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Comparing Allentown vs Coatesville vs Northampton vs Mechanicsburg

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Headline numbers

Allentown

PA

$1,734

YoY change
+4.5%
Vacancy
3.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
56.8%

Coatesville

PA

$1,878

YoY change
+4.9%
Vacancy
3.5%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
60.0%

Northampton

PA

$1,698

YoY change
+1.2%
Vacancy
14.7%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
29.6%

Mechanicsburg

PA

$1,853

YoY change
+1.3%
Vacancy
0.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
30.4%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Allentown vs Coatesville vs Northampton vs Mechanicsburg

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric AllentownCoatesvilleNorthamptonMechanicsburg
Median household income $55,494$59,256$90,762$84,421
Median age 33.135.74340.1
Renter household share 56.8%60.0%29.6%30.4%
YoY rent change +4.5%+4.9%+1.2%+1.3%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.