Data / Rankings / Housing units / Cities in Pennsylvania

Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units, 2024

Philadelphia, PA had the highest housing units of 68 cities in 2024, at 748,270. Darby, PA had the lowest, at 4,545. The median was 8,058 and the figure for Pennsylvania was 5.81 million. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest748,270Philadelphia, PA
Lowest4,545Darby, PA
Median8,05868 cities
Pennsylvania5,806,452History

Top 40 cities, 2024

Philadelphia, PA: 748,270 countPhiladelphia, PA748,270Pittsburgh, PA: 161,908 countPittsburgh, PA161,908Allentown, PA: 49,502 countAllentown, PA49,502Erie, PA: 43,681 countErie, PA43,681Reading, PA: 36,032 countReading, PA36,032Scranton, PA: 35,512 countScranton, PA35,512Bethlehem, PA: 32,348 countBethlehem, PA32,348Harrisburg, PA: 24,130 countHarrisburg, PA24,130Lancaster, PA: 23,049 countLancaster, PA23,049Altoona, PA: 21,295 countAltoona, PA21,295Wilkes-Barre, PA: 19,781 countWilkes-Barre, PA19,781York, PA: 19,505 countYork, PA19,505Bethel Park, PA: 15,672 countBethel Park, PA15,672Chester, PA: 14,929 countChester, PA14,929Monroeville, PA: 13,875 countMonroeville, PA13,875Norristown, PA: 13,861 countNorristown, PA13,861State College, PA: 13,261 countState College, PA13,261Williamsport, PA: 13,107 countWilliamsport, PA13,107Hazleton, PA: 12,567 countHazleton, PA12,567Lebanon, PA: 11,685 countLebanon, PA11,685Johnstown, PA: 11,654 countJohnstown, PA11,654Plum, PA: 11,533 countPlum, PA11,533Easton, PA: 11,364 countEaston, PA11,364New Castle, PA: 10,622 countNew Castle, PA10,622Pottstown, PA: 10,447 countPottstown, PA10,447Chambersburg, PA: 10,329 countChambersburg, PA10,329Carlisle, PA: 9,819 countCarlisle, PA9,819Baldwin, PA: 9,570 countBaldwin, PA9,570Wilkinsburg, PA: 9,563 countWilkinsburg, PA9,563McKeesport, PA: 9,510 countMcKeesport, PA9,510Phoenixville, PA: 9,205 countPhoenixville, PA9,205West Mifflin, PA: 8,972 countWest Mifflin, PA8,972Murrysville, PA: 8,792 countMurrysville, PA8,792West Chester, PA: 8,087 countWest Chester, PA8,087Hanover, PA: 8,029 countHanover, PA8,029Hermitage, PA: 8,006 countHermitage, PA8,006Lansdale, PA: 7,523 countLansdale, PA7,523Butler, PA: 7,308 countButler, PA7,308Greensburg, PA: 7,262 countGreensburg, PA7,262Whitehall, PA: 7,130 countWhitehall, PA7,130
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
count		Change on 2023
1Philadelphia, PA748,270+1.2%
2Pittsburgh, PA161,908+1.4%
3Allentown, PA49,502+0.6%
4Erie, PA43,681+0.7%
5Reading, PA36,032-0.7%
6Scranton, PA35,512-0.3%
7Bethlehem, PA32,348+0.5%
8Harrisburg, PA24,130-1.5%
9Lancaster, PA23,049+3.4%
10Altoona, PA21,295+1.5%
11Wilkes-Barre, PA19,781-1.1%
12York, PA19,505+1%
13Bethel Park, PA15,672-0.3%
14Chester, PA14,929+0.6%
15Monroeville, PA13,875+2.9%
16Norristown, PA13,861-3.3%
17State College, PA13,261+0.9%
18Williamsport, PA13,107-0.2%
19Hazleton, PA12,567-0.9%
20Lebanon, PA11,685+0.3%
21Johnstown, PA11,654-1.2%
22Plum, PA11,533+0.5%
23Easton, PA11,364-1%
24New Castle, PA10,622-1.1%
25Pottstown, PA10,447-1.7%
26Chambersburg, PA10,329+2.2%
27Carlisle, PA9,819+6.3%
28Baldwin, PA9,570-0.3%
29Wilkinsburg, PA9,563-3.2%
30McKeesport, PA9,510-1.3%
31Phoenixville, PA9,205-1.7%
32West Mifflin, PA8,972-1.7%
33Murrysville, PA8,792+1.1%
34West Chester, PA8,087+9.7%
35Hanover, PA8,029+1.5%
36Hermitage, PA8,006+0.3%
37Lansdale, PA7,523-0.3%
38Butler, PA7,308+1.1%
39Greensburg, PA7,262+0.8%
40Whitehall, PA7,130+0.7%
41New Kensington, PA7,066+0.8%
42Sharon, PA7,000-0.3%
43Washington, PA6,976+2.4%
44Pottsville, PA6,972+2.7%
45Indiana, PA6,684+8.2%
46Dunmore, PA6,658+2.3%
47Kingston, PA6,432+2.5%
48St. Marys, PA6,300+2.3%
49Ephrata, PA6,095+3.2%
50Munhall, PA5,778+3.7%
51Franklin Park, PA5,661+1.3%
52Yeadon, PA5,573+6.8%
53Coatesville, PA5,449+2%
54Lower Burrell, PA5,403+2.3%
55Wyomissing, PA5,393-0.4%
56Meadville, PA5,392-2.4%
57Bloomsburg, PA5,380+1%
58Emmaus, PA5,128+3.1%
59Nanticoke, PA5,076-0.6%
60Lansdowne, PA5,048+2.3%
61Jefferson Hills, PA4,989-1.7%
62Waynesboro, PA4,953-1.6%
63Columbia, PA4,936-2.7%
64Berwick, PA4,927+0.7%
65Northampton, PA4,841+0.8%
66Elizabethtown, PA4,679-2.2%
67Mechanicsburg, PA4,605+5.4%
68Darby, PA4,545+3.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

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

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units, 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/pennsylvania-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/pennsylvania-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/pennsylvania-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_cities_in_pennsylvania_by_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units, 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/pennsylvania-cities. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units, 2024
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/01/29
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/pennsylvania-cities
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/pennsylvania-cities.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank Cities in Pennsylvania by housing units using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"housing_units","level":"municipality","within":"Pennsylvania","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=housing_units&level=municipality&within=Pennsylvania&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which city has the highest housing units?

Philadelphia, PA, with 748,270 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which city has the lowest housing units?

Darby, PA, with 4,545 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Housing units: other rankings

Cities in Pennsylvania: more rankings