What is the median rent in Mount Union, PA?

Name: Median rent in Mount Union, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Mount Union, PA is $482 (±$80) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 472 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Mount Union, the median gross rent went from $539 in 2015–2019 to $482 in 2020–2024 (−10.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $482 (±$80)
Rented homes: 472 (±83)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: −10.6%

How much rent costs in Mount Union

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Mount Union	Huntingdon County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	53.4% (±11.7 points)	20.1%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	29.2% (±9.7 points)	48.7%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	16.3% (±7.1 points)	23.8%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	1.1% (±1.6 points)	5.4%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±6.6 points)	1.5%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±6.6 points)	0.0%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±6.6 points)	0.5%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is Less than $500, paid by 53.4% of renting households.

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

Mount Union against Huntingdon County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Mount Union	Huntingdon County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$482 (±$80)	$810 (±$43)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	472 (±83)	2,892 (±217)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Mount Union, median gross rent is lower than in Huntingdon County ($810).

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

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

In Huntingdon County, Mount Union ranks 39 of 40 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 2352 of 2,369.

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

How rent in Mount Union 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	$539 (±$34)	$482 (±$80)	−10.6%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	48.9% (±6.9 points)	48.3% (±7.9 points)	−0.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	6.4% (±5.3 points)	0.0% (±6.0 points)	−6.4 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 Mount Union

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Mount Union
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Mount Union	—	$482 (±$80)	—
Kistler	1.0 mi	$886 (±$97)	Higher
Newton Hamilton	2.5 mi	$1,045 (±$193)	Higher
Mapleton	3.2 mi	$775 (±$126)	Higher
Shirley Township	3.5 mi	$906 (±$198)	Higher
Mill Creek	4.5 mi	$739 (±$321)	Not measurably different
Wayne Township (Mifflin County)	4.7 mi	$1,181 (±$151)	Higher
Union Township (Huntingdon County)	5.4 mi	$839 (±$22)	Higher
Brady Township (Huntingdon County)	5.9 mi	$688 (±$263)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Kistler, PA ($886), Newton Hamilton, PA ($1,045), Mapleton, PA ($775).

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

Median gross rent across Huntingdon County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
33	Todd Township (Huntingdon County)	$646 (±$427)
34	Logan Township (Huntingdon County)	$612 (±$83)
35	Saltillo	$608 (±$341)
36	Orbisonia	$571 (±$220)
37	Henderson Township (Huntingdon County)	$566 (±$50)
38	Miller Township (Huntingdon County)	$538 (±$170)
39	Mount Union	$482 (±$80)
40	Three Springs	$443 (±$175)

Showing 8 of 40 places in Huntingdon 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 Mount Union

What is the average rent in Mount Union, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Mount Union is $482 (±$80) 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 Mount Union?

In Mount Union, the median gross rent went from $539 in 2015–2019 to $482 in 2020–2024 (−10.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

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

0.0% of rented homes in Mount Union have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 53.4% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Mount Union higher than in Huntingdon County?

In Mount Union, median gross rent is lower than in Huntingdon County ($810).

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 Mount Union borough, Pennsylvania (place:51984, 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.