What is the median rent in Melrose Park, PA?

Name: Median rent in Melrose Park, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Melrose Park, PA is $1,772 (±$207) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 142 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: $1,772 (±$207)
Rented homes: 142 (±78)
$2,000 or more: 23.9%

How much rent costs in Melrose Park

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Melrose Park	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±20.3 points)	3.0%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±20.3 points)	8.5%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	19.0% (±21.7 points)	27.6%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	57.0% (±31.6 points)	29.5%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	23.9% (±31.2 points)	16.8%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±20.3 points)	7.3%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±20.3 points)	7.2%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 57.0% of renting households.

23.9% of rented homes in Melrose Park cost $2,000 or more a month.

Melrose Park against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Melrose Park	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$1,772 (±$207)	$1,683 (±$19)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	142 (±78)	92,603 (±2,032)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

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

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

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

In Montgomery County, Melrose Park ranks 20 of 43 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 49 of 307.

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

Median gross rent in places near Melrose Park

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Melrose Park
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Melrose Park	—	$1,772 (±$207)	—
Oak Lane	0.9 mi	$1,347 (±$412)	Not measurably different
Elkins Park	0.9 mi	$1,606 (±$529)	Not measurably different
McKinley	1.6 mi	$2,096 (±$1,306)	Not measurably different
Cheltenham Village	1.8 mi	$1,503 (±$648)	Not measurably different
Wyncote	2.1 mi	$1,434 (±$60)	Lower
Jenkintown	2.2 mi	$1,418 (±$138)	Lower
Rockledge	2.4 mi	$1,111 (±$95)	Lower
Glenside	3.0 mi	$1,431 (±$270)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Wyncote, PA ($1,434), Jenkintown, PA ($1,418), Rockledge, PA ($1,111).

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
14	Plymouth Meeting	$1,952 (±$108)
15	Kulpsville	$1,933 (±$260)
16	Penn Wynne	$1,905 (±$792)
17	Audubon	$1,890 (±$234)
18	Bala Cynwyd	$1,886 (±$236)
19 (tie)	Harleysville	$1,772 (±$80)
19 (tie)	Melrose Park	$1,772 (±$207)
21	Spring Mount	$1,770 (±$166)
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)

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

Melrose 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 Melrose Park

What is the average rent in Melrose Park, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Melrose Park is $1,772 (±$207) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

23.9% of rented homes in Melrose Park have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Melrose Park higher than in Montgomery County?

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

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

It is higher 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 Melrose Park CDP, Pennsylvania (place:48600, 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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