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

Pike County had the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly) of 67 counties in 2019, at $1,744. Venango County had the lowest, at $867. The median was $1,015. Source: the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

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Highest1,744Pike County
Median1,01567 counties

Map of counties, 2019

Adams County: 1,266 USDAllegheny County: 1,137 USDArmstrong County: 931 USDBeaver County: 1,137 USDBedford County: 867 USDBerks County: 1,295 USDBlair County: 997 USDBradford County: 1,026 USDBucks County: 1,503 USDButler County: 1,137 USDCambria County: 911 USDCameron County: 867 USDCarbon County: 1,464 USDCentre County: 1,440 USDChester County: 1,503 USDClarion County: 867 USDClearfield County: 903 USDClinton County: 964 USDColumbia County: 1,034 USDCrawford County: 867 USDCumberland County: 1,296 USDDauphin County: 1,296 USDDelaware County: 1,503 USDElk County: 912 USDErie County: 1,027 USDFayette County: 1,137 USDForest County: 897 USDFranklin County: 1,188 USDFulton County: 919 USDGreene County: 877 USDHuntingdon County: 931 USDIndiana County: 965 USDJefferson County: 883 USDJuniata County: 867 USDLackawanna County: 1,007 USDLancaster County: 1,386 USDLawrence County: 911 USDLebanon County: 1,186 USDLehigh County: 1,464 USDLuzerne County: 1,007 USDLycoming County: 1,152 USDMcKean County: 873 USDMercer County: 904 USDMifflin County: 916 USDMonroe County: 1,523 USDMontgomery County: 1,503 USDMontour County: 1,133 USDNorthampton County: 1,464 USDNorthumberland County: 899 USDPerry County: 1,296 USDPhiladelphia County: 1,503 USDPike County: 1,744 USDPotter County: 956 USDSchuylkill County: 925 USDSnyder County: 921 USDSomerset County: 949 USDSullivan County: 1,001 USDSusquehanna County: 951 USDTioga County: 1,015 USDUnion County: 1,031 USDVenango County: 867 USDWarren County: 916 USDWashington County: 1,137 USDWayne County: 1,099 USDWestmoreland County: 1,137 USDWyoming County: 1,007 USDYork County: 1,212 USD
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USD, 2019. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2019

Pike County: 1,744 USDPike County1,744Monroe County: 1,523 USDMonroe County1,523Bucks County: 1,503 USDBucks County1,503Chester County: 1,503 USDChester County1,503Delaware County: 1,503 USDDelaware County1,503Montgomery County: 1,503 USDMontgomery County1,503Philadelphia County: 1,503 USDPhiladelphia County1,503Carbon County: 1,464 USDCarbon County1,464Lehigh County: 1,464 USDLehigh County1,464Northampton County: 1,464 USDNorthampton County1,464Centre County: 1,440 USDCentre County1,440Lancaster County: 1,386 USDLancaster County1,386Cumberland County: 1,296 USDCumberland County1,296Dauphin County: 1,296 USDDauphin County1,296Perry County: 1,296 USDPerry County1,296Berks County: 1,295 USDBerks County1,295Adams County: 1,266 USDAdams County1,266York County: 1,212 USDYork County1,212Franklin County: 1,188 USDFranklin County1,188Lebanon County: 1,186 USDLebanon County1,186Lycoming County: 1,152 USDLycoming County1,152Allegheny County: 1,137 USDAllegheny County1,137Beaver County: 1,137 USDBeaver County1,137Butler County: 1,137 USDButler County1,137Fayette County: 1,137 USDFayette County1,137Washington County: 1,137 USDWashington County1,137Westmoreland County: 1,137 USDWestmoreland County1,137Montour County: 1,133 USDMontour County1,133Wayne County: 1,099 USDWayne County1,099Columbia County: 1,034 USDColumbia County1,034Union County: 1,031 USDUnion County1,031Erie County: 1,027 USDErie County1,027Bradford County: 1,026 USDBradford County1,026Tioga County: 1,015 USDTioga County1,015Lackawanna County: 1,007 USDLackawanna County1,007Luzerne County: 1,007 USDLuzerne County1,007Wyoming County: 1,007 USDWyoming County1,007Sullivan County: 1,001 USDSullivan County1,001Blair County: 997 USDBlair County997Indiana County: 965 USDIndiana County965Pike County: 1,744 USDPike County1,744Monroe County: 1,523 USDMonroe County1,523Bucks County: 1,503 USDBucks County1,503Chester County: 1,503 USDChester County1,503Delaware County: 1,503 USDDelaware County1,503Montgomery County: 1,503 USDMontgomery County1,503Philadelphia County: 1,503 USDPhiladelphia County1,503Carbon County: 1,464 USDCarbon County1,464Lehigh County: 1,464 USDLehigh County1,464Northampton County: 1,464 USDNorthampton County1,464Centre County: 1,440 USDCentre County1,440Lancaster County: 1,386 USDLancaster County1,386Cumberland County: 1,296 USDCumberland County1,296Dauphin County: 1,296 USDDauphin County1,296Perry County: 1,296 USDPerry County1,296Berks County: 1,295 USDBerks County1,295Adams County: 1,266 USDAdams County1,266York County: 1,212 USDYork County1,212Franklin County: 1,188 USDFranklin County1,188Lebanon County: 1,186 USDLebanon County1,186Lycoming County: 1,152 USDLycoming County1,152Allegheny County: 1,137 USDAllegheny County1,137Beaver County: 1,137 USDBeaver County1,137Butler County: 1,137 USDButler County1,137Fayette County: 1,137 USDFayette County1,137Washington County: 1,137 USDWashington County1,137Westmoreland County: 1,137 USDWestmoreland County1,137Montour County: 1,133 USDMontour County1,133Wayne County: 1,099 USDWayne County1,099Columbia County: 1,034 USDColumbia County1,034Union County: 1,031 USDUnion County1,031Erie County: 1,027 USDErie County1,027Bradford County: 1,026 USDBradford County1,026Tioga County: 1,015 USDTioga County1,015Lackawanna County: 1,007 USDLackawanna County1,007Luzerne County: 1,007 USDLuzerne County1,007Wyoming County: 1,007 USDWyoming County1,007Sullivan County: 1,001 USDSullivan County1,001Blair County: 997 USDBlair County997Indiana County: 965 USDIndiana County965
USD. Source: HUD, HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2019
USD
Change on 2018
1Pike County1,744-2.6%
2Monroe County1,523+3%
3Bucks County1,503-5.3%
3Chester County1,503-5.3%
3Delaware County1,503-5.3%
3Montgomery County1,503-5.3%
3Philadelphia County1,503-5.3%
8Carbon County1,464+8.3%
8Lehigh County1,464+8.3%
8Northampton County1,464+8.3%
11Centre County1,440+2.5%
12Lancaster County1,386+9.3%
13Cumberland County1,296-3%
13Dauphin County1,296-3%
13Perry County1,296-3%
16Berks County1,295+13.6%
17Adams County1,266+2.3%
18York County1,212-1.4%
19Franklin County1,188+3.4%
20Lebanon County1,186+3.4%
21Lycoming County1,152+5.5%
22Allegheny County1,137+2.5%
22Beaver County1,137+2.5%
22Butler County1,137+2.5%
22Fayette County1,137+2.5%
22Washington County1,137+2.5%
22Westmoreland County1,137+2.5%
28Montour County1,133+2.1%
29Wayne County1,099-3.5%
30Columbia County1,034+3.8%
31Union County1,031-3.3%
32Erie County1,027+6.2%
33Bradford County1,026-2.7%
34Tioga County1,015-0.7%
35Lackawanna County1,007-7%
35Luzerne County1,007-7%
35Wyoming County1,007-7%
38Sullivan County1,001-1.3%
39Blair County997+2.8%
40Indiana County965-0.9%
41Clinton County964+0.2%
42Potter County956+5.5%
43Susquehanna County951-3.5%
44Somerset County949-0.7%
45Armstrong County931+3.3%
45Huntingdon County9310%
47Schuylkill County925-0.9%
48Snyder County921-3.3%
49Fulton County919-2%
50Mifflin County916+0.7%
50Warren County916-2.2%
52Elk County912+4.3%
53Cambria County911+1.9%
53Lawrence County911-2.3%
55Mercer County9040%
56Clearfield County903-5.6%
57Northumberland County899-0.9%
58Forest County897-0.1%
59Jefferson County883-0.6%
60Greene County877-1.2%
61McKean County873-0.5%
62Bedford County867-0.8%
62Cameron County867-2.8%
62Clarion County867-0.8%
62Crawford County867-1.6%
62Juniata County867-0.8%
62Venango County867-0.8%

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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 a three-bedroom unit 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: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. (2019). HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars (Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2019) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx

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HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2019. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, 15 Mar. 2019, https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/pennsylvania-counties?period=2019. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. 2019. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2019. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/pennsylvania-counties?period=2019.

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (2019) HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars, Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2019 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/pennsylvania-counties?period=2019 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  author = {{U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research}},
  title = {{HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars: Counties in Pennsylvania by fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly), 2019}},
  year = {2019},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019_4050_FMRs_rev2.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fair-market-rent-three-bedroom/pennsylvania-counties?period=2019. Publisher attribution: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD USER. HUD Fair Market Rents by county: three bedrooms, monthly gross rent in dollars. https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmr2019/FY2019\_4050\_FMRs\_rev2.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest fair Market Rent, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Pike County, with $1,744 in 2019, 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, three bedrooms (HUD, monthly)?

Venango County, with $867 in 2019.

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