The Pennsylvania rental market
Pennsylvania tracks median rent across 167 cities, ranging from Grove City at $772/mo to Newtown Square at $2,946/mo. The state average of $1,661/mo runs about 15% below the national median of $1,965/mo.
Across Pennsylvania cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +6.5% over the past year. 45 of 187 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 142 fall below it. The largest rental markets are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown.
187 cities
RankCityMedian rentYoY
1
Newtown Square
$2,946/mo
—
→2
Newtown
Pop. 275
$2,787/mo
+7.0%
→3
Blue Bell
Pop. 6,424
$2,756/mo
+7.3%
→4
Yardley
Pop. 2,609
$2,661/mo
+5.8%
→5
Glen Mills
$2,584/mo
+16.1%
→6
Collegeville
Pop. 5,247
$2,541/mo
+9.4%
→7
Langhorne
Pop. 1,657
$2,509/mo
+4.5%
→8
Albrightsville
Pop. 85
$2,495/mo
—
→9
Media
Pop. 5,870
$2,488/mo
+18.0%
→10
Ardmore
Pop. 13,909
$2,485/mo
+10.7%
→11
Bridgeport
Pop. 5,174
$2,477/mo
—
→12
Downingtown
Pop. 8,255
$2,464/mo
+5.4%
→13
Havertown
$2,445/mo
—
→14
Conshohocken
Pop. 9,282
$2,439/mo
+7.6%
→15
Breinigsville
Pop. 7,769
$2,397/mo
+21.4%
→16
Wynnewood
Pop. 2,766
$2,393/mo
+4.0%
→17
Bala-Cynwyd
Pop. 10,227
$2,380/mo
+17.4%
→18
Bryn Mawr
Pop. 5,880
$2,363/mo
-3.9%
→19
Chadds Ford
Pop. 1,341
$2,357/mo
—
→20
Paoli
Pop. 6,362
$2,351/mo
+5.2%
→21
Doylestown
Pop. 8,341
$2,336/mo
-16.2%
→22
Southampton
$2,320/mo
+8.5%
→23
Malvern
Pop. 3,435
$2,308/mo
+0.3%
→24
Exton
Pop. 6,772
$2,296/mo
+5.7%
→25
Plymouth Meeting
Pop. 7,502
$2,270/mo
+5.6%
→26
Warminster
$2,242/mo
—
→27
Kennett Square
Pop. 6,243
$2,225/mo
-6.5%
→28
West Chester
Pop. 20,666
$2,201/mo
+6.9%
→29
Macungie
Pop. 3,274
$2,196/mo
+10.7%
→30
Wayne
Pop. 6,635
$2,180/mo
+9.7%
→31
Fairview
Pop. 1,742
$2,163/mo
—
→32
Phoenixville
Pop. 19,452
$2,138/mo
+7.3%
→33
Wexford
$2,135/mo
+14.3%
→34
Fogelsville
$2,126/mo
—
→35
Tobyhanna
$2,115/mo
—
→36
King of Prussia
Pop. 25,857
$2,111/mo
+5.1%
→37
Huntingdon Valley
$2,108/mo
—
→38
Hummelstown
Pop. 4,527
$2,095/mo
+17.5%
→39
Willow Grove
Pop. 14,131
$2,004/mo
-0.7%
→40
Lansdale
Pop. 19,011
$1,997/mo
+4.4%
→41
Warrington
$1,991/mo
—
→42
Devon
Pop. 1,806
$1,988/mo
—
→43
Nazareth
Pop. 6,043
$1,982/mo
—
→44
Ambler
Pop. 6,847
$1,977/mo
+5.5%
→45
Mechanicsburg
Pop. 9,720
$1,971/mo
+8.2%
→46
Thorndale
Pop. 3,854
$1,958/mo
—
→47
West Reading
Pop. 4,562
$1,956/mo
—
→48
Pottstown
Pop. 23,476
$1,954/mo
+41.8%
→49
Royersford
Pop. 4,945
$1,944/mo
-0.6%
→50
Hershey
Pop. 14,242
$1,941/mo
—
→51
Elkins Park
Pop. 7,213
$1,939/mo
+8.0%
→52
Bath
Pop. 2,864
$1,938/mo
—
→53
Easton
Pop. 29,739
$1,935/mo
+11.8%
→54
Murrysville
Pop. 20,817
$1,917/mo
—
→55
Bethlehem
Pop. 77,956
$1,916/mo
+8.9%
→56
Wyomissing
Pop. 11,172
$1,915/mo
+33.7%
→57
Harleysville
Pop. 9,090
$1,914/mo
—
→58
Lititz
Pop. 9,619
$1,898/mo
—
→59
East Stroudsburg
Pop. 9,319
$1,898/mo
+2.8%
→60
Linwood
Pop. 3,921
$1,895/mo
—
→61
Cranberry Township
$1,892/mo
+1.8%
→62
Whitehall
Pop. 14,811
$1,891/mo
—
→63
State College
Pop. 41,050
$1,888/mo
+17.2%
→64
Levittown
Pop. 50,926
$1,881/mo
+2.7%
→65
Bensalem
$1,880/mo
+15.3%
→66
Quakertown
Pop. 9,319
$1,853/mo
+9.5%
→67
Wyncote
Pop. 3,389
$1,821/mo
+2.9%
→68
Philadelphia
Pop. 1,579,706
$1,814/mo
+6.5%
→69
Northampton
Pop. 10,400
$1,812/mo
+6.3%
→70
Brookhaven
Pop. 8,331
$1,806/mo
—
→71
North Wales
Pop. 3,440
$1,800/mo
-4.0%
→72
Perkasie
Pop. 9,216
$1,795/mo
—
→73
Clarks Summit
Pop. 5,073
$1,780/mo
—
→74
Red Lion
Pop. 6,516
$1,767/mo
+16.3%
→75
Norristown
Pop. 35,893
$1,763/mo
+2.4%
→76
Glenside
Pop. 7,659
$1,748/mo
—
→77
Allentown
Pop. 125,976
$1,732/mo
+4.0%
→78
Coatesville
Pop. 13,353
$1,725/mo
-4.6%
→79
Horsham
Pop. 16,005
$1,705/mo
+11.3%
→80
Marcus Hook
Pop. 2,102
$1,704/mo
-3.1%
→81
Stroudsburg
Pop. 5,894
$1,700/mo
—
→82
Enola
Pop. 6,534
$1,689/mo
+2.5%
→83
Morrisville
Pop. 1,082
$1,678/mo
—
→84
Souderton
Pop. 7,181
$1,675/mo
—
→85
Emmaus
Pop. 11,889
$1,662/mo
+1.2%
→86
Jenkintown
Pop. 4,727
$1,659/mo
+6.1%
→87
Hatfield
Pop. 3,502
$1,654/mo
-3.5%
→88
Mount Wolf
Pop. 1,108
$1,653/mo
—
→89
Abington
$1,651/mo
—
→90
Spring City
Pop. 3,657
$1,641/mo
—
→91
Canonsburg
Pop. 9,675
$1,635/mo
+1.1%
→92
Douglassville
Pop. 279
$1,605/mo
—
→93
Darby
Pop. 10,687
$1,594/mo
—
→94
Pittsburgh
Pop. 304,759
$1,593/mo
+7.1%
→95
Palmyra
Pop. 7,755
$1,578/mo
—
→96
Lancaster
Pop. 57,719
$1,552/mo
+2.8%
→97
Bethel Park
Pop. 32,881
$1,548/mo
+15.9%
→98
Akron
Pop. 4,143
$1,545/mo
—
→99
Lewisburg
Pop. 5,257
$1,532/mo
—
→100
Munhall
Pop. 10,548
$1,513/mo
+13.0%
→101
Prospect Park
Pop. 6,417
$1,509/mo
—
→102
Carlisle
Pop. 21,852
$1,508/mo
-4.3%
→103
Clifton Heights
Pop. 6,832
$1,507/mo
+2.5%
→104
Coraopolis
Pop. 5,417
$1,507/mo
+8.8%
→105
Allison Park
Pop. 22,045
$1,500/mo
—
→106
Irwin
Pop. 3,831
$1,498/mo
+17.9%
→107
Camp Hill
Pop. 8,169
$1,491/mo
+6.8%
→108
Manheim
Pop. 5,027
$1,479/mo
-11.2%
→109
Kingston
Pop. 13,397
$1,476/mo
+16.1%
→110
Ridley Park
Pop. 7,261
$1,475/mo
—
→111
Lansdowne
Pop. 11,122
$1,458/mo
—
→112
Drexel Hill
Pop. 30,451
$1,442/mo
-8.4%
→113
Turtle Creek
Pop. 5,007
$1,442/mo
—
→114
Glenolden
Pop. 7,220
$1,434/mo
—
→115
Hazleton
Pop. 30,111
$1,433/mo
—
→116
Clairton
Pop. 6,044
$1,433/mo
+18.1%
→117
Danville
Pop. 4,217
$1,433/mo
—
→118
Elizabethtown
Pop. 11,925
$1,416/mo
+15.9%
→119
Reading
Pop. 95,242
$1,395/mo
+1.4%
→120
South Park
$1,393/mo
-4.5%
→121
Waynesboro
Pop. 11,047
$1,380/mo
—
→122
McKees Rocks
Pop. 5,786
$1,369/mo
+3.9%
→123
York
Pop. 44,938
$1,366/mo
+6.5%
→124
Boyertown
Pop. 4,287
$1,365/mo
—
→125
Brentwood
Pop. 9,866
$1,364/mo
+16.2%
→126
Harrisburg
Pop. 50,287
$1,361/mo
+3.0%
→127
Wilkes-Barre
Pop. 44,423
$1,358/mo
+7.1%
→128
Chambersburg
Pop. 22,319
$1,352/mo
+11.8%
→129
Lebanon
Pop. 26,536
$1,348/mo
+0.8%
→130
Verona
Pop. 2,524
$1,347/mo
—
→131
Upper Darby
$1,347/mo
+8.1%
→132
Myerstown
Pop. 3,124
$1,345/mo
—
→133
Carnegie
Pop. 7,978
$1,343/mo
+6.1%
→134
Bellefonte
Pop. 6,009
$1,343/mo
—
→135
Ephrata
Pop. 13,772
$1,340/mo
+3.6%
→136
Aliquippa
Pop. 9,079
$1,336/mo
+0.8%
→137
Mount Joy
Pop. 8,344
$1,336/mo
-15.7%
→138
Hanover
Pop. 16,584
$1,334/mo
-1.6%
→139
Newville
Pop. 1,283
$1,325/mo
—
→140
Middletown
Pop. 7,628
$1,322/mo
+3.9%
→141
Collingdale
Pop. 8,897
$1,321/mo
—
→142
Lemoyne
Pop. 4,742
$1,319/mo
—
→143
Scranton
Pop. 76,033
$1,315/mo
+4.8%
→144
Bangor
Pop. 5,163
$1,313/mo
—
→145
Monroeville
Pop. 28,295
$1,312/mo
+4.8%
→146
Chester
Pop. 33,619
$1,299/mo
-1.4%
→147
Columbia
Pop. 10,278
$1,291/mo
+8.7%
→148
Homestead
Pop. 2,874
$1,285/mo
—
→149
Tamaqua
Pop. 6,924
$1,283/mo
—
→150
Bridgeville
Pop. 4,686
$1,276/mo
—
→151
Shippensburg
Pop. 5,620
$1,264/mo
—
→152
Gettysburg
Pop. 8,254
$1,247/mo
—
→153
Pottsville
Pop. 13,364
$1,236/mo
+5.8%
→154
Beaver
Pop. 4,374
$1,170/mo
—
→155
Greensburg
Pop. 14,741
$1,169/mo
+3.4%
→156
Oakmont
Pop. 6,702
$1,160/mo
—
→157
Bloomsburg
Pop. 13,024
$1,157/mo
+19.2%
→158
Jeannette
Pop. 8,657
$1,157/mo
—
→159
Altoona
Pop. 43,196
$1,138/mo
+29.0%
→160
Millvale
Pop. 3,299
$1,135/mo
—
→161
Monaca
Pop. 5,519
$1,124/mo
—
→162
Pittston
Pop. 7,626
$1,119/mo
—
→163
Crum Lynne
$1,100/mo
—
→164
Farrell
Pop. 4,199
$1,095/mo
—
→165
Etna
Pop. 3,364
$1,063/mo
—
→166
DuBois
Pop. 7,402
$1,045/mo
—
→167
Erie
Pop. 93,850
$1,036/mo
+2.4%
→168
McKeesport
Pop. 17,380
$1,031/mo
-6.9%
→169
Beaver Falls
Pop. 8,850
$1,024/mo
+20.2%
→170
Sharon
Pop. 12,936
$1,023/mo
—
→171
Dallastown
Pop. 4,185
$1,013/mo
—
→172
Butler
Pop. 13,212
$1,011/mo
+6.4%
→173
New Kensington
Pop. 12,011
$1,011/mo
—
→174
Latrobe
Pop. 7,977
$1,011/mo
+6.9%
→175
Uniontown
Pop. 9,742
$985/mo
—
→176
Indiana
Pop. 14,212
$976/mo
+33.0%
→177
Williamsport
Pop. 27,612
$964/mo
+0.2%
→178
Arnold
Pop. 538
$950/mo
—
→179
Rochester
Pop. 3,422
$944/mo
—
→180
Washington
Pop. 13,368
$940/mo
-15.8%
→181
New Castle
Pop. 21,579
$933/mo
-9.5%
→182
Lock Haven
Pop. 8,447
$890/mo
+10.4%
→183
Ambridge
Pop. 6,890
$872/mo
—
→184
Meadville
Pop. 12,577
$871/mo
—
→185
Johnstown
Pop. 18,087
$864/mo
+12.1%
→186
Vandergrift
Pop. 5,011
$850/mo
—
→187
Grove City
Pop. 7,830
$772/mo
—
→Pennsylvania rent questions
What is the average rent in Pennsylvania?
The average median rent across 167 tracked cities in Pennsylvania is $1,661/mo, about 15% below the national median of $1,965/mo.
Which Pennsylvania city has the highest rent?
Newtown Square has the highest median rent in Pennsylvania at $2,946/mo.
Which Pennsylvania city has the most affordable rent?
Grove City is the most affordable tracked city in Pennsylvania, with a median rent of $772/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in Pennsylvania?
Across Pennsylvania cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +6.5% over the past year.
How does Pennsylvania rent compare to the rest of the country?
45 of 187 tracked Pennsylvania cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,965/mo, and 142 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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