What is the median rent in Plymouth Meeting, PA?

The median gross rent in Plymouth Meeting, PA is $1,952 (±$108) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,396 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Plymouth Meeting, the median gross rent went from $1,592 in 2015–2019 to $1,952 in 2020–2024 (+22.6%).

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
$1,952 (±$108)
Rented homes
1,396 (±241)
$2,000 or more
46.0%
Since 2015–2019
+22.6%

How much rent costs in Plymouth Meeting

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentPlymouth MeetingMontgomery CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Less than $5000.7% (±1.1 points)3.0%8.3%6.3%
$500 to $9991.1% (±1.2 points)8.5%26.4%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49911.4% (±4.7 points)27.6%32.9%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,99940.8% (±8.7 points)29.5%19.3%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,49927.0% (±8.8 points)16.8%7.7%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,99912.0% (±5.4 points)7.3%2.6%5.5%
$3,000 or more7.0% (±3.8 points)7.2%2.8%6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 40.8% of renting households.

46.0% of rented homes in Plymouth Meeting cost $2,000 or more a month.

Plymouth Meeting against Montgomery County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Plymouth MeetingMontgomery CountyPennsylvaniaUnited States
Median gross rent$1,952 (±$108)$1,683 (±$19)$1,209 (±$5)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent1,396 (±241)92,603 (±2,032)1,530,443 (±10,042)42,849,984

In Plymouth Meeting, median gross rent is higher than in Montgomery County ($1,683).

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

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

In Montgomery County, Plymouth Meeting ranks 14 of 43 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 34 of 307.

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

How rent in Plymouth Meeting has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$1,592 (±$93)$1,952 (±$108)+22.6%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent35.9% (±3.8 points)43.2% (±5.4 points)+7.3 percentage pointsMeasurable increase
Rental vacancy rate7.1% (±6.0 points)1.1% (±1.2 points)−6.0 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 Plymouth Meeting

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Plymouth Meeting
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Plymouth Meeting—$1,952 (±$108)—
Whitemarsh Township2.0 mi$2,322 (±$176)Higher
Conshohocken2.6 mi$2,147 (±$125)Higher
Blue Bell2.7 mi$3,348 (±$899)Higher
Swedeland3.2 mi$2,132 (±$567)Not measurably different
Whitpain Township3.3 mi$2,255 (±$107)Higher
Norristown3.3 mi$1,422 (±$58)Lower
Bridgeport3.4 mi$1,242 (±$160)Lower
West Conshohocken3.4 mi$2,270 (±$461)Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Norristown, PA ($1,422), Bridgeport, PA ($1,242).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Whitemarsh Township, PA ($2,322), Conshohocken, PA ($2,147), Blue Bell, PA ($3,348).

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

Median gross rent across Montgomery County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
8Swedeland$2,132 (±$567)
9McKinley$2,096 (±$1,306)
10King of Prussia$2,077 (±$78)
11Wynnewood$2,038 (±$157)
12Fort Washington$1,996 (±$1,308)
13Montgomeryville$1,993 (±$320)
14Plymouth Meeting$1,952 (±$108)
15Kulpsville$1,933 (±$260)
16Penn Wynne$1,905 (±$792)
17Audubon$1,890 (±$234)
18Bala Cynwyd$1,886 (±$236)
19 (tie)Harleysville$1,772 (±$80)
19 (tie)Melrose Park$1,772 (±$207)

Showing 13 of 43 places in Montgomery County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

It lies inside Plymouth Township (Montgomery County), 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 Plymouth Meeting

What is the average rent in Plymouth Meeting, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Plymouth Meeting is $1,952 (±$108) 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 Plymouth Meeting?

In Plymouth Meeting, the median gross rent went from $1,592 in 2015–2019 to $1,952 in 2020–2024 (+22.6%).

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 Plymouth Meeting cost more than $2,000 a month?

46.0% of rented homes in Plymouth Meeting have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Plymouth Meeting higher than in Montgomery County?

In Plymouth Meeting, median gross rent is higher than in Montgomery County ($1,683).

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 Plymouth Meeting CDP, Pennsylvania (place:61688, 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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