Rent Affordability for A Plumber in Pennsylvania

A typical plumber in Pennsylvania earns about $66,429 a year, which supports approximately $1,661 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. 100 of 187 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 87 are rent-burdened on this salary.

CityMedian rent% of incomeAffordability
Grove City, PA$738/mo13.3%very comfortable
Vandergrift, PA$850/mo15.4%very comfortable
Johnstown, PA$861/mo15.6%very comfortable
Meadville, PA$899/mo16.2%very comfortable
Ambridge, PA$899/mo16.2%very comfortable
Washington, PA$925/mo16.7%very comfortable
Lock Haven, PA$938/mo16.9%very comfortable
New Castle, PA$949/mo17.1%very comfortable
Uniontown, PA$944/mo17.1%very comfortable
Rochester, PA$944/mo17.1%very comfortable
Arnold, PA$950/mo17.2%very comfortable
Sharon, PA$961/mo17.4%very comfortable
Latrobe, PA$987/mo17.8%very comfortable
Butler, PA$991/mo17.9%very comfortable
Indiana, PA$996/mo18%very comfortable
Williamsport, PA$1,005/mo18.2%very comfortable
New Kensington, PA$1,011/mo18.3%very comfortable
Dallastown, PA$1,013/mo18.3%very comfortable
Greensburg, PA$1,038/mo18.8%very comfortable
Millvale, PA$1,042/mo18.8%very comfortable
McKeesport, PA$1,044/mo18.9%very comfortable
Jeannette, PA$1,048/mo18.9%very comfortable
Etna, PA$1,063/mo19.2%very comfortable
Erie, PA$1,089/mo19.7%very comfortable
Farrell, PA$1,095/mo19.8%very comfortable
DuBois, PA$1,103/mo19.9%very comfortable
Turtle Creek, PA$1,112/mo20.1%affordable
Altoona, PA$1,121/mo20.3%affordable
Oakmont, PA$1,129/mo20.4%affordable
Tamaqua, PA$1,146/mo20.7%affordable
Beaver Falls, PA$1,153/mo20.8%affordable
Pittston, PA$1,150/mo20.8%affordable
Bloomsburg, PA$1,157/mo20.9%affordable
Beaver, PA$1,170/mo21.1%affordable
Gettysburg, PA$1,187/mo21.4%affordable
Pottsville, PA$1,215/mo21.9%affordable
Shippensburg, PA$1,255/mo22.7%affordable
Upper Darby, PA$1,281/mo23.1%affordable
Verona, PA$1,284/mo23.2%affordable
Chester, PA$1,291/mo23.3%affordable
Carnegie, PA$1,289/mo23.3%affordable
Homestead, PA$1,291/mo23.3%affordable
Chambersburg, PA$1,298/mo23.4%affordable
Monroeville, PA$1,303/mo23.5%affordable
Scranton, PA$1,314/mo23.7%affordable
Newville, PA$1,325/mo23.9%affordable
Columbia, PA$1,328/mo24%affordable
Wilkes-Barre, PA$1,337/mo24.2%affordable
Myerstown, PA$1,345/mo24.3%affordable
Middletown, PA$1,351/mo24.4%affordable
McKees Rocks, PA$1,349/mo24.4%affordable
Aliquippa, PA$1,362/mo24.6%affordable
Lemoyne, PA$1,360/mo24.6%affordable
Bridgeville, PA$1,367/mo24.7%affordable
South Park, PA$1,366/mo24.7%affordable
Clairton, PA$1,377/mo24.9%affordable
Harrisburg, PA$1,382/mo25%affordable
York, PA$1,387/mo25.1%affordable
Hanover, PA$1,389/mo25.1%affordable
Munhall, PA$1,388/mo25.1%affordable
Lewisburg, PA$1,390/mo25.1%affordable
Hazleton, PA$1,395/mo25.2%affordable
Ephrata, PA$1,395/mo25.2%affordable
Waynesboro, PA$1,395/mo25.2%affordable
Collingdale, PA$1,395/mo25.2%affordable
Danville, PA$1,397/mo25.2%affordable
Lebanon, PA$1,399/mo25.3%affordable
Boyertown, PA$1,401/mo25.3%affordable
Brentwood, PA$1,405/mo25.4%affordable
Mount Joy, PA$1,405/mo25.4%affordable
Reading, PA$1,412/mo25.5%affordable
Elizabethtown, PA$1,413/mo25.5%affordable
Lansdowne, PA$1,425/mo25.7%affordable
Monaca, PA$1,427/mo25.8%affordable
Glenolden, PA$1,434/mo25.9%affordable
Carlisle, PA$1,440/mo26%affordable
Ridley Park, PA$1,475/mo26.6%affordable
Clifton Heights, PA$1,483/mo26.8%affordable
Allison Park, PA$1,500/mo27.1%affordable
Coraopolis, PA$1,507/mo27.2%affordable
Prospect Park, PA$1,509/mo27.3%affordable
Bethel Park, PA$1,515/mo27.4%affordable
Irwin, PA$1,519/mo27.4%affordable
Palmyra, PA$1,520/mo27.5%affordable
Kingston, PA$1,535/mo27.7%affordable
Akron, PA$1,545/mo27.9%affordable
Bangor, PA$1,550/mo28%affordable
Lancaster, PA$1,554/mo28.1%affordable
Pittsburgh, PA$1,567/mo28.3%affordable
Hatfield, PA$1,575/mo28.5%affordable
Crum Lynne, PA$1,575/mo28.5%affordable
Bellefonte, PA$1,584/mo28.6%affordable
Darby, PA$1,588/mo28.7%affordable
Camp Hill, PA$1,590/mo28.7%affordable
Drexel Hill, PA$1,606/mo29%affordable
Douglassville, PA$1,605/mo29%affordable
Canonsburg, PA$1,625/mo29.4%affordable
Morrisville, PA$1,637/mo29.6%affordable
Abington, PA$1,651/mo29.8%affordable
Jenkintown, PA$1,656/mo29.9%affordable
Souderton, PA$1,670/mo30.2%stretched
Marcus Hook, PA$1,679/mo30.3%stretched
Coatesville, PA$1,694/mo30.6%stretched
Manheim, PA$1,695/mo30.6%stretched
Bath, PA$1,707/mo30.8%stretched
Horsham, PA$1,713/mo30.9%stretched
Enola, PA$1,713/mo30.9%stretched
Mount Wolf, PA$1,708/mo30.9%stretched
Glenside, PA$1,716/mo31%stretched
Spring City, PA$1,719/mo31.1%stretched
Allentown, PA$1,735/mo31.3%stretched
Norristown, PA$1,744/mo31.5%stretched
Hershey, PA$1,742/mo31.5%stretched
Stroudsburg, PA$1,745/mo31.5%stretched
Red Lion, PA$1,757/mo31.7%stretched
Emmaus, PA$1,783/mo32.2%stretched
Brookhaven, PA$1,794/mo32.4%stretched
Philadelphia, PA$1,797/mo32.5%stretched
Quakertown, PA$1,814/mo32.8%stretched
Levittown, PA$1,824/mo32.9%stretched
State College, PA$1,823/mo32.9%stretched
West Reading, PA$1,854/mo33.5%stretched
Whitehall, PA$1,862/mo33.6%stretched
North Wales, PA$1,859/mo33.6%stretched
Thorndale, PA$1,869/mo33.8%stretched
Northampton, PA$1,879/mo33.9%stretched
Nazareth, PA$1,877/mo33.9%stretched
Bethlehem, PA$1,887/mo34.1%stretched
Clarks Summit, PA$1,895/mo34.2%stretched
Linwood, PA$1,895/mo34.2%stretched
Wyncote, PA$1,899/mo34.3%stretched
Harleysville, PA$1,917/mo34.6%stretched
Elkins Park, PA$1,937/mo35%stretched
Ambler, PA$1,945/mo35.1%stretched
Bensalem, PA$1,941/mo35.1%stretched
Cranberry Township, PA$1,948/mo35.2%stretched
Mechanicsburg, PA$1,953/mo35.3%stretched
East Stroudsburg, PA$1,956/mo35.3%stretched
Devon, PA$1,954/mo35.3%stretched
Murrysville, PA$1,958/mo35.4%stretched
Easton, PA$1,963/mo35.5%stretched
Pottstown, PA$1,980/mo35.8%stretched
Royersford, PA$1,981/mo35.8%stretched
Wyomissing, PA$1,996/mo36.1%stretched
Lansdale, PA$2,005/mo36.2%stretched
Hummelstown, PA$2,017/mo36.4%stretched
Lititz, PA$2,022/mo36.5%stretched
Perkasie, PA$2,050/mo37%stretched
Warrington, PA$2,070/mo37.4%stretched
Tobyhanna, PA$2,088/mo37.7%stretched
Wayne, PA$2,115/mo38.2%stretched
Wexford, PA$2,113/mo38.2%stretched
King of Prussia, PA$2,144/mo38.7%stretched
Phoenixville, PA$2,170/mo39.2%stretched
Bridgeport, PA$2,168/mo39.2%stretched
Willow Grove, PA$2,192/mo39.6%stretched
Kennett Square, PA$2,222/mo40.1%rent-burdened
Plymouth Meeting, PA$2,226/mo40.2%rent-burdened
Macungie, PA$2,231/mo40.3%rent-burdened
West Chester, PA$2,236/mo40.4%rent-burdened
Huntingdon Valley, PA$2,247/mo40.6%rent-burdened
Southampton, PA$2,270/mo41%rent-burdened
Fairview, PA$2,273/mo41.1%rent-burdened
Chadds Ford, PA$2,284/mo41.3%rent-burdened
Exton, PA$2,334/mo42.2%rent-burdened
Paoli, PA$2,343/mo42.3%rent-burdened
Bryn Mawr, PA$2,351/mo42.5%rent-burdened
Bala-Cynwyd, PA$2,370/mo42.8%rent-burdened
Conshohocken, PA$2,416/mo43.6%rent-burdened
Fogelsville, PA$2,440/mo44.1%rent-burdened
Breinigsville, PA$2,447/mo44.2%rent-burdened
Malvern, PA$2,464/mo44.5%rent-burdened
Wynnewood, PA$2,465/mo44.5%rent-burdened
Doylestown, PA$2,471/mo44.6%rent-burdened
Collegeville, PA$2,497/mo45.1%rent-burdened
Albrightsville, PA$2,495/mo45.1%rent-burdened
Langhorne, PA$2,502/mo45.2%rent-burdened
Ardmore, PA$2,544/mo46%rent-burdened
Downingtown, PA$2,554/mo46.1%rent-burdened
Glen Mills, PA$2,586/mo46.7%rent-burdened
Warminster, PA$2,588/mo46.8%rent-burdened
Yardley, PA$2,675/mo48.3%rent-burdened
Havertown, PA$2,688/mo48.6%rent-burdened
Blue Bell, PA$2,740/mo49.5%rent-burdened
Media, PA$2,739/mo49.5%rent-burdened
Newtown, PA$2,829/mo51.1%severely rent-burdened
Newtown Square, PA$3,222/mo58.2%severely 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).