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Cost of living in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania

Simple answer

Typical rent is $904 a month.

Schuylkill Haven is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $54,167 a year.

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People
5,253
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$904
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$54,167
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$132,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,068
Schuylkill County, PA

Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania has about 5,253 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $132,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Schuylkill County is $1,068 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Schuylkill Haven. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Pennsylvania's prices sit at 97.6 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Pennsylvania taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.3% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Schuylkill Haven'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 Schuylkill Haven bill.

In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Schuylkill Haven'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, 607 have higher typical rent than Schuylkill Haven.

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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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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.