Could you make rent in these towns? Here's the 50 most expensive places to rent in PA
Editor's note: The data used in this analysis was supplied by the U.S. Census' five-year American Community Survey. The ACS includes rough estimates of median rent data at the municipal level, and actual values may be slightly different. Median gross rent includes the contract rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities.
Almost 60% of Pennsylvania's 3.42 million renters were paying hundreds more than state's median gross rent of $1,013 a month in 2021, according to census data.
The median rent in Aleppo Township, Allegheny County, a municipality of only about 1,547 people, was about $3,177 a month — the highest median rent in the entire state.
The suburban counties around Philadelphia make up half of the 50 most expensive towns to rent in Pennsylvania, with 14 towns in Chester County alone and all 50 towns paying at least $700 more than the state median rent.
Here are the 50 most expensive towns to rent a home in Pennsylvania, and how many renters lived there in 2021.
1. Aleppo Township, Allegheny County
Median Gross Rent: $3,177Population living in rentals: 691
2. Pennsbury Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $3,113Population living in rentals: 370
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3. Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $2,667Population living in rentals: 547
4. Valencia Borough, Butler County
Median Gross Rent: $2,573Population living in rentals: 275
5. Sugarcreek Township, Armstrong County
Median Gross Rent: $2,568Population living in rentals: 140
6. East Bradford Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $2,539Population living in rentals: 999
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7. Rose Valley Borough, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $2,438Population living in rentals: 17
8. West Bradford Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $2,438Population living in rentals: 1,133
9. Edgmont Township, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $2,353Population living in rentals: 711
10. Cornwall Borough, Lebanon County
Median Gross Rent: $2,352Population living in rentals: 895
11. West Donegal Township, Lancaster County
Median Gross Rent: $2,255Population living in rentals: 1,523
12. Wrightstown Township, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $2,250Population living in rentals: 568
13. Worcester Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $2,211Population living in rentals: 935
14. Churchill Borough, Allegheny County
Median Gross Rent: $2,197Population living in rentals: 247
15. Thornbury Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $2,178Population living in rentals: 716
16. Buckingham Township, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $2,167Population living in rentals: 893
17. Upper Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $2,110Population living in rentals: 774
18. Middletown Township, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $2,097Population living in rentals: 2,568
19. Freemansburg Borough, Northampton County
Median Gross Rent: $2,055Population living in rentals: 942
20. Chester Heights Borough, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $2,040Population living in rentals: 941
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21. West Pikeland Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $2,028Population living in rentals: 130
22. Charlestown Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $2,026Population living in rentals: 369
23. West Vincent Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $2,002Population living in rentals: 597
24. Bethel Township, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $1,974Population living in rentals: 262
25. Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $1,973Population living in rentals: 3,311
26. Upper Frederick Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $1,969Population living in rentals: 397
27. Concord Township, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $1,963Population living in rentals: 3,063
28. Richland Township, Allegheny County
Median Gross Rent: $1,956Population living in rentals: 924
29. Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $1,943Population living in rentals: 1,507
30. Solebury Township, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $1,915Population living in rentals: 776
31. Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $1,910Population living in rentals: 3,980
32. Westtown Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $1,901Population living in rentals: 1,514
33. Franklin Park Borough, Allegheny County
Median Gross Rent: $1,894Population living in rentals: 1,525
34. Highland Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $1,891Population living in rentals: 199
35. Franconia Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $1,874Population living in rentals: 1,446
36. Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $1,868Population living in rentals: 537
37. Thornbury Township, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $1,857Population living in rentals: 137
38. Whitpain Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $1,856Population living in rentals: 3,401
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39. West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County
Median Gross Rent: $1,847Population living in rentals: 3,942
40. West Whiteland Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $1,834Population living in rentals: 5,266
41. Conshohocken Borough, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $1,818Population living in rentals: 3,982
42. Newtown Township, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $1,801Population living in rentals: 2,286
43. East Whiteland Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $1,797Population living in rentals: 4,257
44. Chalfont Borough, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $1,787Population living in rentals: 722
45. Malvern Borough, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $1,784Population living in rentals: 1,370
46. Bedminster Township, Bucks County
Median Gross Rent: $1,778Population living in rentals: 540
47. Montgomery Township, Montgomery County
Median Gross Rent: $1,771Population living in rentals: 2,052
48. Adams Township, Butler County
Median Gross Rent: $1,769Population living in rentals: 1,129
49. Valley Township, Chester County
Median Gross Rent: $1,759Population living in rentals: 1,785
50. Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County
Median Gross Rent: $1,753Population living in rentals: 374
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Highest rents in PA: How much will it cost to live in these towns?
