Is there a fair-market rent for Park Forest Village?

The 2-bedroom HUD fair-market rent we can cite is $1,537 a month, for State College, PA MSA.

Where can I use an EBT card near Park Forest Village?

USDA publishes a SNAP Retailer Locator. This page links to that map. It does not copy the store list.

Cost of living in Park Forest Village, Pennsylvania

Park Forest Village, Pennsylvania has about 8,624 people. Typical rent is $1,331 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $79,120 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 #171 in Pennsylvania on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,331 a month.

Park Forest Village is a Census community, not a separate city government in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $79,120 a year.

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People: 8,624; Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent: $1,331; Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay: $79,120; Median household income, yearly
Typical home: $389,600; Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent: $1,537; State College, PA MSA

Park Forest Village, Pennsylvania has about 8,624 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $389,600.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Centre County is $1,537 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Park Forest Village. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the State College, PA metro area, prices sit at 96.8 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 Park Forest Village'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 Park Forest Village bill.

In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Park Forest Village'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, 229 have higher typical rent than Park Forest Village.

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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.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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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.