Rent Affordability for A Firefighter in Pennsylvania
A typical firefighter in Pennsylvania earns about $62,182 a year, which supports approximately $1,555 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. 88 of 187 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 99 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City, PA | $738/mo | 14.2% | very comfortable |
| Vandergrift, PA | $850/mo | 16.4% | very comfortable |
| Johnstown, PA | $861/mo | 16.6% | very comfortable |
| Meadville, PA | $899/mo | 17.3% | very comfortable |
| Ambridge, PA | $899/mo | 17.3% | very comfortable |
| Washington, PA | $925/mo | 17.9% | very comfortable |
| Lock Haven, PA | $938/mo | 18.1% | very comfortable |
| Uniontown, PA | $944/mo | 18.2% | very comfortable |
| Rochester, PA | $944/mo | 18.2% | very comfortable |
| New Castle, PA | $949/mo | 18.3% | very comfortable |
| Arnold, PA | $950/mo | 18.3% | very comfortable |
| Sharon, PA | $961/mo | 18.5% | very comfortable |
| Latrobe, PA | $987/mo | 19% | very comfortable |
| Butler, PA | $991/mo | 19.1% | very comfortable |
| Indiana, PA | $996/mo | 19.2% | very comfortable |
| Williamsport, PA | $1,005/mo | 19.4% | very comfortable |
| New Kensington, PA | $1,011/mo | 19.5% | very comfortable |
| Dallastown, PA | $1,013/mo | 19.5% | very comfortable |
| Greensburg, PA | $1,038/mo | 20% | affordable |
| McKeesport, PA | $1,044/mo | 20.1% | affordable |
| Millvale, PA | $1,042/mo | 20.1% | affordable |
| Jeannette, PA | $1,048/mo | 20.2% | affordable |
| Etna, PA | $1,063/mo | 20.5% | affordable |
| Erie, PA | $1,089/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Farrell, PA | $1,095/mo | 21.1% | affordable |
| DuBois, PA | $1,103/mo | 21.3% | affordable |
| Turtle Creek, PA | $1,112/mo | 21.5% | affordable |
| Altoona, PA | $1,121/mo | 21.6% | affordable |
| Oakmont, PA | $1,129/mo | 21.8% | affordable |
| Tamaqua, PA | $1,146/mo | 22.1% | affordable |
| Pittston, PA | $1,150/mo | 22.2% | affordable |
| Bloomsburg, PA | $1,157/mo | 22.3% | affordable |
| Beaver Falls, PA | $1,153/mo | 22.3% | affordable |
| Beaver, PA | $1,170/mo | 22.6% | affordable |
| Gettysburg, PA | $1,187/mo | 22.9% | affordable |
| Pottsville, PA | $1,215/mo | 23.4% | affordable |
| Shippensburg, PA | $1,255/mo | 24.2% | affordable |
| Upper Darby, PA | $1,281/mo | 24.7% | affordable |
| Verona, PA | $1,284/mo | 24.8% | affordable |
| Chester, PA | $1,291/mo | 24.9% | affordable |
| Carnegie, PA | $1,289/mo | 24.9% | affordable |
| Homestead, PA | $1,291/mo | 24.9% | affordable |
| Chambersburg, PA | $1,298/mo | 25% | affordable |
| Monroeville, PA | $1,303/mo | 25.1% | affordable |
| Scranton, PA | $1,314/mo | 25.4% | affordable |
| Columbia, PA | $1,328/mo | 25.6% | affordable |
| Newville, PA | $1,325/mo | 25.6% | affordable |
| Wilkes-Barre, PA | $1,337/mo | 25.8% | affordable |
| McKees Rocks, PA | $1,349/mo | 26% | affordable |
| Myerstown, PA | $1,345/mo | 26% | affordable |
| Middletown, PA | $1,351/mo | 26.1% | affordable |
| Lemoyne, PA | $1,360/mo | 26.2% | affordable |
| Aliquippa, PA | $1,362/mo | 26.3% | affordable |
| Bridgeville, PA | $1,367/mo | 26.4% | affordable |
| South Park, PA | $1,366/mo | 26.4% | affordable |
| Clairton, PA | $1,377/mo | 26.6% | affordable |
| Harrisburg, PA | $1,382/mo | 26.7% | affordable |
| York, PA | $1,387/mo | 26.8% | affordable |
| Hanover, PA | $1,389/mo | 26.8% | affordable |
| Munhall, PA | $1,388/mo | 26.8% | affordable |
| Lewisburg, PA | $1,390/mo | 26.8% | affordable |
| Hazleton, PA | $1,395/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Ephrata, PA | $1,395/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Waynesboro, PA | $1,395/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Collingdale, PA | $1,395/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Lebanon, PA | $1,399/mo | 27% | affordable |
| Boyertown, PA | $1,401/mo | 27% | affordable |
| Danville, PA | $1,397/mo | 27% | affordable |
| Brentwood, PA | $1,405/mo | 27.1% | affordable |
| Mount Joy, PA | $1,405/mo | 27.1% | affordable |
| Reading, PA | $1,412/mo | 27.2% | affordable |
| Elizabethtown, PA | $1,413/mo | 27.3% | affordable |
| Lansdowne, PA | $1,425/mo | 27.5% | affordable |
| Monaca, PA | $1,427/mo | 27.5% | affordable |
| Glenolden, PA | $1,434/mo | 27.7% | affordable |
| Carlisle, PA | $1,440/mo | 27.8% | affordable |
| Ridley Park, PA | $1,475/mo | 28.5% | affordable |
| Clifton Heights, PA | $1,483/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Allison Park, PA | $1,500/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Prospect Park, PA | $1,509/mo | 29.1% | affordable |
| Coraopolis, PA | $1,507/mo | 29.1% | affordable |
| Bethel Park, PA | $1,515/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| Palmyra, PA | $1,520/mo | 29.3% | affordable |
| Irwin, PA | $1,519/mo | 29.3% | affordable |
| Kingston, PA | $1,535/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Akron, PA | $1,545/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| Bangor, PA | $1,550/mo | 29.9% | affordable |
| Lancaster, PA | $1,554/mo | 30% | affordable |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $1,567/mo | 30.2% | stretched |
| Hatfield, PA | $1,575/mo | 30.4% | stretched |
| Crum Lynne, PA | $1,575/mo | 30.4% | stretched |
| Darby, PA | $1,588/mo | 30.6% | stretched |
| Bellefonte, PA | $1,584/mo | 30.6% | stretched |
| Camp Hill, PA | $1,590/mo | 30.7% | stretched |
| Drexel Hill, PA | $1,606/mo | 31% | stretched |
| Douglassville, PA | $1,605/mo | 31% | stretched |
| Canonsburg, PA | $1,625/mo | 31.4% | stretched |
| Morrisville, PA | $1,637/mo | 31.6% | stretched |
| Abington, PA | $1,651/mo | 31.9% | stretched |
| Jenkintown, PA | $1,656/mo | 32% | stretched |
| Souderton, PA | $1,670/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Marcus Hook, PA | $1,679/mo | 32.4% | stretched |
| Coatesville, PA | $1,694/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Manheim, PA | $1,695/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Bath, PA | $1,707/mo | 32.9% | stretched |
| Mount Wolf, PA | $1,708/mo | 33% | stretched |
| Horsham, PA | $1,713/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Glenside, PA | $1,716/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Enola, PA | $1,713/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Spring City, PA | $1,719/mo | 33.2% | stretched |
| Allentown, PA | $1,735/mo | 33.5% | stretched |
| Hershey, PA | $1,742/mo | 33.6% | stretched |
| Norristown, PA | $1,744/mo | 33.7% | stretched |
| Stroudsburg, PA | $1,745/mo | 33.7% | stretched |
| Red Lion, PA | $1,757/mo | 33.9% | stretched |
| Emmaus, PA | $1,783/mo | 34.4% | stretched |
| Brookhaven, PA | $1,794/mo | 34.6% | stretched |
| Philadelphia, PA | $1,797/mo | 34.7% | stretched |
| Quakertown, PA | $1,814/mo | 35% | stretched |
| Levittown, PA | $1,824/mo | 35.2% | stretched |
| State College, PA | $1,823/mo | 35.2% | stretched |
| West Reading, PA | $1,854/mo | 35.8% | stretched |
| Whitehall, PA | $1,862/mo | 35.9% | stretched |
| North Wales, PA | $1,859/mo | 35.9% | stretched |
| Thorndale, PA | $1,869/mo | 36.1% | stretched |
| Nazareth, PA | $1,877/mo | 36.2% | stretched |
| Northampton, PA | $1,879/mo | 36.3% | stretched |
| Bethlehem, PA | $1,887/mo | 36.4% | stretched |
| Clarks Summit, PA | $1,895/mo | 36.6% | stretched |
| Linwood, PA | $1,895/mo | 36.6% | stretched |
| Wyncote, PA | $1,899/mo | 36.6% | stretched |
| Harleysville, PA | $1,917/mo | 37% | stretched |
| Elkins Park, PA | $1,937/mo | 37.4% | stretched |
| Ambler, PA | $1,945/mo | 37.5% | stretched |
| Bensalem, PA | $1,941/mo | 37.5% | stretched |
| Cranberry Township, PA | $1,948/mo | 37.6% | stretched |
| Mechanicsburg, PA | $1,953/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| East Stroudsburg, PA | $1,956/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Devon, PA | $1,954/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Murrysville, PA | $1,958/mo | 37.8% | stretched |
| Easton, PA | $1,963/mo | 37.9% | stretched |
| Pottstown, PA | $1,980/mo | 38.2% | stretched |
| Royersford, PA | $1,981/mo | 38.2% | stretched |
| Wyomissing, PA | $1,996/mo | 38.5% | stretched |
| Lansdale, PA | $2,005/mo | 38.7% | stretched |
| Hummelstown, PA | $2,017/mo | 38.9% | stretched |
| Lititz, PA | $2,022/mo | 39% | stretched |
| Perkasie, PA | $2,050/mo | 39.6% | stretched |
| Warrington, PA | $2,070/mo | 39.9% | stretched |
| Tobyhanna, PA | $2,088/mo | 40.3% | rent-burdened |
| Wayne, PA | $2,115/mo | 40.8% | rent-burdened |
| Wexford, PA | $2,113/mo | 40.8% | rent-burdened |
| King of Prussia, PA | $2,144/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Bridgeport, PA | $2,168/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Phoenixville, PA | $2,170/mo | 41.9% | rent-burdened |
| Willow Grove, PA | $2,192/mo | 42.3% | rent-burdened |
| Kennett Square, PA | $2,222/mo | 42.9% | rent-burdened |
| Plymouth Meeting, PA | $2,226/mo | 43% | rent-burdened |
| Macungie, PA | $2,231/mo | 43.1% | rent-burdened |
| West Chester, PA | $2,236/mo | 43.2% | rent-burdened |
| Huntingdon Valley, PA | $2,247/mo | 43.4% | rent-burdened |
| Southampton, PA | $2,270/mo | 43.8% | rent-burdened |
| Fairview, PA | $2,273/mo | 43.9% | rent-burdened |
| Chadds Ford, PA | $2,284/mo | 44.1% | rent-burdened |
| Exton, PA | $2,334/mo | 45% | rent-burdened |
| Paoli, PA | $2,343/mo | 45.2% | rent-burdened |
| Bryn Mawr, PA | $2,351/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Bala-Cynwyd, PA | $2,370/mo | 45.7% | rent-burdened |
| Conshohocken, PA | $2,416/mo | 46.6% | rent-burdened |
| Fogelsville, PA | $2,440/mo | 47.1% | rent-burdened |
| Breinigsville, PA | $2,447/mo | 47.2% | rent-burdened |
| Malvern, PA | $2,464/mo | 47.6% | rent-burdened |
| Wynnewood, PA | $2,465/mo | 47.6% | rent-burdened |
| Doylestown, PA | $2,471/mo | 47.7% | rent-burdened |
| Albrightsville, PA | $2,495/mo | 48.1% | rent-burdened |
| Collegeville, PA | $2,497/mo | 48.2% | rent-burdened |
| Langhorne, PA | $2,502/mo | 48.3% | rent-burdened |
| Ardmore, PA | $2,544/mo | 49.1% | rent-burdened |
| Downingtown, PA | $2,554/mo | 49.3% | rent-burdened |
| Glen Mills, PA | $2,586/mo | 49.9% | rent-burdened |
| Warminster, PA | $2,588/mo | 49.9% | rent-burdened |
| Yardley, PA | $2,675/mo | 51.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Havertown, PA | $2,688/mo | 51.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Blue Bell, PA | $2,740/mo | 52.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Media, PA | $2,739/mo | 52.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Newtown, PA | $2,829/mo | 54.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Newtown Square, PA | $3,222/mo | 62.2% | severely rent-burdened |