U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 five-year estimates

Pennsylvania counties: highest renter cost burden | ACS 2024

Rank 67 Pennsylvania counties by available renter cost burden (30%+) estimates, highest to lowest; ACS 2024 five-year data.

Ranked observations

0 counties excluded for unavailable renter cost burden (30%+); ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest renter cost burden in Pennsylvania
RankCountyGEOIDRenter cost burden (30%+)
1Delaware County, Pennsylvania4204552.6%
2Centre County, Pennsylvania4202752.5%
3Monroe County, Pennsylvania4208952.2%
4Lehigh County, Pennsylvania4207752.0%
5Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania4210148.7%
6Berks County, Pennsylvania4201148.5%
7Northampton County, Pennsylvania4209547.3%
8Montgomery County, Pennsylvania4209146.3%
9Erie County, Pennsylvania4204945.8%
10Chester County, Pennsylvania4202945.7%
11Pike County, Pennsylvania4210345.5%
12Bucks County, Pennsylvania4201745.3%
13York County, Pennsylvania4213345.3%
14Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania4206944.4%
15Lawrence County, Pennsylvania4207344.2%
16Lancaster County, Pennsylvania4207144.0%
17Lebanon County, Pennsylvania4207543.8%
18Union County, Pennsylvania4211943.6%
19Allegheny County, Pennsylvania4200343.2%
20Indiana County, Pennsylvania4206343.2%
21Lycoming County, Pennsylvania4208143.2%
22Wayne County, Pennsylvania4212743.1%
23Dauphin County, Pennsylvania4204342.7%
24Luzerne County, Pennsylvania4207942.0%
25Bedford County, Pennsylvania4200941.2%
26Blair County, Pennsylvania4201341.2%
27Mercer County, Pennsylvania4208540.6%
28Adams County, Pennsylvania4200140.0%
29Clinton County, Pennsylvania4203539.6%
30Crawford County, Pennsylvania4203939.5%
31Cumberland County, Pennsylvania4204139.5%
32Venango County, Pennsylvania4212139.5%
33Cameron County, Pennsylvania4202339.0%
34Clarion County, Pennsylvania4203139.0%
35Butler County, Pennsylvania4201938.8%
36Carbon County, Pennsylvania4202538.7%
37Beaver County, Pennsylvania4200738.5%
38Franklin County, Pennsylvania4205538.4%
39Northumberland County, Pennsylvania4209738.4%
40Tioga County, Pennsylvania4211738.2%
41Perry County, Pennsylvania4209937.7%
42Jefferson County, Pennsylvania4206537.6%
43Armstrong County, Pennsylvania4200537.3%
44Snyder County, Pennsylvania4210937.3%
45Cambria County, Pennsylvania4202137.0%
46Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania4211536.7%
47Clearfield County, Pennsylvania4203336.6%
48Elk County, Pennsylvania4204736.3%
49Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania4210736.2%
50Washington County, Pennsylvania4212536.0%
51Columbia County, Pennsylvania4203735.9%
52Fayette County, Pennsylvania4205135.9%
53McKean County, Pennsylvania4208335.6%
54Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania4212934.9%
55Mifflin County, Pennsylvania4208734.7%
56Bradford County, Pennsylvania4201534.1%
57Montour County, Pennsylvania4209333.8%
58Somerset County, Pennsylvania4211133.3%
59Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania4206132.9%
60Greene County, Pennsylvania4205932.8%
61Potter County, Pennsylvania4210531.3%
62Wyoming County, Pennsylvania4213131.2%
63Warren County, Pennsylvania4212328.9%
64Fulton County, Pennsylvania4205727.7%
65Forest County, Pennsylvania4205324.5%
66Sullivan County, Pennsylvania4211324.5%
67Juniata County, Pennsylvania4206721.5%

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Pennsylvania bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Pennsylvania county map and full table.