What is the median rent in Wayne, PA?

Name: Median rent in Wayne, PA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Wayne, PA is $2,022 (±$208) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 815 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: $2,022 (±$208)
Rented homes: 815 (±208)
$2,000 or more: 51.7%

How much rent costs in Wayne

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Wayne	Delaware County	Pennsylvania	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±3.9 points)	4.7%	8.3%	6.3%
$500 to $999	2.1% (±3.2 points)	14.5%	26.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	19.3% (±9.3 points)	40.7%	32.9%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	26.9% (±13.9 points)	23.4%	19.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	39.6% (±14.9 points)	9.4%	7.7%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	4.9% (±5.5 points)	3.0%	2.6%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	7.2% (±6.8 points)	4.4%	2.8%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 39.6% of renting households.

51.7% of rented homes in Wayne cost $2,000 or more a month.

Wayne against Delaware County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Wayne	Delaware County	Pennsylvania	United States
Median gross rent	$2,022 (±$208)	$1,372 (±$22)	$1,209 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	815 (±208)	64,381 (±1,897)	1,530,443 (±10,042)	42,849,984

In Wayne, median gross rent is higher than in Delaware County ($1,372).

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

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

In Delaware County, Wayne ranks 2 of 11 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 28 of 307.

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

Median gross rent in places near Wayne

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Wayne
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Wayne	—	$2,022 (±$208)	—
St. Davids	1.0 mi	$2,016 (±$162)	Not measurably different
Berwyn	2.6 mi	$1,750 (±$926)	Not measurably different
Easttown Township	2.9 mi	$1,963 (±$1,046)	Not measurably different
Newtown Township (Delaware County)	3.5 mi	$1,971 (±$232)	Not measurably different
Upper Merion Township	3.5 mi	$2,087 (±$74)	Not measurably different
Rosemont	3.5 mi	$1,747 (±$71)	Lower
Tredyffrin Township	3.6 mi	$2,105 (±$120)	Not measurably different
Chesterbrook	3.9 mi	$2,452 (±$356)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Rosemont, PA ($1,747).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Chesterbrook, PA ($2,452).

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

Median gross rent across Delaware County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Lima	$3,000 (±$949)
2	Wayne	$2,022 (±$208)
3	St. Davids	$2,016 (±$162)
4	Broomall	$1,765 (±$72)
5	Folsom	$1,540 (±$231)
6	Boothwyn	$1,396 (±$79)
7	Drexel Hill	$1,357 (±$41)
8	Village Green-Green Ridge	$1,356 (±$117)

Showing 8 of 11 places in Delaware County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

It lies inside Radnor 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 Wayne

What is the average rent in Wayne, PA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Wayne is $2,022 (±$208) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

51.7% of rented homes in Wayne have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Wayne higher than in Delaware County?

In Wayne, median gross rent is higher than in Delaware County ($1,372).

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 Wayne CDP, Pennsylvania (place:81752, 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.