/mo26.7%affordable
Lansdale, PA$2,005/mo26.8%affordable
Hummelstown, PA$2,017/mo26.9%affordable
Lititz, PA$2,022/mo27%affordable
Perkasie, PA$2,050/mo27.4%affordable
Warrington, PA$2,070/mo27.6%affordable
Tobyhanna, PA$2,088/mo27.9%affordable
Wayne, PA$2,115/mo28.2%affordable
Wexford, PA$2,113/mo28.2%affordable
King of Prussia, PA$2,144/mo28.6%affordable
Bridgeport, PA$2,168/mo28.9%affordable
Phoenixville, PA$2,170/mo29%affordable
Willow Grove, PA$2,192/mo29.3%affordable
Plymouth Meeting, PA$2,226/mo29.7%affordable
Kennett Square, PA$2,222/mo29.7%affordable
Macungie, PA$2,231/mo29.8%affordable
West Chester, PA$2,236/mo29.9%affordable
Huntingdon Valley, PA$2,247/mo30%stretched
Fairview, PA$2,273/mo30.3%stretched
Southampton, PA$2,270/mo30.3%stretched
Chadds Ford, PA$2,284/mo30.5%stretched
Exton, PA$2,334/mo31.2%stretched
Paoli, PA$2,343/mo31.3%stretched
Bryn Mawr, PA$2,351/mo31.4%stretched
Bala-Cynwyd, PA$2,370/mo31.6%stretched
Conshohocken, PA$2,416/mo32.3%stretched
Fogelsville, PA$2,440/mo32.6%stretched
Breinigsville, PA$2,447/mo32.7%stretched
Malvern, PA$2,464/mo32.9%stretched
Wynnewood, PA$2,465/mo32.9%stretched
Doylestown, PA$2,471/mo33%stretched
Collegeville, PA$2,497/mo33.3%stretched
Albrightsville, PA$2,495/mo33.3%stretched
Langhorne, PA$2,502/mo33.4%stretched
Ardmore, PA$2,544/mo34%stretched
Downingtown, PA$2,554/mo34.1%stretched
Glen Mills, PA$2,586/mo34.5%stretched
Warminster, PA$2,588/mo34.6%stretched
Yardley, PA$2,675/mo35.7%stretched
Havertown, PA$2,688/mo35.9%stretched
Blue Bell, PA$2,740/mo36.6%stretched
Media, PA$2,739/mo36.6%stretched
Newtown, PA$2,829/mo37.8%stretched
Newtown Square, PA$3,222/mo43%rent-burdened
Methodology: Salary is the BLS-derived state estimate for Pennsylvania. Rent is the latest ZORI monthly value for each city. Affordability uses the 30% rule (rent ≤ 30% of gross income).