What is the median rent in Merion Station, PA?

Name: Median rent in Merion Station, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Merion Station, PA is $2,461 (±$629) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 208 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: $2,461 (±$629)
Rented homes: 208 (±84)
$2,000 or more: 78.4%

How much rent costs in Merion Station

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Merion Station	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	5.8% (±8.2 points)	3.0%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	5.3% (±10.8 points)	8.5%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±14.4 points)	27.6%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	10.6% (±11.3 points)	29.5%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	30.8% (±25.8 points)	16.8%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	18.8% (±20.3 points)	7.3%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	28.8% (±34.8 points)	7.2%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 30.8% of renting households.

78.4% of rented homes in Merion Station cost $2,000 or more a month.

Merion Station against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Merion Station	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$2,461 (±$629)	$1,683 (±$19)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	208 (±84)	92,603 (±2,032)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Merion Station, median gross rent is higher than in 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, Merion Station ranks 3 of 43 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 10 of 307.

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

Median gross rent in places near Merion Station

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Merion Station
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Merion Station	—	$2,461 (±$629)	—
Narberth	0.8 mi	$1,823 (±$346)	Not measurably different
Wynnewood	1.1 mi	$2,038 (±$157)	Not measurably different
Bala Cynwyd	1.3 mi	$1,886 (±$236)	Not measurably different
Penn Wynne	1.6 mi	$1,905 (±$792)	Not measurably different
Ardmore	2.4 mi	$1,763 (±$106)	Lower
Millbourne	2.8 mi	$1,016 (±$112)	Lower
Haverford College	3.1 mi	$1,244 (±$375)	Lower
Bryn Mawr	3.7 mi	$2,173 (±$140)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Ardmore, PA ($1,763), Millbourne, PA ($1,016), Haverford College, PA ($1,244).

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
1	Blue Bell	$3,348 (±$899)
2	Spring House	$3,304 (±$317)
3	Merion Station	$2,461 (±$629)
4	Mont Clare	$2,297 (±$782)
5	Halfway House	$2,248 (±$203)
6	Maple Glen	$2,201 (±$187)
7	Bryn Mawr	$2,173 (±$140)
8	Swedeland	$2,132 (±$567)
9	McKinley	$2,096 (±$1,306)

Showing 9 of 43 places in Montgomery County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

It lies inside Lower Merion 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 Merion Station

What is the average rent in Merion Station, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Merion Station is $2,461 (±$629) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Merion Station cost more than $2,000 a month?

78.4% of rented homes in Merion Station have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 5.8% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Merion Station higher than in Montgomery County?

In Merion Station, median gross rent is higher than in 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 Merion Station CDP, Pennsylvania (place:48768, 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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