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Average Fair Market Rent Prices in Pennsylvania:
$472 $533 $633 $806 $890
Studio / Efficiency 1-Bedroom 2-Bedroom 3-Bedroom 4-Bedroom
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 $561 for a 2-bedroom apartment in Armstrong County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area to $1,005 for a 2-bedroom unit in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA.

For FY 2009, the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA (Bucks County) rent for a studio or efficiency is $736 per month and $1,431 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 $633 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
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County 0 BR 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR Est. Population
Adams County, PA $526 $575 $688 $926 $1,027 91,292
Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $541 $594 $710 $883 $953 1,281,666
Armstrong County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $467 $507 $561 $718 $942 72,392
Bedford County, PA $427 $485 $561 $670 $890 49,984
Reading, PA MSA Metro $532 $594 $733 $980 $1,011 373,638
Altoona, PA MSA Metro $450 $493 $596 $781 $806 129,144
Bradford County, PA $365 $489 $561 $702 $859 62,761
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA Metro $736 $842 $1,005 $1,203 $1,431 597,635
Johnstown, PA MSA Metro $449 $457 $561 $706 $809 152,598
Cameron County, PA $469 $486 $563 $747 $803 5,974
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $592 $721 $853 $1,104 $1,168 58,802
State College, PA MSA Metro $616 $687 $809 $967 $997 135,758
Clarion County, PA $466 $507 $561 $716 $748 41,765
Clearfield County, PA $427 $472 $561 $804 $949 83,382
Clinton County, PA $507 $508 $612 $733 $753 37,914
Columbia County, PA $452 $496 $604 $773 $916 64,151
Crawford County, PA $447 $495 $561 $744 $850 90,366
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA MSA Metro $531 $607 $764 $964 $999 213,674
Elk County, PA $467 $488 $561 $727 $879 35,112
Erie, PA MSA Metro $445 $502 $648 $775 $881 280,843
Forest County, PA $467 $496 $561 $727 $748 4,946
Franklin County, PA $436 $496 $626 $824 $1,010 129,313
Fulton County, PA $374 $477 $561 $692 $809 14,261
Greene County, PA $466 $496 $561 $670 $690 40,672
Huntingdon County, PA $365 $452 $561 $725 $746 45,586
Indiana County, PA $499 $519 $600 $716 $784 89,605
Jefferson County, PA $381 $472 $561 $743 $766 45,932
Juniata County, PA $432 $468 $563 $765 $789 22,821
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA Metro $443 $529 $635 $805 $850 213,295
Lancaster, PA MSA Metro $527 $626 $771 $978 $1,028 470,658
Lawrence County, PA $408 $532 $626 $749 $879 94,643
Lebanon, PA MSA Metro $429 $512 $660 $896 $923 120,327
Williamsport, PA MSA Metro $436 $500 $603 $792 $814 120,044
McKean County, PA $471 $495 $565 $757 $814 45,936
Sharon, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $459 $480 $585 $717 $787 120,293
Mifflin County, PA $395 $457 $561 $728 $912 46,486
Monroe County, PA $574 $707 $884 $1,129 $1,263 138,687
Montour County, PA $501 $575 $662 $792 $817 18,236
Northumberland County, PA $385 $503 $561 $695 $720 94,556
Pike County, PA HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $786 $817 $947 $1,282 $1,570 46,302
Potter County, PA $466 $506 $561 $743 $765 18,080
Schuylkill County, PA $374 $488 $561 $701 $770 150,336
Snyder County, PA $390 $512 $602 $753 $813 37,546
Somerset County, PA $466 $466 $561 $689 $729 80,023
Sullivan County, PA $370 $496 $569 $713 $849 6,556
Susquehanna County, PA $456 $496 $581 $698 $770 42,238
Tioga County, PA $481 $528 $587 $771 $824 41,373
Union County, PA $538 $561 $648 $851 $916 41,624
Venango County, PA $431 $471 $561 $709 $804 57,565
Warren County, PA $365 $468 $561 $728 $771 43,863
Wayne County, PA $545 $548 $688 $859 $969 47,722
York-Hanover, PA MSA Metro $502 $577 $732 $884 $916 381,751

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