44 counties · ranked by income-to-home ratio

Most Affordable Counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania where housing is most affordable relative to local incomes. Higher income-to-home ratios mean residents spend less of their earnings on housing.

# County BTI Score Afford. Ratio Home Value Med. Income Med. Rent Tax Rate
01 Venango County PA 14 0.55 $108,500 $59,278 $740 1.4%
02 Schuylkill County PA 88 0.50 $127,900 $63,574 $801 1.6%
03 Cambria County PA 17 0.49 $110,900 $54,221 $700 1.3%
04 Clearfield County PA 50 0.48 $118,300 $56,982 $737 1.2%
05 Somerset County PA 62 0.46 $124,500 $57,357 $704 1.1%
06 Fayette County PA 35 0.46 $121,800 $55,579 $754 1.2%
07 Armstrong County PA 12 0.45 $135,800 $61,011 $777 1.6%
08 Lawrence County PA 72 0.44 $130,000 $57,585 $787 1.5%
09 Crawford County PA 90 0.43 $136,000 $58,734 $769 1.5%
10 Indiana County PA 82 0.41 $140,700 $57,170 $771 1.6%
11 Luzerne County PA 55 0.40 $152,400 $60,836 $904 1.6%
12 Blair County PA 94 0.40 $149,300 $59,386 $838 1.1%
13 Northumberland County PA 76 0.40 $141,300 $55,952 $751 1.2%
14 Beaver County PA 44 0.39 $170,900 $67,194 $830 1.5%
15 Mercer County PA 55 0.39 $146,100 $57,353 $761 1.3%
16 Westmoreland County PA 69 0.38 $181,600 $69,454 $822 1.4%
17 Erie County PA 84 0.37 $160,200 $59,396 $851 1.7%
18 Monroe County PA 37 0.36 $221,100 $80,656 $1,311 2.0%
19 Lackawanna County PA 98 0.36 $175,700 $63,739 $917 1.6%
20 Allegheny County PA 15 0.36 $200,200 $72,537 $1,050 1.7%
21 Washington County PA 42 0.36 $205,600 $74,403 $879 1.2%
22 Carbon County PA 28 0.36 $179,600 $64,538 $941 1.6%
23 York County PA 65 0.36 $220,700 $79,183 $1,094 1.8%
24 Bradford County PA 78 0.36 $169,700 $60,650 $824 1.2%
25 Lycoming County PA 54 0.35 $182,500 $63,437 $886 1.4%
26 Lebanon County PA 87 0.34 $211,400 $72,532 $1,023 1.5%
27 Dauphin County PA 50 0.34 $208,200 $71,046 $1,090 1.5%
28 Pike County PA 78 0.34 $225,100 $76,416 $1,344 1.5%
29 Cumberland County PA 54 0.34 $246,200 $82,849 $1,146 1.2%
30 Berks County PA 57 0.33 $225,700 $74,617 $1,078 1.9%
31 Adams County PA 70 0.33 $242,800 $78,975 $1,060 1.4%
32 Columbia County PA 72 0.32 $183,200 $59,457 $862 1.2%
33 Franklin County PA 42 0.32 $222,000 $71,808 $1,019 1.2%
34 Butler County PA 33 0.32 $258,500 $82,932 $978 1.1%
35 Northampton County PA 51 0.31 $265,600 $82,201 $1,280 1.8%
36 Lancaster County PA 67 0.31 $263,600 $81,458 $1,221 1.5%
37 Delaware County PA 40 0.30 $289,700 $86,390 $1,257 2.1%
38 Lehigh County PA 61 0.29 $254,500 $74,973 $1,259 1.8%
39 Montgomery County PA 32 0.28 $382,300 $107,441 $1,514 1.5%
40 Wayne County PA 86 0.28 $211,000 $59,240 $933 1.3%
41 Chester County PA 46 0.27 $435,000 $118,574 $1,601 1.4%
42 Bucks County PA 33 0.27 $395,800 $107,826 $1,461 1.5%
43 Philadelphia County PA 33 0.27 $215,500 $57,537 $1,250 0.9%
44 Centre County PA 45 0.24 $289,800 $70,087 $1,118 1.1%

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