What is the median rent in Newtown, PA?

Name: Median rent in Newtown, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Newtown, PA is $1,887 (±$185) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 256 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Newtown, the median gross rent went from $1,363 in 2015–2019 to $1,887 in 2020–2024 (+38.4%).

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 November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,887 (±$185)
Rented homes: 256 (±74)
$2,000 or more: 41.8%
Since 2015–2019: +38.4%

How much rent costs in Newtown

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Newtown	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±11.9 points)	5.4%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±11.9 points)	10.5%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	21.9% (±13.5 points)	27.8%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	36.3% (±15.7 points)	30.2%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	21.5% (±12.3 points)	14.9%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	15.2% (±8.4 points)	5.0%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	5.1% (±5.1 points)	6.3%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 36.3% of renting households.

41.8% of rented homes in Newtown cost $2,000 or more a month.

Newtown against Bucks County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Newtown	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$1,887 (±$185)	$1,605 (±$30)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	256 (±74)	52,843 (±1,531)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Newtown, median gross rent is higher than in Bucks County ($1,605).

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

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

In Bucks County, Newtown ranks 15 of 51 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 86 of 2,369.

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

How rent in Newtown 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	$1,363 (±$227)	$1,887 (±$185)	+38.4%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	30.2% (±6.4 points)	26.8% (±6.9 points)	−3.4 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±8.0 points)	0.0% (±11.6 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 Newtown

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Newtown
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Newtown	—	$1,887 (±$185)	—
Newtown Township (Bucks County)	1.2 mi	$2,099 (±$177)	Not measurably different
Newtown Grant	2.4 mi	$2,479 (±$763)	Not measurably different
Village Shires	2.8 mi	$1,962 (±$238)	Not measurably different
Woodbourne	3.0 mi	$2,679 (±$188)	Higher
Richboro	3.2 mi	$2,025 (±$1,259)	Not measurably different
Langhorne	3.5 mi	$1,441 (±$114)	Lower
Middletown Township (Bucks County)	3.6 mi	$1,827 (±$79)	Not measurably different
Northampton Township (Bucks County)	3.8 mi	$2,108 (±$136)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Langhorne, PA ($1,441).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Woodbourne, PA ($2,679).

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

Median gross rent across Bucks County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
9	Newtown Township (Bucks County)	$2,099 (±$177)
10	Bedminster Township	$2,015 (±$356)
11	New Hope	$2,000 (±$1,161)
12	Hilltown Township	$1,926 (±$296)
13	New Britain Township	$1,920 (±$253)
14	Chalfont	$1,913 (±$434)
15	Newtown	$1,887 (±$185)
16	Warwick Township (Bucks County)	$1,868 (±$649)
17	Middletown Township (Bucks County)	$1,827 (±$79)
18	Doylestown	$1,791 (±$122)
19	Upper Southampton Township	$1,768 (±$167)
20	Warrington Township (Bucks County)	$1,761 (±$95)
21	Richland Township (Bucks County)	$1,755 (±$193)

Showing 13 of 51 places in Bucks 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 Newtown

What is the average rent in Newtown, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Newtown is $1,887 (±$185) 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 Newtown?

In Newtown, the median gross rent went from $1,363 in 2015–2019 to $1,887 in 2020–2024 (+38.4%).

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 Newtown cost more than $2,000 a month?

41.8% of rented homes in Newtown have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Newtown higher than in Bucks County?

In Newtown, median gross rent is higher than in Bucks County ($1,605).

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 Newtown borough, Pennsylvania (place:54184, 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.