Cost of living in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania has about 5,786 people. Typical rent is $1,081 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $41,131 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.
Ranked #203 in Pennsylvania on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,081 a month.
McKees Rocks is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $41,131 a year.
- People
- 5,786
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,081
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $41,131
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $75,600
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,389
- Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania has about 5,786 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $75,600.
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 McKees Rocks. 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 McKees Rocks'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 McKees Rocks bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not McKees Rocks'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, 425 have higher typical rent than McKees Rocks.
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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.