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State data • Updated March 2026

Pennsylvania rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Pennsylvania cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Pennsylvania at a glance

$1,469Median city rent (ZORI)
4.2%Unemployment
1,788Permits / month
19Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Pennsylvania cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
New Hope $3,550
Chalfont $3,073
Narberth $2,871
Mars $2,825
Yardley $2,677 +1.7%
Doylestown $2,616 +2.3%
Newtown $2,597 +3.0%
Coopersburg $2,517
Langhorne $2,432 +1.1%
Collegeville $2,384 -1.9%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Erie $1,074 +2.9%
Scranton $1,349 +5.6%
Harrisburg $1,359 +3.7%
Reading $1,426 +3.0%
Lancaster $1,539 +1.4%
Pittsburgh $1,554 +4.1%
Allentown $1,734 +4.5%
Philadelphia $1,758 +2.9%
Bethlehem $1,891 +3.7%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Pennsylvania cities

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

Compare cities in Pennsylvania

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