What is the median rent in Village Shires, PA?

Name: Median rent in Village Shires, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Village Shires, PA is $1,962 (±$238) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 341 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Village Shires, the median gross rent went from $1,840 in 2015–2019 to $1,962 in 2020–2024 (+6.6%).

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 November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,962 (±$238)
Rented homes: 341 (±102)
$2,000 or more: 47.5%
Since 2015–2019: +6.6%

How much rent costs in Village Shires

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Village Shires	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	5.0% (±6.0 points)	5.4%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±9.1 points)	10.5%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	14.7% (±11.6 points)	27.8%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	32.8% (±16.6 points)	30.2%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	38.7% (±20.8 points)	14.9%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	5.6% (±8.0 points)	5.0%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	3.2% (±5.3 points)	6.3%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 38.7% of renting households.

47.5% of rented homes in Village Shires cost $2,000 or more a month.

Village Shires against Bucks County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Village Shires	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$1,962 (±$238)	$1,605 (±$30)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	341 (±102)	52,843 (±1,531)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Village Shires, 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, Village Shires ranks 5 of 16 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 33 of 307.

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

How rent in Village Shires 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	$1,840 (±$325)	$1,962 (±$238)	+6.6%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	29.9% (±6.3 points)	25.6% (±6.4 points)	−4.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	13.1% (±7.8 points)	0.0% (±8.5 points)	−13.1 percentage points	Measurable decrease

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 Village Shires

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Village Shires
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Village Shires	—	$1,962 (±$238)	—
Richboro	2.1 mi	$2,025 (±$1,259)	Not measurably different
Newtown	2.8 mi	$1,887 (±$185)	Not measurably different
Langhorne	2.9 mi	$1,441 (±$114)	Lower
Lower Southampton Township	3.3 mi	$1,449 (±$80)	Lower
Feasterville	3.4 mi	$1,418 (±$122)	Lower
Trevose	3.4 mi	$1,419 (±$87)	Lower
Parkland	3.5 mi	$1,510 (±$500)	Not measurably different
Newtown Township (Bucks County)	3.5 mi	$2,099 (±$177)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Langhorne, PA ($1,441), Lower Southampton Township, PA ($1,449), Feasterville, PA ($1,418).

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
1	Woodbourne	$2,679 (±$188)
2	Newtown Grant	$2,479 (±$763)
3	Plumsteadville	$2,217 (±$1,717)
4	Richboro	$2,025 (±$1,259)
5	Village Shires	$1,962 (±$238)
6	Brittany Farms-The Highlands	$1,852 (±$301)
7	Milford Square	$1,719 (±$562)
8	Levittown	$1,556 (±$146)
9	Parkland	$1,510 (±$500)
10	Andalusia	$1,459 (±$197)
11	Trevose	$1,419 (±$87)

Showing 11 of 16 places in Bucks County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

It lies inside Northampton Township (Bucks 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 Village Shires

What is the average rent in Village Shires, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Village Shires is $1,962 (±$238) 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 Village Shires?

In Village Shires, the median gross rent went from $1,840 in 2015–2019 to $1,962 in 2020–2024 (+6.6%).

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 Village Shires cost more than $2,000 a month?

47.5% of rented homes in Village Shires have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 5.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Village Shires higher than in Bucks County?

In Village Shires, 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 Village Shires CDP, Pennsylvania (place:80229, 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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