What is the median rent in Homer City, PA?

Name: Median rent in Homer City, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Homer City, PA is $706 (±$67) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 205 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Homer City, the median gross rent went from $679 in 2015–2019 to $706 in 2020–2024 (+4.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $706 (±$67)
Rented homes: 205 (±52)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +4.0%

How much rent costs in Homer City

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Homer City	Indiana County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	19.5% (±13.1 points)	9.8%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	53.7% (±15.9 points)	61.6%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	26.8% (±13.0 points)	23.6%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±14.6 points)	3.9%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±14.6 points)	0.2%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±14.6 points)	0.3%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±14.6 points)	0.5%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 53.7% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Homer City cost $2,000 or more a month.

Homer City against Indiana County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Homer City	Indiana County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$706 (±$67)	$800 (±$31)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	205 (±52)	8,044 (±596)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Homer City, median gross rent is lower than in Indiana County ($800).

It is also lower than in Pennsylvania ($1,209).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Indiana County, Homer City ranks 28 of 35 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 2086 of 2,369.

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

How rent in Homer City has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$679 (±$62)	$706 (±$67)	+4.0%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	30.1% (±4.8 points)	28.5% (±6.0 points)	−1.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±9.8 points)	0.0% (±13.6 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Homer City

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Homer City
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Homer City	—	$706 (±$67)	—
Center Township (Indiana County)	1.4 mi	$1,004 (±$225)	Higher
Brush Valley Township	5.3 mi	$914 (±$223)	Not measurably different
Indiana	5.6 mi	$849 (±$51)	Higher
Black Lick Township	5.8 mi	$748 (±$48)	Not measurably different
Burrell Township (Indiana County)	6.9 mi	$594 (±$53)	Lower
Chevy Chase Heights	6.9 mi	$825 (±$274)	Not measurably different
White Township (Indiana County)	7.6 mi	$789 (±$57)	Not measurably different
West Wheatfield Township	8.3 mi	$883 (±$317)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Burrell Township (Indiana County), PA ($594).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Center Township (Indiana County), PA ($1,004), Indiana, PA ($849).

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

Median gross rent across Indiana County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
22	East Wheatfield Township	$764 (±$464)
23	Clymer	$761 (±$59)
24	Blairsville	$758 (±$127)
25	Cherry Tree	$750 (±$215)
26	Black Lick Township	$748 (±$48)
27	Cherryhill Township	$740 (±$213)
28	Homer City	$706 (±$67)
29	Rayne Township	$699 (±$53)
30	East Mahoning Township	$675 (±$225)
31	Montgomery Township (Indiana County)	$663 (±$83)
32	Washington Township (Indiana County)	$622 (±$153)
33	Burrell Township (Indiana County)	$594 (±$53)
34	South Mahoning Township	$579 (±$364)

Showing 13 of 35 places in Indiana County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Homer City

What is the average rent in Homer City, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Homer City is $706 (±$67) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Homer City?

In Homer City, the median gross rent went from $679 in 2015–2019 to $706 in 2020–2024 (+4.0%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose more slowly than prices: a measurable decrease after inflation.

How many rentals in Homer City cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Homer City have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 19.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Homer City higher than in Indiana County?

In Homer City, median gross rent is lower than in Indiana County ($800).

It is also lower than in Pennsylvania ($1,209).

It is lower than 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 Homer City borough, Pennsylvania (place:35408, 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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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.