Rent Affordability for A Waiter or Waitress in Pennsylvania
A typical waiter or waitress in Pennsylvania earns about $36,165 a year, which supports approximately $904 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. 5 of 187 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 182 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon, PA | $844/mo | 28% | affordable |
| Uniontown, PA | $854/mo | 28.3% | affordable |
| Meadville, PA | $879/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| Rochester, PA | $879/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| Johnstown, PA | $896/mo | 29.7% | affordable |
| New Castle, PA | $931/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Butler, PA | $931/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Washington, PA | $938/mo | 31.1% | stretched |
| Lock Haven, PA | $988/mo | 32.8% | stretched |
| Greensburg, PA | $996/mo | 33% | stretched |
| New Kensington, PA | $997/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Ambridge, PA | $998/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Vandergrift, PA | $1,025/mo | 34% | stretched |
| Altoona, PA | $1,033/mo | 34.3% | stretched |
| Arnold, PA | $1,048/mo | 34.8% | stretched |
| McKeesport, PA | $1,054/mo | 35% | stretched |
| Latrobe, PA | $1,058/mo | 35.1% | stretched |
| Millvale, PA | $1,061/mo | 35.2% | stretched |
| Tamaqua, PA | $1,063/mo | 35.3% | stretched |
| Dallastown, PA | $1,079/mo | 35.8% | stretched |
| Beaver, PA | $1,087/mo | 36.1% | stretched |
| Farrell, PA | $1,095/mo | 36.3% | stretched |
| Erie, PA | $1,098/mo | 36.4% | stretched |
| DuBois, PA | $1,103/mo | 36.6% | stretched |
| Homestead, PA | $1,102/mo | 36.6% | stretched |
| Turtle Creek, PA | $1,108/mo | 36.8% | stretched |
| Williamsport, PA | $1,113/mo | 36.9% | stretched |
| Jeannette, PA | $1,113/mo | 36.9% | stretched |
| Grove City, PA | $1,117/mo | 37.1% | stretched |
| Etna, PA | $1,148/mo | 38.1% | stretched |
| Shippensburg, PA | $1,161/mo | 38.5% | stretched |
| Bloomsburg, PA | $1,165/mo | 38.7% | stretched |
| Beaver Falls, PA | $1,205/mo | 40% | stretched |
| Pottsville, PA | $1,242/mo | 41.2% | rent-burdened |
| Pittston, PA | $1,245/mo | 41.3% | rent-burdened |
| Lewisburg, PA | $1,244/mo | 41.3% | rent-burdened |
| Irwin, PA | $1,246/mo | 41.3% | rent-burdened |
| Carnegie, PA | $1,247/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Hazleton, PA | $1,259/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Brentwood, PA | $1,276/mo | 42.3% | rent-burdened |
| Oakmont, PA | $1,276/mo | 42.3% | rent-burdened |
| Clairton, PA | $1,282/mo | 42.5% | rent-burdened |
| Chambersburg, PA | $1,287/mo | 42.7% | rent-burdened |
| Munhall, PA | $1,299/mo | 43.1% | rent-burdened |
| Wilkes-Barre, PA | $1,311/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Glenolden, PA | $1,310/mo | 43.5% | rent-burdened |
| Lemoyne, PA | $1,314/mo | 43.6% | rent-burdened |
| Newville, PA | $1,325/mo | 44% | rent-burdened |
| Verona, PA | $1,333/mo | 44.2% | rent-burdened |
| Scranton, PA | $1,346/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Columbia, PA | $1,347/mo | 44.7% | rent-burdened |
| Upper Darby, PA | $1,351/mo | 44.8% | rent-burdened |
| Monroeville, PA | $1,354/mo | 44.9% | rent-burdened |
| South Park, PA | $1,352/mo | 44.9% | rent-burdened |
| York, PA | $1,367/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Collingdale, PA | $1,369/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| McKees Rocks, PA | $1,374/mo | 45.6% | rent-burdened |
| Aliquippa, PA | $1,377/mo | 45.7% | rent-burdened |
| Chester, PA | $1,386/mo | 46% | rent-burdened |
| Waynesboro, PA | $1,385/mo | 46% | rent-burdened |
| Harrisburg, PA | $1,388/mo | 46.1% | rent-burdened |
| Carlisle, PA | $1,391/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| Kingston, PA | $1,392/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| Hanover, PA | $1,401/mo | 46.5% | rent-burdened |
| Ephrata, PA | $1,401/mo | 46.5% | rent-burdened |
| Boyertown, PA | $1,401/mo | 46.5% | rent-burdened |
| Middletown, PA | $1,404/mo | 46.6% | rent-burdened |
| Darby, PA | $1,413/mo | 46.9% | rent-burdened |
| Bridgeville, PA | $1,413/mo | 46.9% | rent-burdened |
| Gettysburg, PA | $1,432/mo | 47.5% | rent-burdened |
| Clifton Heights, PA | $1,449/mo | 48.1% | rent-burdened |
| Danville, PA | $1,450/mo | 48.1% | rent-burdened |
| Lebanon, PA | $1,453/mo | 48.2% | rent-burdened |
| Bethel Park, PA | $1,458/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Lansdowne, PA | $1,458/mo | 48.4% | rent-burdened |
| Reading, PA | $1,472/mo | 48.8% | rent-burdened |
| Palmyra, PA | $1,479/mo | 49.1% | rent-burdened |
| Crum Lynne, PA | $1,492/mo | 49.5% | rent-burdened |
| Allison Park, PA | $1,500/mo | 49.8% | rent-burdened |
| Prospect Park, PA | $1,500/mo | 49.8% | rent-burdened |
| Coraopolis, PA | $1,500/mo | 49.8% | rent-burdened |
| Elizabethtown, PA | $1,510/mo | 50.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hershey, PA | $1,516/mo | 50.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hatfield, PA | $1,517/mo | 50.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Camp Hill, PA | $1,521/mo | 50.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mount Joy, PA | $1,544/mo | 51.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Akron, PA | $1,545/mo | 51.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Monaca, PA | $1,551/mo | 51.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lancaster, PA | $1,564/mo | 51.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $1,569/mo | 52.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Coatesville, PA | $1,579/mo | 52.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Glenside, PA | $1,583/mo | 52.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bellefonte, PA | $1,584/mo | 52.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ridley Park, PA | $1,600/mo | 53.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bangor, PA | $1,600/mo | 53.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Myerstown, PA | $1,600/mo | 53.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Red Lion, PA | $1,604/mo | 53.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Douglassville, PA | $1,605/mo | 53.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Marcus Hook, PA | $1,640/mo | 54.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mount Wolf, PA | $1,643/mo | 54.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Canonsburg, PA | $1,662/mo | 55.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Morrisville, PA | $1,660/mo | 55.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| West Reading, PA | $1,663/mo | 55.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Stroudsburg, PA | $1,668/mo | 55.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lititz, PA | $1,672/mo | 55.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Drexel Hill, PA | $1,682/mo | 55.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Allentown, PA | $1,686/mo | 55.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Nazareth, PA | $1,686/mo | 55.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Elkins Park, PA | $1,691/mo | 56.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Northampton, PA | $1,694/mo | 56.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Jenkintown, PA | $1,693/mo | 56.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Brookhaven, PA | $1,709/mo | 56.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Spring City, PA | $1,720/mo | 57.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Enola, PA | $1,739/mo | 57.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bath, PA | $1,738/mo | 57.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Horsham, PA | $1,744/mo | 57.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Thorndale, PA | $1,744/mo | 57.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Philadelphia, PA | $1,757/mo | 58.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Souderton, PA | $1,760/mo | 58.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Abington, PA | $1,768/mo | 58.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Norristown, PA | $1,785/mo | 59.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Pottstown, PA | $1,787/mo | 59.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Whitehall, PA | $1,824/mo | 60.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Levittown, PA | $1,836/mo | 60.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Easton, PA | $1,838/mo | 61% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bensalem, PA | $1,855/mo | 61.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Quakertown, PA | $1,866/mo | 61.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bethlehem, PA | $1,880/mo | 62.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wyomissing, PA | $1,884/mo | 62.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Manheim, PA | $1,883/mo | 62.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Linwood, PA | $1,895/mo | 62.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Emmaus, PA | $1,898/mo | 63% | severely rent-burdened |
| Devon, PA | $1,905/mo | 63.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| North Wales, PA | $1,913/mo | 63.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ambler, PA | $1,921/mo | 63.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| East Stroudsburg, PA | $1,927/mo | 63.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Mechanicsburg, PA | $1,944/mo | 64.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Murrysville, PA | $1,958/mo | 65% | severely rent-burdened |
| Lansdale, PA | $1,969/mo | 65.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Hummelstown, PA | $1,971/mo | 65.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Harleysville, PA | $1,976/mo | 65.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Clarks Summit, PA | $1,981/mo | 65.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cranberry Township, PA | $1,995/mo | 66.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| State College, PA | $2,022/mo | 67.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wyncote, PA | $2,028/mo | 67.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Phoenixville, PA | $2,048/mo | 68% | severely rent-burdened |
| Royersford, PA | $2,053/mo | 68.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wayne, PA | $2,108/mo | 69.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Plymouth Meeting, PA | $2,112/mo | 70.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Indiana, PA | $2,117/mo | 70.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Havertown, PA | $2,117/mo | 70.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wexford, PA | $2,126/mo | 70.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Tobyhanna, PA | $2,138/mo | 70.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Southampton, PA | $2,167/mo | 71.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Perkasie, PA | $2,219/mo | 73.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| King of Prussia, PA | $2,234/mo | 74.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Chadds Ford, PA | $2,235/mo | 74.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Willow Grove, PA | $2,241/mo | 74.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Warrington, PA | $2,263/mo | 75.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fairview, PA | $2,273/mo | 75.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Breinigsville, PA | $2,274/mo | 75.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| West Chester, PA | $2,277/mo | 75.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Macungie, PA | $2,286/mo | 75.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bridgeport, PA | $2,291/mo | 76% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bala-Cynwyd, PA | $2,304/mo | 76.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Collegeville, PA | $2,323/mo | 77.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Warminster, PA | $2,325/mo | 77.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Kennett Square, PA | $2,330/mo | 77.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Paoli, PA | $2,394/mo | 79.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ardmore, PA | $2,408/mo | 79.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Exton, PA | $2,422/mo | 80.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Media, PA | $2,431/mo | 80.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Fogelsville, PA | $2,435/mo | 80.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Downingtown, PA | $2,452/mo | 81.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wynnewood, PA | $2,456/mo | 81.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Langhorne, PA | $2,471/mo | 82% | severely rent-burdened |
| Huntingdon Valley, PA | $2,477/mo | 82.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Albrightsville, PA | $2,495/mo | 82.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Glen Mills, PA | $2,506/mo | 83.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bryn Mawr, PA | $2,525/mo | 83.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Conshohocken, PA | $2,534/mo | 84.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Malvern, PA | $2,551/mo | 84.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Doylestown, PA | $2,721/mo | 90.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Blue Bell, PA | $2,766/mo | 91.8% | severely rent-burdened |
| Yardley, PA | $2,770/mo | 91.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Newtown, PA | $3,003/mo | 99.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Newtown Square, PA | $3,314/mo | 110% | severely rent-burdened |