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Cost of living in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,210 a month.

Pleasant Gap is a Census community, not a separate city government in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $69,536 a year.

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People
3,208
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,210
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$69,536
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$240,200
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,537
State College, PA MSA

Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania has about 3,208 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $240,200.

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 Pleasant Gap. 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 Pleasant Gap'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 Pleasant Gap bill.

In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Pleasant Gap'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, 302 have higher typical rent than Pleasant Gap.

Nearby places

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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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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.