What is the median rent in Spring City, PA?

Name: Median rent in Spring City, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Spring City, PA is $1,070 (±$129) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 912 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Spring City, the median gross rent went from $891 in 2015–2019 to $1,070 in 2020–2024 (+20.1%).

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: $1,070 (±$129)
Rented homes: 912 (±213)
$2,000 or more: 11.7%
Since 2015–2019: +20.1%

How much rent costs in Spring City

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Spring City	Chester County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	9.6% (±5.2 points)	3.1%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	32.8% (±16.9 points)	8.3%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	42.1% (±13.8 points)	22.7%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	3.8% (±4.4 points)	30.3%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	1.9% (±3.1 points)	20.9%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±3.5 points)	7.2%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	9.8% (±12.0 points)	7.6%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 42.1% of renting households.

11.7% of rented homes in Spring City cost $2,000 or more a month.

Spring City against Chester County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Spring City	Chester County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$1,070 (±$129)	$1,763 (±$28)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	912 (±213)	49,215 (±1,494)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Spring City, median gross rent is lower than in Chester County ($1,763).

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

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

In Chester County, Spring City ranks 64 of 69 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 871 of 2,369.

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

How rent in Spring City 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	$891 (±$76)	$1,070 (±$129)	+20.1%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	50.8% (±6.5 points)	46.2% (±8.6 points)	−4.6 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±3.2 points)	0.0% (±3.4 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 Spring City

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Spring City
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Spring City	—	$1,070 (±$129)	—
Royersford	0.8 mi	$1,516 (±$113)	Higher
East Vincent Township	2.5 mi	$715 (±$425)	Not measurably different
Phoenixville	3.1 mi	$1,735 (±$125)	Higher
East Pikeland Township	3.2 mi	$2,138 (±$208)	Higher
Upper Providence Township (Montgomery County)	3.2 mi	$2,125 (±$238)	Higher
Mont Clare	3.7 mi	$2,297 (±$782)	Higher
Limerick Township	3.9 mi	$1,846 (±$150)	Higher
East Coventry Township	4.0 mi	$1,949 (±$414)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Royersford, PA ($1,516), Phoenixville, PA ($1,735), East Pikeland Township, PA ($2,138).

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

Median gross rent across Chester County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
58	Valley Township (Chester County)	$1,230 (±$173)
59	Parkesburg	$1,201 (±$132)
60	Honey Brook	$1,185 (±$206)
61	Atglen	$1,161 (±$130)
62	West Fallowfield Township (Chester County)	$1,107 (±$138)
63	Penn Township (Chester County)	$1,086 (±$630)
64	Spring City	$1,070 (±$129)
65	East Nottingham Township	$1,031 (±$463)
66	East Marlborough Township	$1,006 (±$361)
67	Elverson	$826 (±$108)
68	Elk Township (Chester County)	$792 (±$83)
69	East Vincent Township	$715 (±$425)

Showing 12 of 69 places in Chester 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 Spring City

What is the average rent in Spring City, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Spring City is $1,070 (±$129) 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 Spring City?

In Spring City, the median gross rent went from $891 in 2015–2019 to $1,070 in 2020–2024 (+20.1%).

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 Spring City cost more than $2,000 a month?

11.7% of rented homes in Spring City have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 9.6% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Spring City higher than in Chester County?

In Spring City, median gross rent is lower than in Chester County ($1,763).

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 Spring City borough, Pennsylvania (place:72920, 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.