Cost of living in Lake City, Pennsylvania
Lake City, Pennsylvania has about 2,895 people. Typical rent is $871 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $75,048 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 $871 a month.
Lake City is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $75,048 a year.
- People
- 2,895
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $871
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $75,048
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $165,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,091
- Erie, PA MSA
Lake City, Pennsylvania has about 2,895 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $165,600.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Erie County is $1,091 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lake City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Erie, PA metro area, prices sit at 91.0 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 Lake City'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 Lake City bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lake City'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, 641 have higher typical rent than Lake City.
Nearby places
- Girard
Typical rent $667
Compare with Lake City - Avonia
Typical rent $1,358
Compare with Lake City - Fairview
Typical rent $1,551
Compare with Lake City - Albion
Typical rent $592
Compare with Lake City - Conneaut
Typical rent $772
Compare with Lake City - Edinboro
Typical rent $876
Compare with Lake City - Erie
Typical rent $870
Compare with Lake City - North Kingsville
Typical rent $779
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.