Average Rent in Pennsylvania (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Pennsylvania is $1,474 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $1,810 across 52 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, Pennsylvania's typical two-bedroom FMR moved +3.9% versus FY 2025).
All 52 Pennsylvania FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 18 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2025" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Metro 5 countiesBucks County · Chester County · Delaware County · Montgomery County · Philadelphia County | $1,397 | $1,520 | $1,810 | $2,170 | $2,423 | +0.4% |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 3 countiesCarbon County · Lehigh County · Northampton County | $1,130 | $1,341 | $1,634 | $2,087 | $2,195 | +8.4% |
| Reading, PA MSA Metro | $1,086 | $1,237 | $1,575 | $1,937 | $2,085 | +16.4% |
| Monroe County, PA Non-metro | $1,085 | $1,165 | $1,529 | $1,974 | $2,203 | — |
| Lancaster, PA MSA Metro | $1,102 | $1,220 | $1,526 | $1,980 | $2,020 | +9.5% |
| Pike County, PA Non-metro | $1,143 | $1,205 | $1,496 | $2,063 | $2,510 | — |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA Metro 3 countiesCumberland County · Dauphin County · Perry County | $1,058 | $1,212 | $1,493 | $1,920 | $1,977 | +8.9% |
| Lebanon, PA MSA Metro | $1,035 | $1,112 | $1,411 | $1,797 | $1,959 | +11.2% |
| State College, PA MSA Metro | $1,187 | $1,194 | $1,406 | $1,760 | $1,862 | -1.7% |
| Chambersburg, PA MSA Metro | $1,014 | $1,119 | $1,379 | $1,825 | $1,991 | +15.6% |
| Gettysburg, PA MSA Metro | $1,006 | $1,099 | $1,374 | $1,834 | $1,939 | +6.6% |
| Montour County, PA Non-metro | $946 | $1,046 | $1,372 | $1,873 | $2,061 | — |
| York-Hanover, PA MSA Metro | $925 | $1,060 | $1,335 | $1,796 | $1,850 | -0.5% |
Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro 6 countiesAllegheny County · Beaver County · Butler County · Fayette County · Washington County · Westmoreland County | $1,001 | $1,077 | $1,299 | $1,661 | $1,789 | +1.5% |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA Metro 3 countiesLackawanna County · Luzerne County · Wyoming County | $863 | $1,028 | $1,252 | $1,631 | $1,766 | +11.5% |
| Erie, PA MSA Metro | $836 | $945 | $1,212 | $1,499 | $1,683 | +8.4% |
| Williamsport, PA MSA Metro | $824 | $995 | $1,195 | $1,586 | $1,737 | +6.2% |
| Columbia County, PA Non-metro | $786 | $941 | $1,140 | $1,367 | $1,572 | — |
| Altoona, PA MSA Metro | $802 | $948 | $1,138 | $1,458 | $1,705 | +7.2% |
| Wayne County, PA Non-metro | $824 | $927 | $1,132 | $1,417 | $1,899 | +3.9% |
| Greene County, PA Non-metro | $830 | $835 | $1,096 | $1,314 | $1,451 | +12.9% |
| Bradford County, PA Non-metro | $838 | $844 | $1,066 | $1,341 | $1,522 | +10.4% |
| Snyder County, PA Non-metro | $770 | $894 | $1,059 | $1,321 | $1,566 | +12.1% |
| Tioga County, PA Non-metro | $725 | $826 | $1,051 | $1,362 | $1,405 | +8.2% |
| Susquehanna County, PA Non-metro | $760 | $805 | $1,045 | $1,342 | $1,409 | +6.6% |
| Johnstown, PA MSA Metro | $840 | $846 | $1,035 | $1,431 | $1,484 | +10.7% |
| Schuylkill County, PA Non-metro | $727 | $786 | $1,030 | $1,341 | $1,409 | +8.3% |
| Lawrence County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $705 | $780 | $1,023 | $1,423 | $1,610 | — |
| Armstrong County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $691 | $767 | $1,002 | $1,300 | $1,399 | -1.9% |
| Union County, PA Non-metro | $728 | $913 | $1,001 | $1,392 | $1,679 | +8.7% |
| Mercer County, PA Non-metro | $704 | $792 | $996 | $1,385 | $1,538 | — |
| Clinton County, PA Non-metro | $770 | $775 | $995 | $1,258 | $1,669 | -0.8% |
| Cameron County, PA Non-metro | $714 | $748 | $981 | $1,179 | $1,453 | +8.0% |
| Indiana County, PA Non-metro | $763 | $851 | $981 | $1,329 | $1,510 | +8.0% |
| Clearfield County, PA Non-metro | $721 | $779 | $975 | $1,289 | $1,293 | +7.4% |
| Bedford County, PA Non-metro | $677 | $742 | $973 | $1,226 | $1,476 | +7.2% |
| Clarion County, PA Non-metro | $757 | $762 | $973 | $1,182 | $1,632 | +6.3% |
| Crawford County, PA Non-metro | $723 | $787 | $973 | $1,306 | $1,476 | +7.2% |
| Elk County, PA Non-metro | $708 | $825 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +7.2% |
| Forest County, PA Non-metro | $708 | $888 | $973 | $1,236 | $1,632 | +7.2% |
| Fulton County, PA Non-metro | $708 | $751 | $973 | $1,167 | $1,548 | +7.2% |
| Huntingdon County, PA Non-metro | $790 | $833 | $973 | $1,320 | $1,632 | +7.2% |
| Jefferson County, PA Non-metro | $671 | $768 | $973 | $1,197 | $1,379 | +7.0% |
| Juniata County, PA Non-metro | $680 | $742 | $973 | $1,250 | $1,478 | +7.2% |
| McKean County, PA Non-metro | $708 | $832 | $973 | $1,219 | $1,447 | +7.2% |
| Mifflin County, PA Non-metro | $770 | $786 | $973 | $1,283 | $1,288 | +7.2% |
| Northumberland County, PA Non-metro | $671 | $843 | $973 | $1,241 | $1,288 | +7.2% |
| Potter County, PA Non-metro | $708 | $742 | $973 | $1,223 | $1,352 | +7.2% |
| Somerset County, PA Non-metro | $830 | $835 | $973 | $1,307 | $1,469 | +7.2% |
| Sullivan County, PA Non-metro | $708 | $775 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,595 | +7.2% |
| Venango County, PA Non-metro | $671 | $742 | $973 | $1,221 | $1,393 | +7.2% |
| Warren County, PA Non-metro | $809 | $814 | $973 | $1,304 | $1,363 | +7.2% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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