Cost of living in Lehighton, Pennsylvania
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,019 a month.
Lehighton is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $64,651 a year.
- People
- 5,268
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,019
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $64,651
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $213,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,839
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Lehighton, Pennsylvania has about 5,268 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $213,600.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Carbon County is $1,839 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lehighton. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area, prices sit at 100.0 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 Lehighton'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 Lehighton bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lehighton'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, 478 have higher typical rent than Lehighton.
Nearby places
- Weissport East
Typical rent $762
Compare with Lehighton - Jim Thorpe
Typical rent $908
Compare with Lehighton - Palmerton
Typical rent $931
Compare with Lehighton - Nesquehoning
Typical rent $1,117
Compare with Lehighton - Summit Hill
Typical rent $1,279
Compare with Lehighton - Slatington
Typical rent $882
Compare with Lehighton - Walnutport
Typical rent $1,539
- Lansford
Typical rent $922
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.