What is the median rent in Penn Farms, PA?

Name: Median rent in Penn Farms, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Penn Farms, PA is $1,063 (±$107) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 276 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: $1,063 (±$107)
Rented homes: 276 (±120)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Penn Farms

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Penn Farms	Blair County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±11.1 points)	15.7%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	39.1% (±22.1 points)	46.8%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	60.9% (±22.1 points)	28.4%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±11.1 points)	6.5%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±11.1 points)	0.6%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±11.1 points)	0.6%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±11.1 points)	1.5%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 60.9% of renting households.

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

Penn Farms against Blair County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Penn Farms	Blair County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$1,063 (±$107)	$885 (±$33)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	276 (±120)	12,689 (±608)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Penn Farms, median gross rent is higher than in Blair County ($885).

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

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

In Blair County, Penn Farms ranks 1 of 4 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 214 of 307.

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

Median gross rent in places near Penn Farms

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Penn Farms
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Penn Farms	—	$1,063 (±$107)	—
Duncansville	1.1 mi	$890 (±$72)	Lower
Hollidaysburg	1.5 mi	$1,085 (±$61)	Not measurably different
Newry	2.0 mi	$1,100 (±$387)	Not measurably different
Lakemont	3.5 mi	$926 (±$237)	Not measurably different
Allegheny Township (Blair County)	4.1 mi	$1,041 (±$169)	Not measurably different
Freedom Township (Blair County)	4.6 mi	$964 (±$216)	Not measurably different
Roaring Spring	5.7 mi	$701 (±$73)	Lower
Juniata Township (Blair County)	6.2 mi	$933 (±$131)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Duncansville, PA ($890), Roaring Spring, PA ($701).

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

Median gross rent across Blair County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Penn Farms	$1,063 (±$107)
2	Greenwood	$1,045 (±$312)
3	Lakemont	$926 (±$237)
4	Claysburg	$890 (±$376)

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

It lies inside Blair 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 Penn Farms

What is the average rent in Penn Farms, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Penn Farms is $1,063 (±$107) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

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

Is rent in Penn Farms higher than in Blair County?

In Penn Farms, median gross rent is higher than in Blair County ($885).

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 Penn Farms CDP, Pennsylvania (place:58950, 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.