Cost of living in Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania has about 3,344 people. Typical rent is $1,117 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $61,354 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 $1,117 a month.
Nesquehoning is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $61,354 a year.
- People
- 3,344
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,117
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $61,354
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $122,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,839
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania has about 3,344 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $122,500.
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 Nesquehoning. 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 Nesquehoning'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 Nesquehoning bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Nesquehoning'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, 384 have higher typical rent than Nesquehoning.
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Typical rent $996
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Typical rent $762
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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.
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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.