What is the median rent in Millersburg, PA?

The median gross rent in Millersburg, PA is $812 (±$65) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 547 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Millersburg, the median gross rent went from $641 in 2015–2019 to $812 in 2020–2024 (+26.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$812 (±$65)
Rented homes
547 (±121)
$2,000 or more
3.1%
Since 2015–2019
+26.7%

How much rent costs in Millersburg

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentMillersburgDauphin CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Less than $50011.5% (±9.2 points)8.1%8.3%6.3%
$500 to $99971.5% (±13.0 points)23.2%26.4%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49910.4% (±7.7 points)41.1%32.9%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9993.5% (±4.1 points)20.4%19.3%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4990.0% (±5.8 points)5.1%7.7%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9990.0% (±5.8 points)1.1%2.6%5.5%
$3,000 or more3.1% (±4.5 points)1.0%2.8%6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 71.5% of renting households.

3.1% of rented homes in Millersburg cost $2,000 or more a month.

Millersburg against Dauphin County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
MillersburgDauphin CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Median gross rent$812 (±$65)$1,217 (±$26)$1,209 (±$5)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent547 (±121)43,201 (±1,136)1,530,443 (±10,042)42,849,984

In Millersburg, median gross rent is lower than in Dauphin County ($1,217).

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

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

In Dauphin County, Millersburg ranks 30 of 38 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 1746 of 2,369.

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

How rent in Millersburg has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$641 (±$72)$812 (±$65)+26.7%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent48.7% (±8.9 points)48.8% (±8.0 points)+0.1 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate10.9% (±11.0 points)0.0% (±5.4 points)−10.9 percentage pointsNot 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 Millersburg

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Millersburg
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Millersburg—$812 (±$65)—
Upper Paxton Township2.6 mi$797 (±$397)Not measurably different
Liverpool3.0 mi$798 (±$53)Not measurably different
Liverpool Township4.1 mi$894 (±$308)Not measurably different
Buffalo Township (Perry County)4.5 mi$797 (±$614)Not measurably different
Halifax Township5.2 mi$739 (±$44)Not measurably different
Halifax5.7 mi$904 (±$67)Not measurably different
Watts Township6.2 mi$970 (±$175)Not measurably different
New Buffalo6.2 mi$942 (±$307)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 Dauphin County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
24Jackson Township (Dauphin County)$927 (±$113)
25Halifax$904 (±$67)
26Wiconisco Township$890 (±$446)
27Williamstown$888 (±$91)
28Jefferson Township (Dauphin County)$829 (±$45)
29Elizabethville$825 (±$175)
30Millersburg$812 (±$65)
31Lykens$804 (±$702)
32Upper Paxton Township$797 (±$397)
33Wayne Township (Dauphin County)$775 (±$181)
34Gratz$768 (±$50)
35Halifax Township$739 (±$44)
36Reed Township$731 (±$361)

Showing 13 of 38 places in Dauphin 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 Millersburg

What is the average rent in Millersburg, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Millersburg is $812 (±$65) 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 Millersburg?

In Millersburg, the median gross rent went from $641 in 2015–2019 to $812 in 2020–2024 (+26.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

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

3.1% of rented homes in Millersburg have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 11.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Millersburg higher than in Dauphin County?

In Millersburg, median gross rent is lower than in Dauphin County ($1,217).

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 Millersburg borough, Pennsylvania (place:49680, 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.

Figures last updated on .

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