Metro area · CBSA 44300
State College
The State College, PA metro area has 158,576 people. Median rent is $1,207, 19.5% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Centre County at $1,537. Of the 27 places we track here, Pine Grove Mills has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$74,291
Median home value
$323,500
Unemployment
4.3%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,537
HUD, Centre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| State College | 41,050 | $1,273 | 33.6% |
| Park Forest Village | 8,624 | $1,331 | 20.2% |
| Bellefonte | 6,009 | $975 | 18.7% |
| Boalsburg | 4,582 | $1,262 | 15.0% |
| Pleasant Gap | 3,208 | $1,210 | 20.9% |
| Toftrees | 2,873 | $1,566 | 25.5% |
| Philipsburg | 2,748 | $645 | 16.2% |
| Stormstown | 2,532 | $1,273 | 10.4% |
| Lemont | 2,076 | $1,207 | 14.3% |
| Houserville | 2,000 | $1,746 | 17.6% |
| Zion | 1,981 | $1,146 | 14.5% |
| Centre Hall | 1,547 | $1,154 | 17.2% |
| Pine Grove Mills | 1,502 | $1,410 | 9.4% |
| Milesburg | 1,105 | $1,104 | 21.6% |
| Nittany | 1,096 | $1,207 | 20.8% |
| Ramblewood | 1,092 | $2,037 | 21.2% |
| Clarence | 795 | $790 | 13.0% |
| Millheim | 777 | $925 | 15.2% |
| Aaronsburg | 718 | $896 | 12.0% |
| Snow Shoe | 702 | $911 | 14.0% |
| Howard | 653 | $971 | 16.8% |
| North Philipsburg | 651 | $892 | 23.5% |
| Blanchard | 593 | $1,060 | 16.7% |
| Rebersburg | 583 | $1,204 | 20.1% |
| Continental Courts | 573 | $1,207 | 19.5% |
| Spring Mills | 564 | $830 | 14.5% |
| Port Matilda | 552 | $750 | 17.8% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.