2008 Fair Market Rent in Pennsylvania

Average Fair Market Rent Prices in Pennsylvania:

Studio / Efficiency	1-Bedroom	2-Bedroom	3-Bedroom	4-Bedroom
$458	$517	$615	$782	$864
0-BR	1-BR	2-BR	3-BR	4-BR

Pennsylvania (38) has the 70th highest rent in the country out of 162 states and territories. The Fair Market Rent in Pennsylvania ranges from $546 for a 2-bedroom apartment in Armstrong County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area to $932 for a 2-bedroom unit in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.

For FY 2008, the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA (Bucks County) rent for a studio or efficiency is $682 per month and $1,327 per month to rent a house or an apartment with 4 bedrooms. The average Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom home in Pennsylvania is $615 per month.

Approximately 15% of Americans qualify for some level of housing assistance. The population in Pennsylvania is around 6,730,127 people. So, there are around 1,009,519 people in Pennsylvania who could be receiving housing benefits from the HUD.

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What is Fair Market Rent?

Fair Market Rent is determined each fiscal year by the HUD and is used to set payment standards for federal housing assistance programs in Pennsylvania. Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile of typical rentals in a given region. Learn more

Pennsylvania Fair Market Rent Map

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Lookup FMR by Zip Code FHA Loan Limits in Pennsylvania

County	0 BR	1 BR	2 BR	3 BR	4 BR	Est. Population
Adams County, PA	$513	$560	$670	$902	$1,000	91,292
Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$507	$557	$666	$828	$894	1,281,666
Armstrong County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$454	$494	$546	$699	$917	72,392
Bedford County, PA	$416	$472	$546	$652	$867	49,984
Reading, PA MSA Metro	$519	$580	$715	$956	$986	373,638
Altoona, PA MSA Metro	$439	$480	$581	$761	$786	129,144
Bradford County, PA	$355	$476	$546	$683	$836	62,761
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Metro	$682	$781	$932	$1,116	$1,327	597,635
Johnstown, PA MSA Metro	$437	$444	$546	$687	$787	152,598
Cameron County, PA	$456	$473	$548	$727	$781	5,974
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$566	$690	$816	$1,056	$1,117	58,802
State College, PA MSA Metro	$600	$669	$788	$942	$971	135,758
Clarion County, PA	$454	$493	$546	$697	$728	41,765
Clearfield County, PA	$416	$459	$546	$783	$923	83,382
Clinton County, PA	$493	$495	$596	$713	$733	37,914
Columbia County, PA	$441	$484	$589	$753	$893	64,151
Crawford County, PA	$435	$482	$546	$725	$828	90,366
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA Metro	$502	$573	$722	$911	$944	213,674
Elk County, PA	$455	$475	$546	$708	$856	35,112
Erie, PA MSA Metro	$433	$489	$631	$755	$858	280,843
Forest County, PA	$455	$483	$546	$708	$728	4,946
Franklin County, PA	$425	$483	$610	$803	$984	129,313
Fulton County, PA	$364	$464	$546	$673	$787	14,261
Greene County, PA	$453	$483	$546	$652	$672	40,672
Huntingdon County, PA	$355	$440	$546	$705	$726	45,586
Indiana County, PA	$485	$505	$584	$697	$763	89,605
Jefferson County, PA	$371	$459	$546	$723	$745	45,932
Juniata County, PA	$421	$456	$549	$746	$770	22,821
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA Metro	$438	$522	$627	$795	$840	213,295
Lancaster, PA MSA Metro	$489	$581	$715	$907	$953	470,658
Lawrence County, PA	$397	$519	$610	$730	$856	94,643
Lebanon, PA MSA Metro	$418	$499	$643	$873	$900	120,327
Williamsport, PA MSA Metro	$424	$487	$587	$771	$792	120,044
McKean County, PA	$459	$483	$551	$738	$794	45,936
Sharon, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$457	$478	$583	$714	$785	120,293
Mifflin County, PA	$384	$445	$546	$709	$887	46,486
Monroe County, PA	$559	$690	$862	$1,101	$1,232	138,687
Montour County, PA	$488	$561	$645	$771	$796	18,236
Northumberland County, PA	$375	$489	$546	$676	$701	94,556
Pike County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro	$766	$797	$923	$1,250	$1,530	46,302
Potter County, PA	$454	$492	$546	$723	$744	18,080
Schuylkill County, PA	$364	$474	$546	$682	$750	150,336
Snyder County, PA	$380	$498	$586	$733	$791	37,546
Somerset County, PA	$454	$454	$546	$671	$710	80,023
Sullivan County, PA	$361	$483	$554	$694	$827	6,556
Susquehanna County, PA	$444	$483	$566	$680	$750	42,238
Tioga County, PA	$468	$514	$572	$752	$803	41,373
Union County, PA	$524	$546	$631	$829	$892	41,624
Venango County, PA	$419	$458	$546	$690	$782	57,565
Warren County, PA	$355	$456	$546	$709	$750	43,863
Wayne County, PA	$531	$533	$670	$837	$943	47,722
York-Hanover, PA MSA Metro	$489	$562	$713	$861	$893	381,751

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