# Cities in Pennsylvania by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 68 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, 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-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, 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-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/pennsylvania-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | State College, PA | 65.8 |
| 2 | Chester, PA | 64.6 |
| 3 | Coatesville, PA | 63.3 |
| 4 | Darby, PA | 61.8 |
| 5 | Indiana, PA | 61.3 |
| 6 | McKeesport, PA | 61 |
| 7 | Allentown, PA | 60.9 |
| 8 | Reading, PA | 60.4 |
| 9 | Hazleton, PA | 60.1 |
| 10 | Columbia, PA | 59.9 |
| 11 | Lansdowne, PA | 59.9 |
| 12 | Pottstown, PA | 59.8 |
| 13 | Whitehall, PA | 59.5 |
| 14 | New Castle, PA | 56.8 |
| 15 | Norristown, PA | 56.5 |
| 16 | Pottsville, PA | 56.4 |
| 17 | Emmaus, PA | 55.7 |
| 18 | Erie, PA | 55.4 |
| 19 | York, PA | 55.2 |
| 20 | Yeadon, PA | 54.8 |
| 21 | Carlisle, PA | 54.2 |
| 22 | West Chester, PA | 53.5 |
| 23 | Bethlehem, PA | 52.5 |
| 24 | Philadelphia, PA | 52.3 |
| 25 | Scranton, PA | 52.1 |
| 26 | Wilkinsburg, PA | 51.9 |
| 27 | Butler, PA | 51.7 |
| 28 | Lansdale, PA | 51.7 |
| 29 | Wilkes-Barre, PA | 51.3 |
| 30 | Altoona, PA | 51.1 |
| 31 | Northampton, PA | 50 |
| 32 | Williamsport, PA | 49.8 |
| 33 | Harrisburg, PA | 49.1 |
| 33 | Meadville, PA | 49.1 |
| 35 | Easton, PA | 48.6 |
| 36 | Pittsburgh, PA | 48.4 |
| 37 | Monroeville, PA | 48.4 |
| 38 | Sharon, PA | 47.8 |
| 39 | Wyomissing, PA | 46.8 |
| 40 | Lancaster, PA | 46.6 |
| 41 | St. Marys, PA | 46.2 |
| 42 | Hanover, PA | 46.2 |
| 43 | Hermitage, PA | 45.9 |
| 44 | Greensburg, PA | 45.9 |
| 45 | Franklin Park, PA | 45.7 |
| 46 | Berwick, PA | 45.2 |
| 47 | Dunmore, PA | 44.5 |
| 48 | Chambersburg, PA | 44.5 |
| 49 | Baldwin, PA | 44.4 |
| 50 | Lebanon, PA | 44.3 |
| 51 | Washington, PA | 44 |
| 52 | Nanticoke, PA | 43.9 |
| 53 | West Mifflin, PA | 43.8 |
| 54 | Jefferson Hills, PA | 43.4 |
| 55 | Waynesboro, PA | 43.4 |
| 56 | Johnstown, PA | 43 |
| 57 | Munhall, PA | 42.6 |
| 58 | Elizabethtown, PA | 41.8 |
| 59 | Bethel Park, PA | 41.5 |
| 60 | Bloomsburg, PA | 40.4 |
| 60 | Plum, PA | 40.4 |
| 62 | Phoenixville, PA | 40.3 |
| 63 | Ephrata, PA | 39.2 |
| 64 | Lower Burrell, PA | 37.8 |
| 65 | Kingston, PA | 37.4 |
| 66 | New Kensington, PA | 32.5 |
| 67 | Murrysville, PA | 32.1 |
| 68 | Mechanicsburg, PA | 31.5 |