housing costs · Pennsylvania
Housing costs in Dauphin 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 | $1,217 | ± $26 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,153 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,090 | ± $18 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,014 | ± $20 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $236,400 | ± $3,814 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $222,300 | ± $3,491 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $208,200 | ± $3,255 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $181,400 | ± $3,675 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.1 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.2 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 27.1 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.8 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Dauphin County is $1,217, 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.