housing costs · Pennsylvania
Housing costs in Lehigh 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 | $1,383 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,326 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,259 | ± $24 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,156 | ± $20 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $300,400 | ± $5,846 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $276,100 | ± $3,832 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $254,500 | ± $5,244 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $224,700 | ± $3,222 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.5 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.0 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 31.3 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.7 % | ± 1.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Lehigh County is $1,383, 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.