housing costs · Pennsylvania
Housing costs in Lancaster 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 | $1,357 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,289 | ± $18 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,221 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,114 | ± $14 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $301,100 | ± $4,176 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $279,400 | ± $2,570 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $263,600 | ± $2,730 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $229,300 | ± $2,365 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.5 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.4 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.1 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.0 % | ± 0.9 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lancaster County is $1,357, 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.