housing costs · Pennsylvania
Housing costs in Chester County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,763 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,691 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,601 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,445 | ± $23 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $485,600 | ± $4,003 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $461,800 | ± $4,298 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $435,000 | ± $4,799 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $384,100 | ± $3,457 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.1 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.9 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.0 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.7 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Chester County is $1,763, above the Pennsylvania median of $901 across 67 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.