Rent Affordability for A Truck Driver in Pennsylvania
A typical truck driver in Pennsylvania earns about $56,143 a year, which supports approximately $1,404 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. 69 of 187 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 118 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove City, PA | $772/mo | 16.5% | very comfortable |
| Vandergrift, PA | $850/mo | 18.2% | very comfortable |
| Johnstown, PA | $864/mo | 18.5% | very comfortable |
| Meadville, PA | $871/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Ambridge, PA | $872/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Lock Haven, PA | $890/mo | 19% | very comfortable |
| New Castle, PA | $933/mo | 19.9% | very comfortable |
| Washington, PA | $940/mo | 20.1% | affordable |
| Rochester, PA | $944/mo | 20.2% | affordable |
| Arnold, PA | $950/mo | 20.3% | affordable |
| Williamsport, PA | $964/mo | 20.6% | affordable |
| Indiana, PA | $976/mo | 20.9% | affordable |
| Uniontown, PA | $985/mo | 21.1% | affordable |
| Butler, PA | $1,011/mo | 21.6% | affordable |
| New Kensington, PA | $1,011/mo | 21.6% | affordable |
| Latrobe, PA | $1,011/mo | 21.6% | affordable |
| Dallastown, PA | $1,013/mo | 21.7% | affordable |
| Sharon, PA | $1,023/mo | 21.9% | affordable |
| Beaver Falls, PA | $1,024/mo | 21.9% | affordable |
| McKeesport, PA | $1,031/mo | 22% | affordable |
| Erie, PA | $1,036/mo | 22.1% | affordable |
| DuBois, PA | $1,045/mo | 22.3% | affordable |
| Etna, PA | $1,063/mo | 22.7% | affordable |
| Farrell, PA | $1,095/mo | 23.4% | affordable |
| Crum Lynne, PA | $1,100/mo | 23.5% | affordable |
| Pittston, PA | $1,119/mo | 23.9% | affordable |
| Monaca, PA | $1,124/mo | 24% | affordable |
| Altoona, PA | $1,138/mo | 24.3% | affordable |
| Millvale, PA | $1,135/mo | 24.3% | affordable |
| Bloomsburg, PA | $1,157/mo | 24.7% | affordable |
| Jeannette, PA | $1,157/mo | 24.7% | affordable |
| Oakmont, PA | $1,160/mo | 24.8% | affordable |
| Greensburg, PA | $1,169/mo | 25% | affordable |
| Beaver, PA | $1,170/mo | 25% | affordable |
| Pottsville, PA | $1,236/mo | 26.4% | affordable |
| Gettysburg, PA | $1,247/mo | 26.7% | affordable |
| Shippensburg, PA | $1,264/mo | 27% | affordable |
| Bridgeville, PA | $1,276/mo | 27.3% | affordable |
| Tamaqua, PA | $1,283/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Homestead, PA | $1,285/mo | 27.5% | affordable |
| Columbia, PA | $1,291/mo | 27.6% | affordable |
| Chester, PA | $1,299/mo | 27.8% | affordable |
| Monroeville, PA | $1,312/mo | 28% | affordable |
| Scranton, PA | $1,315/mo | 28.1% | affordable |
| Bangor, PA | $1,313/mo | 28.1% | affordable |
| Collingdale, PA | $1,321/mo | 28.2% | affordable |
| Lemoyne, PA | $1,319/mo | 28.2% | affordable |
| Middletown, PA | $1,322/mo | 28.3% | affordable |
| Newville, PA | $1,325/mo | 28.3% | affordable |
| Hanover, PA | $1,334/mo | 28.5% | affordable |
| Ephrata, PA | $1,340/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Aliquippa, PA | $1,336/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Mount Joy, PA | $1,336/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Carnegie, PA | $1,343/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| Bellefonte, PA | $1,343/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| Myerstown, PA | $1,345/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| Lebanon, PA | $1,348/mo | 28.8% | affordable |
| Verona, PA | $1,347/mo | 28.8% | affordable |
| Upper Darby, PA | $1,347/mo | 28.8% | affordable |
| Chambersburg, PA | $1,352/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Wilkes-Barre, PA | $1,358/mo | 29% | affordable |
| Harrisburg, PA | $1,361/mo | 29.1% | affordable |
| York, PA | $1,366/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| Brentwood, PA | $1,364/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| Boyertown, PA | $1,365/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| McKees Rocks, PA | $1,369/mo | 29.3% | affordable |
| Waynesboro, PA | $1,380/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Reading, PA | $1,395/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| South Park, PA | $1,393/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| Elizabethtown, PA | $1,416/mo | 30.3% | stretched |
| Hazleton, PA | $1,433/mo | 30.6% | stretched |
| Clairton, PA | $1,433/mo | 30.6% | stretched |
| Danville, PA | $1,433/mo | 30.6% | stretched |
| Glenolden, PA | $1,434/mo | 30.7% | stretched |
| Drexel Hill, PA | $1,442/mo | 30.8% | stretched |
| Turtle Creek, PA | $1,442/mo | 30.8% | stretched |
| Lansdowne, PA | $1,458/mo | 31.2% | stretched |
| Kingston, PA | $1,476/mo | 31.5% | stretched |
| Ridley Park, PA | $1,475/mo | 31.5% | stretched |
| Manheim, PA | $1,479/mo | 31.6% | stretched |
| Camp Hill, PA | $1,491/mo | 31.9% | stretched |
| Irwin, PA | $1,498/mo | 32% | stretched |
| Allison Park, PA | $1,500/mo | 32.1% | stretched |
| Carlisle, PA | $1,508/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Clifton Heights, PA | $1,507/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Coraopolis, PA | $1,507/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Munhall, PA | $1,513/mo | 32.3% | stretched |
| Prospect Park, PA | $1,509/mo | 32.3% | stretched |
| Lewisburg, PA | $1,532/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Akron, PA | $1,545/mo | 33% | stretched |
| Bethel Park, PA | $1,548/mo | 33.1% | stretched |
| Lancaster, PA | $1,552/mo | 33.2% | stretched |
| Palmyra, PA | $1,578/mo | 33.7% | stretched |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $1,593/mo | 34% | stretched |
| Darby, PA | $1,594/mo | 34.1% | stretched |
| Douglassville, PA | $1,605/mo | 34.3% | stretched |
| Canonsburg, PA | $1,635/mo | 34.9% | stretched |
| Spring City, PA | $1,641/mo | 35.1% | stretched |
| Mount Wolf, PA | $1,653/mo | 35.3% | stretched |
| Abington, PA | $1,651/mo | 35.3% | stretched |
| Hatfield, PA | $1,654/mo | 35.4% | stretched |
| Emmaus, PA | $1,662/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Jenkintown, PA | $1,659/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Souderton, PA | $1,675/mo | 35.8% | stretched |
| Morrisville, PA | $1,678/mo | 35.9% | stretched |
| Enola, PA | $1,689/mo | 36.1% | stretched |
| Stroudsburg, PA | $1,700/mo | 36.3% | stretched |
| Horsham, PA | $1,705/mo | 36.4% | stretched |
| Marcus Hook, PA | $1,704/mo | 36.4% | stretched |
| Coatesville, PA | $1,725/mo | 36.9% | stretched |
| Allentown, PA | $1,732/mo | 37% | stretched |
| Glenside, PA | $1,748/mo | 37.4% | stretched |
| Norristown, PA | $1,763/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Red Lion, PA | $1,767/mo | 37.8% | stretched |
| Clarks Summit, PA | $1,780/mo | 38% | stretched |
| Perkasie, PA | $1,795/mo | 38.4% | stretched |
| North Wales, PA | $1,800/mo | 38.5% | stretched |
| Brookhaven, PA | $1,806/mo | 38.6% | stretched |
| Northampton, PA | $1,812/mo | 38.7% | stretched |
| Philadelphia, PA | $1,814/mo | 38.8% | stretched |
| Wyncote, PA | $1,821/mo | 38.9% | stretched |
| Quakertown, PA | $1,853/mo | 39.6% | stretched |
| Levittown, PA | $1,881/mo | 40.2% | rent-burdened |
| Bensalem, PA | $1,880/mo | 40.2% | rent-burdened |
| State College, PA | $1,888/mo | 40.4% | rent-burdened |
| Whitehall, PA | $1,891/mo | 40.4% | rent-burdened |
| Cranberry Township, PA | $1,892/mo | 40.4% | rent-burdened |
| Linwood, PA | $1,895/mo | 40.5% | rent-burdened |
| Lititz, PA | $1,898/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| East Stroudsburg, PA | $1,898/mo | 40.6% | rent-burdened |
| Wyomissing, PA | $1,915/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| Harleysville, PA | $1,914/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| Bethlehem, PA | $1,916/mo | 41% | rent-burdened |
| Murrysville, PA | $1,917/mo | 41% | rent-burdened |
| Easton, PA | $1,935/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Elkins Park, PA | $1,939/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Bath, PA | $1,938/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Hershey, PA | $1,941/mo | 41.5% | rent-burdened |
| Royersford, PA | $1,944/mo | 41.6% | rent-burdened |
| Pottstown, PA | $1,954/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| West Reading, PA | $1,956/mo | 41.8% | rent-burdened |
| Thorndale, PA | $1,958/mo | 41.9% | rent-burdened |
| Mechanicsburg, PA | $1,971/mo | 42.1% | rent-burdened |
| Ambler, PA | $1,977/mo | 42.3% | rent-burdened |
| Nazareth, PA | $1,982/mo | 42.4% | rent-burdened |
| Devon, PA | $1,988/mo | 42.5% | rent-burdened |
| Warrington, PA | $1,991/mo | 42.6% | rent-burdened |
| Lansdale, PA | $1,997/mo | 42.7% | rent-burdened |
| Willow Grove, PA | $2,004/mo | 42.8% | rent-burdened |
| Hummelstown, PA | $2,095/mo | 44.8% | rent-burdened |
| King of Prussia, PA | $2,111/mo | 45.1% | rent-burdened |
| Huntingdon Valley, PA | $2,108/mo | 45.1% | rent-burdened |
| Tobyhanna, PA | $2,115/mo | 45.2% | rent-burdened |
| Fogelsville, PA | $2,126/mo | 45.4% | rent-burdened |
| Wexford, PA | $2,135/mo | 45.6% | rent-burdened |
| Phoenixville, PA | $2,138/mo | 45.7% | rent-burdened |
| Fairview, PA | $2,163/mo | 46.2% | rent-burdened |
| Wayne, PA | $2,180/mo | 46.6% | rent-burdened |
| Macungie, PA | $2,196/mo | 46.9% | rent-burdened |
| West Chester, PA | $2,201/mo | 47% | rent-burdened |
| Kennett Square, PA | $2,225/mo | 47.6% | rent-burdened |
| Warminster, PA | $2,242/mo | 47.9% | rent-burdened |
| Plymouth Meeting, PA | $2,270/mo | 48.5% | rent-burdened |
| Exton, PA | $2,296/mo | 49.1% | rent-burdened |
| Malvern, PA | $2,308/mo | 49.3% | rent-burdened |
| Southampton, PA | $2,320/mo | 49.6% | rent-burdened |
| Doylestown, PA | $2,336/mo | 49.9% | rent-burdened |
| Paoli, PA | $2,351/mo | 50.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Chadds Ford, PA | $2,357/mo | 50.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bryn Mawr, PA | $2,363/mo | 50.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bala-Cynwyd, PA | $2,380/mo | 50.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Wynnewood, PA | $2,393/mo | 51.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Breinigsville, PA | $2,397/mo | 51.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Conshohocken, PA | $2,439/mo | 52.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Havertown, PA | $2,445/mo | 52.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Downingtown, PA | $2,464/mo | 52.7% | severely rent-burdened |
| Bridgeport, PA | $2,477/mo | 52.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Ardmore, PA | $2,485/mo | 53.1% | severely rent-burdened |
| Media, PA | $2,488/mo | 53.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Albrightsville, PA | $2,495/mo | 53.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Langhorne, PA | $2,509/mo | 53.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Collegeville, PA | $2,541/mo | 54.3% | severely rent-burdened |
| Glen Mills, PA | $2,584/mo | 55.2% | severely rent-burdened |
| Yardley, PA | $2,661/mo | 56.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Blue Bell, PA | $2,756/mo | 58.9% | severely rent-burdened |
| Newtown, PA | $2,787/mo | 59.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Newtown Square, PA | $2,946/mo | 63% | severely rent-burdened |