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Average Rent in Pennsylvania (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents

HUD data · effective Oct 1, 2026 Pennsylvania landlord-tenant laws →

The average two-bedroom rent in Pennsylvania is $1,528 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $1,014 to $1,860 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 +3.5% versus FY 2026).

All 52 Pennsylvania FMR areas

Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 18 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.

Area Studio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR 2 BR vs FY 2026
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Metro
5 counties Bucks County · Chester County · Delaware County · Montgomery County · Philadelphia County
$1,438$1,558$1,860$2,216$2,445 +2.8%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
3 counties Carbon County · Lehigh County · Northampton County
$1,302$1,519$1,839$2,306$2,482 +12.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA Metro
3 counties Cumberland County · Dauphin County · Perry County
$1,166$1,285$1,598$2,055$2,100 +7.0%
Lancaster, PA MSA Metro $1,152$1,256$1,553$1,978$2,041 +1.8%
Monroe County, PA Non-metro $1,258$1,266$1,550$2,115$2,591 +1.4%
State College, PA MSA Metro $1,274$1,282$1,537$1,977$2,020 +9.3%
Pike County, PA Non-metro $1,123$1,266$1,521$2,106$2,542 +1.7%
Montour County, PA Non-metro $1,000$1,098$1,436$1,988$1,991 +4.7%
Reading, PA MSA Metro $978$1,114$1,418$1,744$1,877 -10.0%
Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
6 counties Allegheny County · Beaver County · Butler County · Fayette County · Washington County · Westmoreland County
$1,075$1,146$1,389$1,773$1,925 +6.9%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA Metro
3 counties Lackawanna County · Luzerne County · Wyoming County
$949$1,106$1,363$1,786$1,962 +8.9%
Gettysburg, PA MSA Metro $1,047$1,063$1,354$1,830$1,957 -1.5%
Lebanon, PA MSA Metro $991$1,071$1,353$1,742$1,894 -4.1%
York-Hanover, PA MSA Metro $951$1,042$1,327$1,757$1,846 -0.6%
Chambersburg, PA MSA Metro $923$1,071$1,325$1,770$1,900 -3.9%
Williamsport, PA MSA Metro $847$1,005$1,217$1,623$1,792 +1.8%
Wayne County, PA Non-metro $874$1,008$1,184$1,509$1,979 +4.6%
Altoona, PA MSA Metro $805$959$1,151$1,477$1,708 +1.1%
Columbia County, PA Non-metro $791$926$1,136$1,370$1,559 -0.4%
Greene County, PA Non-metro $862$868$1,135$1,352$1,492 +3.6%
Bradford County, PA Non-metro $843$849$1,100$1,356$1,531 +3.2%
Lawrence County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $763$844$1,095$1,516$1,682 +7.0%
Erie, PA MSA Metro $753$851$1,091$1,350$1,564 -10.0%
Snyder County, PA Non-metro $755$865$1,084$1,372$1,551 +2.4%
Schuylkill County, PA Non-metro $744$816$1,068$1,392$1,443 +3.7%
Susquehanna County, PA Non-metro $783$820$1,060$1,386$1,451 +1.4%
Tioga County, PA Non-metro $728$812$1,045$1,323$1,379 -0.6%
Armstrong County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $726$816$1,043$1,366$1,430 +4.1%
Mercer County, PA Non-metro $716$810$1,028$1,423$1,615 +3.2%
Union County, PA Non-metro $759$944$1,028$1,423$1,718 +2.7%
Bedford County, PA Non-metro $737$780$1,014$1,286$1,526 +4.2%
Cameron County, PA Non-metro $749$775$1,014$1,265$1,390 +3.4%
Clarion County, PA Non-metro $781$786$1,014$1,208$1,695 +4.2%
Clearfield County, PA Non-metro $728$802$1,014$1,328$1,333 +4.0%
Clinton County, PA Non-metro $778$788$1,014$1,326$1,671 +1.9%
Crawford County, PA Non-metro $780$853$1,014$1,395$1,532 +4.2%
Elk County, PA Non-metro $749$879$1,014$1,328$1,333 +4.2%
Forest County, PA Non-metro $749$931$1,014$1,312$1,500 +4.2%
Fulton County, PA Non-metro $749$775$1,014$1,208$1,500 +4.2%
Huntingdon County, PA Non-metro $822$892$1,014$1,404$1,695 +4.2%
Indiana County, PA Non-metro $738$864$1,014$1,396$1,525 +3.4%
Jefferson County, PA Non-metro $706$807$1,014$1,301$1,438 +4.2%
Johnstown, PA MSA Metro $832$837$1,014$1,404$1,429 -2.0%
Juniata County, PA Non-metro $732$780$1,014$1,270$1,495 +4.2%
McKean County, PA Non-metro $749$891$1,014$1,232$1,521 +4.2%
Mifflin County, PA Non-metro $821$826$1,014$1,328$1,333 +4.2%
Northumberland County, PA Non-metro $729$899$1,014$1,320$1,408 +4.2%
Potter County, PA Non-metro $770$775$1,014$1,293$1,376 +4.2%
Somerset County, PA Non-metro $749$848$1,014$1,343$1,559 +4.2%
Sullivan County, PA Non-metro $749$793$1,014$1,362$1,665 +4.2%
Venango County, PA Non-metro $706$775$1,014$1,276$1,429 +4.2%
Warren County, PA Non-metro $839$844$1,014$1,349$1,446 +4.2%

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About this data

Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, 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, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. 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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