housing costs · Pennsylvania
Housing costs in Mercer 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 | $843 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $808 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $761 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $704 | ± $22 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $164,000 | ± $3,160 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $153,600 | ± $3,869 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $146,100 | ± $3,488 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $129,900 | ± $3,232 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 28.3 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.7 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.4 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.2 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Mercer County is $843, below 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.