Metro area · CBSA 29540
Lancaster
The Lancaster, PA metro area has 557,931 people. Median rent is $1,357, 18.7% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Lancaster County at $1,553. Of the 56 places we track here, Schoeneck has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$86,959
Median home value
$301,100
Unemployment
3.4%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,553
HUD, Lancaster County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster | 57,719 | $1,240 | 23.4% |
| Ephrata | 13,772 | $1,143 | 19.7% |
| Elizabethtown | 11,925 | $1,174 | 18.5% |
| Columbia | 10,278 | $1,075 | 23.7% |
| Willow Street | 9,647 | $2,672 | 29.2% |
| Lititz | 9,619 | $1,364 | 18.5% |
| Millersville | 8,982 | $1,369 | 24.2% |
| Mount Joy | 8,344 | $1,182 | 15.7% |
| Leola | 7,448 | $1,459 | 19.2% |
| New Holland | 5,780 | $1,163 | 22.1% |
| Manheim | 5,027 | $1,149 | 17.0% |
| East Petersburg | 4,591 | $1,341 | 17.5% |
| Maytown | 4,443 | $1,712 | 17.2% |
| Akron | 4,143 | $1,162 | 18.2% |
| Denver | 3,771 | $1,195 | 16.8% |
| Brownstown | 3,650 | $1,641 | 19.7% |
| Reamstown | 3,468 | $1,206 | 15.1% |
| Salunga | 3,355 | $1,357 | 26.5% |
| Strasburg | 3,109 | $1,119 | 15.7% |
| Mountville | 3,004 | $1,131 | 14.0% |
| Bowmansville | 2,959 | $1,445 | 16.1% |
| Rothsville | 2,934 | $1,125 | 12.6% |
| Marietta | 2,886 | $1,020 | 22.6% |
| Quarryville | 2,856 | $1,172 | 17.6% |
| Rheems | 2,426 | $1,639 | 20.3% |
| Landisville | 2,168 | $992 | 13.5% |
| Reinholds | 2,168 | $1,099 | 13.5% |
| Lampeter | 2,140 | $1,442 | 17.0% |
| Gap | 2,128 | $1,145 | 15.7% |
| Swartzville | 1,799 | $1,122 | 13.8% |
| Intercourse | 1,588 | $868 | 12.4% |
| Bainbridge | 1,376 | $1,564 | 18.9% |
| Clay | 1,362 | $1,033 | 15.1% |
| Blue Ball | 1,284 | $1,187 | 14.4% |
| Brickerville | 1,257 | $879 | 14.2% |
| Penryn | 1,257 | $1,054 | 19.9% |
| Conestoga | 1,243 | $1,357 | 17.9% |
| Paradise | 1,091 | $1,059 | 12.7% |
| East Earl | 1,050 | $1,357 | 15.5% |
| Schoeneck | 1,018 | $842 | 7.3% |
| Terre Hill | 1,004 | $1,240 | 23.3% |
| Christiana | 998 | $1,281 | 20.6% |
| Fivepointville | 904 | $1,357 | 22.7% |
| Farmersville | 870 | $1,363 | 31.2% |
| Stevens | 799 | $1,194 | 29.4% |
| Georgetown | 784 | $969 | 15.8% |
| Churchtown | 763 | $1,357 | 18.7% |
| Hopeland | 760 | $1,357 | 21.2% |
| Rohrerstown | 706 | $1,119 | 23.7% |
| Washington Boro | 663 | $1,357 | 18.7% |
| Soudersburg | 592 | $1,648 | 25.7% |
| Wakefield | 573 | $1,646 | 28.1% |
| Saginaw | 553 | $1,357 | 16.2% |
| Bird-in-Hand | 537 | $1,701 | 23.5% |
| Witmer | 527 | $1,357 | 18.7% |
| Falmouth | 521 | $1,357 | 16.7% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.