Cost of living in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,418 a month.
Jenkintown is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $110,703 a year.
- People
- 4,727
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,418
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $110,703
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $398,000
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,860
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania has about 4,727 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $398,000.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Montgomery County is $1,860 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Jenkintown. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, prices sit at 102.6 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 Jenkintown'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 Jenkintown bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Jenkintown'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, 175 have higher typical rent than Jenkintown.
Nearby places
- Wyncote
Typical rent $1,434
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Typical rent $1,606
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Typical rent $2,096
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Typical rent $1,772
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Typical rent $1,111
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Typical rent $1,306
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Typical rent $1,347
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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.