The Pennsylvania rental market
Pennsylvania tracks median rent across 165 cities, ranging from Grove City at $777/mo to Newtown Square at $2,967/mo. The state average of $1,648/mo runs about 15% below the national median of $1,930/mo.
Across Pennsylvania cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +5.7% over the past year. 43 of 187 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 144 fall below it. The largest rental markets are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown.
187 cities
CityMedian rentYoY
Abington
$1,584/mo
—
→Akron
Pop. 4,143
$1,185/mo
—
→Albrightsville
Pop. 85
$2,495/mo
—
→Aliquippa
Pop. 9,079
$1,348/mo
+2.7%
→Allentown
Pop. 125,976
$1,734/mo
+5.1%
→Allison Park
Pop. 22,045
$1,364/mo
—
→Altoona
Pop. 43,196
$1,070/mo
+21.4%
→Ambler
Pop. 6,847
$1,983/mo
+4.4%
→Ambridge
Pop. 6,890
$959/mo
—
→Ardmore
Pop. 13,909
$2,375/mo
+6.2%
→Arnold
Pop. 538
$983/mo
—
→Bala-Cynwyd
Pop. 10,227
$2,186/mo
+8.4%
→Bangor
Pop. 5,163
$1,313/mo
—
→Bath
Pop. 2,864
$1,650/mo
—
→Beaver
Pop. 4,374
$1,144/mo
—
→Beaver Falls
Pop. 8,850
$958/mo
+12.8%
→Bellefonte
Pop. 6,009
$1,296/mo
—
→Bensalem
$1,749/mo
+7.0%
→Bethel Park
Pop. 32,881
$1,451/mo
+9.2%
→Bethlehem
Pop. 77,956
$1,871/mo
+6.8%
→Bloomsburg
Pop. 13,024
$1,080/mo
+11.7%
→Blue Bell
Pop. 6,424
$2,683/mo
+4.2%
→Boyertown
Pop. 4,287
$1,395/mo
—
→Breinigsville
Pop. 7,769
$2,121/mo
+8.6%
→Brentwood
Pop. 9,866
$1,272/mo
+10.4%
→Bridgeport
Pop. 5,174
$2,056/mo
+10.3%
→Bridgeville
Pop. 4,686
$1,289/mo
—
→Brookhaven
Pop. 8,331
$1,726/mo
—
→Bryn Mawr
Pop. 5,880
$2,461/mo
-0.6%
→Butler
Pop. 13,212
$1,002/mo
+9.9%
→Camp Hill
Pop. 8,169
$1,506/mo
+8.2%
→Canonsburg
Pop. 9,675
$1,598/mo
-0.9%
→Carlisle
Pop. 21,852
$1,718/mo
+10.3%
→Carnegie
Pop. 7,978
$1,310/mo
+4.9%
→Chadds Ford
Pop. 1,341
$2,424/mo
—
→Chambersburg
Pop. 22,319
$1,292/mo
+7.8%
→Chester
Pop. 33,619
$1,353/mo
+5.3%
→Clairton
Pop. 6,044
$1,393/mo
+16.1%
→Clarks Summit
Pop. 5,073
$1,813/mo
—
→Clifton Heights
Pop. 6,832
$1,388/mo
-6.2%
→Coatesville
Pop. 13,353
$1,869/mo
+4.2%
→Collegeville
Pop. 5,247
$2,386/mo
+3.3%
→Collingdale
Pop. 8,897
$1,321/mo
—
→Columbia
Pop. 10,278
$1,398/mo
+17.7%
→Conshohocken
Pop. 9,282
$2,403/mo
+5.5%
→Coraopolis
Pop. 5,417
$1,467/mo
+5.9%
→Cranberry Township
$1,818/mo
-1.7%
→Crum Lynne
$1,100/mo
—
→Dallastown
Pop. 4,185
$950/mo
—
→Danville
Pop. 4,217
$1,558/mo
—
→Darby
Pop. 10,687
$1,551/mo
—
→Devon
Pop. 1,806
$1,963/mo
—
→Douglassville
Pop. 279
$1,605/mo
—
→Downingtown
Pop. 8,255
$2,298/mo
-1.6%
→Doylestown
Pop. 8,341
$2,373/mo
-15.6%
→Drexel Hill
Pop. 30,451
$1,437/mo
-8.4%
→DuBois
Pop. 7,402
$989/mo
—
→East Stroudsburg
Pop. 9,319
$1,917/mo
+5.4%
→Easton
Pop. 29,739
$1,832/mo
+5.8%
→Elizabethtown
Pop. 11,925
$1,444/mo
+20.6%
→Elkins Park
Pop. 7,213
$1,878/mo
+6.1%
→Emmaus
Pop. 11,889
$1,792/mo
+8.3%
→Enola
Pop. 6,534
$1,845/mo
+13.3%
→Ephrata
Pop. 13,772
$1,284/mo
-0.6%
→Erie
Pop. 93,850
$1,047/mo
+4.2%
→Etna
Pop. 3,364
$1,350/mo
—
→Exton
Pop. 6,772
$2,281/mo
+5.3%
→Fairview
Pop. 1,742
$2,121/mo
—
→Farrell
Pop. 4,199
$1,095/mo
—
→Fogelsville
$2,126/mo
—
→Gettysburg
Pop. 8,254
$1,153/mo
—
→Glen Mills
$2,426/mo
+11.9%
→Glenolden
Pop. 7,220
$1,558/mo
—
→Glenside
Pop. 7,659
$1,580/mo
—
→Greensburg
Pop. 14,741
$1,327/mo
+18.8%
→Grove City
Pop. 7,830
$777/mo
—
→Hanover
Pop. 16,584
$1,310/mo
-2.0%
→Harleysville
Pop. 9,090
$1,922/mo
—
→Harrisburg
Pop. 50,287
$1,372/mo
+4.3%
→Hatfield
Pop. 3,502
$1,720/mo
-0.4%
→Havertown
$1,731/mo
—
→Hazleton
Pop. 30,111
$1,332/mo
—
→Hershey
Pop. 14,242
$1,807/mo
—
→Homestead
Pop. 2,874
$1,363/mo
—
→Horsham
Pop. 16,005
$1,700/mo
+13.5%
→Hummelstown
Pop. 4,527
$2,142/mo
+19.7%
→Huntingdon Valley
$1,964/mo
—
→Indiana
Pop. 14,212
$960/mo
—
→Irwin
Pop. 3,831
$1,205/mo
-1.8%
→Jeannette
Pop. 8,657
$1,157/mo
—
→Jenkintown
Pop. 4,727
$1,706/mo
+8.3%
→Johnstown
Pop. 18,087
$868/mo
+12.3%
→Kennett Square
Pop. 6,243
$2,269/mo
-3.7%
→King of Prussia
Pop. 25,857
$2,105/mo
+5.4%
→Kingston
Pop. 13,397
$1,458/mo
+15.3%
→Lancaster
Pop. 57,719
$1,539/mo
+2.1%
→Langhorne
Pop. 1,657
$2,416/mo
+1.4%
→Lansdale
Pop. 19,011
$1,957/mo
+2.9%
→Lansdowne
Pop. 11,122
$1,455/mo
—
→Latrobe
Pop. 7,977
$970/mo
+2.1%
→Lebanon
Pop. 26,536
$1,371/mo
+4.6%
→Lemoyne
Pop. 4,742
$1,445/mo
—
→Levittown
Pop. 50,926
$1,883/mo
+3.2%
→Lewisburg
Pop. 5,257
$1,609/mo
—
→Linwood
Pop. 3,921
$1,895/mo
—
→Lititz
Pop. 9,619
$1,792/mo
—
→Lock Haven
Pop. 8,447
$889/mo
+9.8%
→Macungie
Pop. 3,274
$2,159/mo
+8.6%
→Malvern
Pop. 3,435
$2,321/mo
+1.9%
→Manheim
Pop. 5,027
$1,549/mo
-3.8%
→Marcus Hook
Pop. 2,102
$1,657/mo
-5.1%
→McKees Rocks
Pop. 5,786
$1,462/mo
+14.0%
→McKeesport
Pop. 17,380
$1,034/mo
-5.2%
→Meadville
Pop. 12,577
$781/mo
—
→Mechanicsburg
Pop. 9,720
$1,922/mo
+5.2%
→Media
Pop. 5,870
$2,062/mo
-2.6%
→Middletown
Pop. 7,628
$1,321/mo
+4.9%
→Millvale
Pop. 3,299
$1,150/mo
—
→Monaca
Pop. 5,519
$1,141/mo
—
→Monroeville
Pop. 28,295
$1,337/mo
+7.1%
→Morrisville
Pop. 1,082
$1,795/mo
—
→Mount Joy
Pop. 8,344
$1,593/mo
—
→Mount Wolf
Pop. 1,108
$1,494/mo
—
→Munhall
Pop. 10,548
$1,598/mo
+21.3%
→Murrysville
Pop. 20,817
$1,645/mo
—
→Myerstown
Pop. 3,124
$1,300/mo
—
→Nazareth
Pop. 6,043
$1,614/mo
—
→New Castle
Pop. 21,579
$1,170/mo
+17.4%
→New Kensington
Pop. 12,011
$944/mo
—
→Newtown
Pop. 275
$2,775/mo
+5.5%
→Newtown Square
$2,967/mo
—
→Newville
Pop. 1,283
$1,325/mo
—
→Norristown
Pop. 35,893
$1,768/mo
+3.4%
→North Wales
Pop. 3,440
$1,832/mo
-2.3%
→Northampton
Pop. 10,400
$1,698/mo
+1.1%
→Oakmont
Pop. 6,702
$1,458/mo
—
→Palmyra
Pop. 7,755
$1,483/mo
—
→Paoli
Pop. 6,362
$2,263/mo
+1.9%
→Perkasie
Pop. 9,216
$1,862/mo
—
→Philadelphia
Pop. 1,579,706
$1,797/mo
+6.0%
→Phoenixville
Pop. 19,452
$2,081/mo
+5.4%
→Pittsburgh
Pop. 304,759
$1,578/mo
+6.8%
→Pittston
Pop. 7,626
$1,088/mo
—
→Plymouth Meeting
Pop. 7,502
$2,172/mo
+0.3%
→Pottstown
Pop. 23,476
$1,705/mo
+24.8%
→Pottsville
Pop. 13,364
$1,271/mo
+9.3%
→Prospect Park
Pop. 6,417
$1,384/mo
—
→Quakertown
Pop. 9,319
$1,880/mo
+10.3%
→Reading
Pop. 95,242
$1,441/mo
+5.3%
→Red Lion
Pop. 6,516
$1,748/mo
+15.5%
→Ridley Park
Pop. 7,261
$1,475/mo
—
→Rochester
Pop. 3,422
$925/mo
—
→Royersford
Pop. 4,945
$2,067/mo
+5.3%
→Scranton
Pop. 76,033
$1,358/mo
+8.8%
→Sharon
Pop. 12,936
$873/mo
—
→Shippensburg
Pop. 5,620
$1,147/mo
—
→Souderton
Pop. 7,181
$1,467/mo
—
→South Park
$1,474/mo
+2.5%
→Southampton
$2,320/mo
+12.7%
→Spring City
Pop. 3,657
$1,610/mo
—
→State College
Pop. 41,050
$1,832/mo
+14.0%
→Stroudsburg
Pop. 5,894
$1,699/mo
—
→Tamaqua
Pop. 6,924
$1,063/mo
—
→Thorndale
Pop. 3,854
$1,933/mo
—
→Tobyhanna
$2,075/mo
—
→Turtle Creek
Pop. 5,007
$1,349/mo
—
→Uniontown
Pop. 9,742
$931/mo
—
→Upper Darby
$1,379/mo
+10.6%
→Vandergrift
Pop. 5,011
$750/mo
—
→Verona
Pop. 2,524
$1,437/mo
—
→Warminster
$2,300/mo
—
→Warrington
$1,820/mo
—
→Washington
Pop. 13,368
$976/mo
-12.9%
→Wayne
Pop. 6,635
$2,114/mo
+7.3%
→Waynesboro
Pop. 11,047
$1,351/mo
—
→West Chester
Pop. 20,666
$2,195/mo
+8.2%
→West Reading
Pop. 4,562
$1,875/mo
—
→Wexford
$1,985/mo
+4.9%
→Whitehall
Pop. 14,811
$1,887/mo
—
→Wilkes-Barre
Pop. 44,423
$1,252/mo
+0.5%
→Williamsport
Pop. 27,612
$1,032/mo
+6.4%
→Willow Grove
Pop. 14,131
$1,946/mo
-1.5%
→Wyncote
Pop. 3,389
$1,847/mo
+5.0%
→Wynnewood
Pop. 2,766
$2,132/mo
-9.9%
→Wyomissing
Pop. 11,172
$1,743/mo
-16.2%
→Yardley
Pop. 2,609
$2,685/mo
+5.6%
→York
Pop. 44,938
$1,351/mo
+7.4%
→Pennsylvania rent questions
What is the average rent in Pennsylvania?
The average median rent across 165 tracked cities in Pennsylvania is $1,648/mo, about 15% below the national median of $1,930/mo.
Which Pennsylvania city has the highest rent?
Newtown Square has the highest median rent in Pennsylvania at $2,967/mo.
Which Pennsylvania city has the most affordable rent?
Grove City is the most affordable tracked city in Pennsylvania, with a median rent of $777/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in Pennsylvania?
Across Pennsylvania cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +5.7% over the past year.
How does Pennsylvania rent compare to the rest of the country?
43 of 187 tracked Pennsylvania cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,930/mo, and 144 fall below it.
What are the largest rental markets in Pennsylvania?
By population, the largest rental markets in Pennsylvania are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown. Each has its own rent data, trends, and ZIP-level breakdowns on RentDataNow.
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