What is the median rent in Pine Grove, PA?

The median gross rent in Pine Grove, PA is $793 (±$59) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 274 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Pine Grove, the median gross rent went from $688 in 2015–2019 to $793 in 2020–2024 (+15.3%).

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
$793 (±$59)
Rented homes
274 (±72)
$2,000 or more
5.4%
Since 2015–2019
+15.3%

How much rent costs in Pine Grove

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentPine GroveSchuylkill CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Less than $50012.4% (±9.1 points)15.0%8.3%6.3%
$500 to $99960.9% (±12.3 points)49.0%26.4%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49916.4% (±12.1 points)28.3%32.9%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9994.7% (±3.6 points)6.5%19.3%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4991.8% (±2.5 points)0.5%7.7%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9991.8% (±2.8 points)0.2%2.6%5.5%
$3,000 or more1.8% (±2.9 points)0.5%2.8%6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 60.9% of renting households.

5.4% of rented homes in Pine Grove cost $2,000 or more a month.

Pine Grove against Schuylkill County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Pine GroveSchuylkill CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Median gross rent$793 (±$59)$876 (±$24)$1,209 (±$5)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent274 (±72)12,085 (±660)1,530,443 (±10,042)42,849,984

In Pine Grove, median gross rent is lower than in Schuylkill County ($876).

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

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

In Schuylkill County, Pine Grove ranks 43 of 61 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 1803 of 2,369.

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

How rent in Pine Grove has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$688 (±$52)$793 (±$59)+15.3%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent40.9% (±6.4 points)29.8% (±8.0 points)−11.1 percentage pointsMeasurable decrease
Rental vacancy rate10.4% (±7.3 points)0.0% (±10.6 points)−10.4 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 Pine Grove

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Pine Grove
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Pine Grove—$793 (±$59)—
Pine Grove Township (Schuylkill County)1.5 mi$1,071 (±$104)Higher
Tremont Township3.9 mi$870 (±$60)Not measurably different
Washington Township (Schuylkill County)4.3 mi$1,050 (±$179)Higher
Tremont5.3 mi$857 (±$103)Not measurably different
Bethel Township (Berks County)6.1 mi$1,106 (±$70)Higher
Frailey Township6.6 mi$950 (±$211)Not measurably different
Bethel Township (Lebanon County)7.6 mi$845 (±$238)Not measurably different
Porter Township (Schuylkill County)7.8 mi$718 (±$186)Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Pine Grove Township (Schuylkill County), PA ($1,071), Washington Township (Schuylkill County), PA ($1,050), Bethel Township (Berks County), PA ($1,106).

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

Median gross rent across Schuylkill County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
36 (tie)Pottsville$822 (±$54)
38Deer Lake$817 (±$382)
39Frackville$815 (±$89)
40 (tie)Eldred Township (Schuylkill County)$813 (±$193)
40 (tie)Upper Mahantongo Township$813 (±$100)
42Hegins Township$794 (±$127)
43Pine Grove$793 (±$59)
44North Union Township (Schuylkill County)$789 (±$131)
45Ringtown$788 (±$601)
46Minersville$782 (±$103)
47 (tie)Gordon$775 (±$82)
47 (tie)Blythe Township$775 (±$310)
49Ashland$764 (±$105)

Showing 13 of 61 places in Schuylkill 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 Pine Grove

What is the average rent in Pine Grove, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Pine Grove is $793 (±$59) 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 Pine Grove?

In Pine Grove, the median gross rent went from $688 in 2015–2019 to $793 in 2020–2024 (+15.3%).

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 Pine Grove cost more than $2,000 a month?

5.4% of rented homes in Pine Grove have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 12.4% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Pine Grove higher than in Schuylkill County?

In Pine Grove, median gross rent is lower than in Schuylkill County ($876).

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 Pine Grove borough, Pennsylvania (place:60456, 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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