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Cost of living in Village Shires, Pennsylvania

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,962 a month.

Village Shires is a Census community, not a separate city government in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $132,188 a year.

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People
3,503
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,962
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$132,188
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$515,100
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,860
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA

Village Shires, Pennsylvania has about 3,503 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $515,100.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Bucks County is $1,860 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Village Shires. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, prices sit at 102.6 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 Village Shires'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 Village Shires bill.

In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Village Shires'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, 41 have higher typical rent than Village Shires.

Nearby places

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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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.