Cost of living in Cheswick, Pennsylvania
Cheswick, Pennsylvania has about 1,661 people. Typical rent is $1,148 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $75,000 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,148 a month.
Cheswick is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $75,000 a year.
- People
- 1,661
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,148
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $75,000
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $196,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,389
- Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Cheswick, Pennsylvania has about 1,661 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $196,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Allegheny County is $1,389 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Cheswick. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, prices sit at 94.7 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
Pennsylvania taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Cheswick's exact store tax.
Some places in Pennsylvania add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.99% of income. That is not a Cheswick bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Cheswick's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Pennsylvania in the table we use.
Among 873 places we list in Pennsylvania with a rent figure, 354 have higher typical rent than Cheswick.
Nearby places
- Springdale
Typical rent $895
Compare with Cheswick - Oakmont
Typical rent $1,190
Compare with Cheswick - Arnold
Typical rent $846
Compare with Cheswick - New Kensington
Typical rent $751
Compare with Cheswick - Verona
Typical rent $919
Compare with Cheswick - Plum
Typical rent $1,177
Compare with Cheswick - Blawnox
Typical rent $807
- Tarentum
Typical rent $803
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in Pennsylvania
Bigger places in Pennsylvania
Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.