Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)

Pike County had the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly) of 67 counties in 2022, at $1,048. Juniata County had the lowest, at $503. The median was $636. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,048Pike County
Median63667 counties

Map of counties, 2022

Adams County: 699 USDAllegheny County: 763 USDArmstrong County: 536 USDBeaver County: 763 USDBedford County: 589 USDBerks County: 690 USDBlair County: 552 USDBradford County: 650 USDBucks County: 940 USDButler County: 763 USDCambria County: 587 USDCameron County: 557 USDCarbon County: 834 USDCentre County: 1,039 USDChester County: 940 USDClarion County: 636 USDClearfield County: 542 USDClinton County: 561 USDColumbia County: 723 USDCrawford County: 514 USDCumberland County: 732 USDDauphin County: 732 USDDelaware County: 940 USDElk County: 503 USDErie County: 633 USDFayette County: 763 USDForest County: 599 USDFranklin County: 709 USDFulton County: 557 USDGreene County: 665 USDHuntingdon County: 585 USDIndiana County: 581 USDJefferson County: 558 USDJuniata County: 503 USDLackawanna County: 614 USDLancaster County: 783 USDLawrence County: 525 USDLebanon County: 737 USDLehigh County: 834 USDLuzerne County: 614 USDLycoming County: 709 USDMcKean County: 572 USDMercer County: 579 USDMifflin County: 530 USDMonroe County: 871 USDMontgomery County: 940 USDMontour County: 697 USDNorthampton County: 834 USDNorthumberland County: 548 USDPerry County: 732 USDPhiladelphia County: 940 USDPike County: 1,048 USDPotter County: 557 USDSchuylkill County: 588 USDSnyder County: 656 USDSomerset County: 629 USDSullivan County: 557 USDSusquehanna County: 565 USDTioga County: 549 USDUnion County: 613 USDVenango County: 534 USDWarren County: 603 USDWashington County: 763 USDWayne County: 651 USDWestmoreland County: 763 USDWyoming County: 614 USDYork County: 692 USD
  • Under 560
  • 560 to 590
  • 590 to 640
  • 640 to 720
  • 720 to 780
  • 780 and over
USD, 2022. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2022

Pike County: 1,048 USDPike County1,048Centre County: 1,039 USDCentre County1,039Bucks County: 940 USDBucks County940Chester County: 940 USDChester County940Delaware County: 940 USDDelaware County940Montgomery County: 940 USDMontgomery County940Philadelphia County: 940 USDPhiladelphia County940Monroe County: 871 USDMonroe County871Carbon County: 834 USDCarbon County834Lehigh County: 834 USDLehigh County834Northampton County: 834 USDNorthampton County834Lancaster County: 783 USDLancaster County783Allegheny County: 763 USDAllegheny County763Beaver County: 763 USDBeaver County763Butler County: 763 USDButler County763Fayette County: 763 USDFayette County763Washington County: 763 USDWashington County763Westmoreland County: 763 USDWestmoreland County763Lebanon County: 737 USDLebanon County737Cumberland County: 732 USDCumberland County732Dauphin County: 732 USDDauphin County732Perry County: 732 USDPerry County732Columbia County: 723 USDColumbia County723Franklin County: 709 USDFranklin County709Lycoming County: 709 USDLycoming County709Adams County: 699 USDAdams County699Montour County: 697 USDMontour County697York County: 692 USDYork County692Berks County: 690 USDBerks County690Greene County: 665 USDGreene County665Snyder County: 656 USDSnyder County656Wayne County: 651 USDWayne County651Bradford County: 650 USDBradford County650Clarion County: 636 USDClarion County636Erie County: 633 USDErie County633Somerset County: 629 USDSomerset County629Lackawanna County: 614 USDLackawanna County614Luzerne County: 614 USDLuzerne County614Wyoming County: 614 USDWyoming County614Union County: 613 USDUnion County613Pike County: 1,048 USDPike County1,048Centre County: 1,039 USDCentre County1,039Bucks County: 940 USDBucks County940Chester County: 940 USDChester County940Delaware County: 940 USDDelaware County940Montgomery County: 940 USDMontgomery County940Philadelphia County: 940 USDPhiladelphia County940Monroe County: 871 USDMonroe County871Carbon County: 834 USDCarbon County834Lehigh County: 834 USDLehigh County834Northampton County: 834 USDNorthampton County834Lancaster County: 783 USDLancaster County783Allegheny County: 763 USDAllegheny County763Beaver County: 763 USDBeaver County763Butler County: 763 USDButler County763Fayette County: 763 USDFayette County763Washington County: 763 USDWashington County763Westmoreland County: 763 USDWestmoreland County763Lebanon County: 737 USDLebanon County737Cumberland County: 732 USDCumberland County732Dauphin County: 732 USDDauphin County732Perry County: 732 USDPerry County732Columbia County: 723 USDColumbia County723Franklin County: 709 USDFranklin County709Lycoming County: 709 USDLycoming County709Adams County: 699 USDAdams County699Montour County: 697 USDMontour County697York County: 692 USDYork County692Berks County: 690 USDBerks County690Greene County: 665 USDGreene County665Snyder County: 656 USDSnyder County656Wayne County: 651 USDWayne County651Bradford County: 650 USDBradford County650Clarion County: 636 USDClarion County636Erie County: 633 USDErie County633Somerset County: 629 USDSomerset County629Lackawanna County: 614 USDLackawanna County614Luzerne County: 614 USDLuzerne County614Wyoming County: 614 USDWyoming County614Union County: 613 USDUnion County613
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2022
USD
Change on 2021
1Pike County1,048+1.4%
2Centre County1,039+20.1%
3Bucks County940+4.4%
3Chester County940+4.4%
3Delaware County940+4.4%
3Montgomery County940+4.4%
3Philadelphia County940+4.4%
8Monroe County871+5.7%
9Carbon County834+5.8%
9Lehigh County834+5.8%
9Northampton County834+5.8%
12Lancaster County783+14.5%
13Allegheny County763+6.9%
13Beaver County763+6.9%
13Butler County763+6.9%
13Fayette County763+6.9%
13Washington County763+6.9%
13Westmoreland County763+6.9%
19Lebanon County737+3.7%
20Cumberland County732+12.4%
20Dauphin County732+12.4%
20Perry County732+12.4%
23Columbia County723+3.3%
24Franklin County709+9.6%
24Lycoming County709+3.7%
26Adams County699+0.4%
27Montour County697+1.6%
28York County692+8.3%
29Berks County690+9.9%
30Greene County665+7.1%
31Snyder County656+7.9%
32Wayne County651-1.5%
33Bradford County650+8.9%
34Clarion County636+3.8%
35Erie County633+1.4%
36Somerset County629+5.4%
37Lackawanna County614+4.1%
37Luzerne County614+4.1%
37Wyoming County614+4.1%
40Union County613+4.6%
41Warren County603+2.2%
42Forest County599+11.5%
43Bedford County589+3.2%
44Schuylkill County588+2.4%
45Cambria County587+12%
46Huntingdon County585+2.5%
47Indiana County581-6%
48Mercer County579+4.7%
49McKean County572+4.8%
50Susquehanna County565+9.7%
51Clinton County561+5.5%
52Jefferson County558-1.2%
53Cameron County557+3.7%
53Fulton County557+3.7%
53Potter County557+1.5%
53Sullivan County557+3.7%
57Blair County552-3.8%
58Tioga County549+5.8%
59Northumberland County548+10.7%
60Clearfield County542+5.9%
61Armstrong County536+4.1%
62Venango County534-3.4%
63Mifflin County530+1.7%
64Lawrence County525+1.9%
65Crawford County514+1.2%
66Elk County503+5.2%
66Juniata County503+5.2%

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About this ranking

Monthly gross rent, in US dollars, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets for an efficiency (a unit with no separate bedroom) in the HUD area that contains the county.

More on how it is measured
  • Gross rent is the rent plus all utilities paid by the tenant except telephone, cable or satellite television and internet.
  • HUD sets Fair Market Rents at the 40th percentile of gross rents paid by recent movers for standard-quality rental units, from American Community Survey data brought forward to the fiscal year; until 2018 a few metropolitan areas were set at the 50th percentile.
  • They set payment standards for Housing Choice Vouchers and rent ceilings in other HUD programs.

A policy benchmark, not a measured rent: it is lower than the median rent by design and differs from the Census Bureau median gross rent. HUD sets one value per HUD area, a metropolitan area (sometimes split into HUD Metro FMR Areas) or a non-metropolitan county, so every county of a metropolitan area shows the same figure. Counties in the six New England states have no value, because HUD defines their areas by town and a county can span several areas. Where HUD splits off part of a county, the county value is the rest of the county: Howard County, Maryland, without Columbia until FY2015, and Crawford County, Missouri, without its part of Sullivan. The year is HUD's federal fiscal year: FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2022). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2022. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 28 Feb. 2022, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2022. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2022) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: efficiency, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly), 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2022/FY22_FMRs_revised.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-efficiency/pennsylvania-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Pike County, with $1,048 in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Which county has the lowest fair Market Rent, efficiency (HUD, monthly)?

Juniata County, with $503 in 2022.

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