What is the median rent in Elkins Park, PA?

Name: Median rent in Elkins Park, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Elkins Park, PA is $1,606 (±$529) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 578 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,606 (±$529)
Rented homes: 578 (±189)
$2,000 or more: 32.0%

How much rent costs in Elkins Park

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Elkins Park	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	0.7% (±1.2 points)	3.0%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	40.7% (±15.4 points)	8.5%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	3.8% (±3.3 points)	27.6%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	22.8% (±11.7 points)	29.5%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	26.6% (±15.8 points)	16.8%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±5.5 points)	7.3%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	5.4% (±8.6 points)	7.2%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 40.7% of renting households.

32.0% of rented homes in Elkins Park cost $2,000 or more a month.

Elkins Park against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Elkins Park	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$1,606 (±$529)	$1,683 (±$19)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	578 (±189)	92,603 (±2,032)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Elkins Park, median gross rent is not measurably different from Montgomery County ($1,683).

It is not measurably different from Pennsylvania ($1,209).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Montgomery County, Elkins Park ranks 28 of 43 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 77 of 307.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Elkins Park

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Elkins Park
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Elkins Park	—	$1,606 (±$529)	—
Melrose Park	0.9 mi	$1,772 (±$207)	Not measurably different
McKinley	1.0 mi	$2,096 (±$1,306)	Not measurably different
Jenkintown	1.3 mi	$1,418 (±$138)	Not measurably different
Wyncote	1.4 mi	$1,434 (±$60)	Not measurably different
Oak Lane	1.6 mi	$1,347 (±$412)	Not measurably different
Rockledge	2.0 mi	$1,111 (±$95)	Not measurably different
Cheltenham Village	2.1 mi	$1,503 (±$648)	Not measurably different
Glenside	2.2 mi	$1,431 (±$270)	Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Montgomery County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
22	Willow Grove	$1,765 (±$63)
23	Ardmore	$1,763 (±$106)
24	Rosemont	$1,747 (±$71)
25	Flourtown	$1,734 (±$56)
26	Pottsgrove	$1,698 (±$160)
27	Sanatoga	$1,607 (±$293)
28	Elkins Park	$1,606 (±$529)
29	Skippack	$1,505 (±$746)
30	Cheltenham Village	$1,503 (±$648)
31	Eagleville	$1,487 (±$122)
32	Wyndmoor	$1,464 (±$168)
33	Horsham	$1,446 (±$111)
34	Wyncote	$1,434 (±$60)

Showing 13 of 43 places in Montgomery County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Elkins Park is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Cheltenham Township, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Elkins Park

What is the average rent in Elkins Park, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Elkins Park is $1,606 (±$529) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Elkins Park cost more than $2,000 a month?

32.0% of rented homes in Elkins Park have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Elkins Park higher than in Montgomery County?

In Elkins Park, median gross rent is not measurably different from Montgomery County ($1,683).

It is not measurably different from Pennsylvania ($1,209).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Elkins Park CDP, Pennsylvania (place:23128, in state:42).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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