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Cost of living in West Lawn, Pennsylvania

West Lawn, Pennsylvania has about 1,384 people. Typical rent is $1,155 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $69,688 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.

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Typical rent is $1,155 a month.

West Lawn is a Census community, not a separate city government in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $69,688 a year.

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People
1,384
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,155
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$69,688
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$192,600
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,418
Reading, PA MSA
Gas
$4.470
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B), week of October 12, 2026

West Lawn, Pennsylvania has about 1,384 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $192,600.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Berks County is $1,418 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in West Lawn. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Reading, PA metro area, prices sit at 97.1 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 West Lawn'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 West Lawn bill.

In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not West Lawn's bill.

EIA does not publish a Pennsylvania gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) all-grades price was $4.470 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,145.60 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Pennsylvania shares this price.

Among 873 places we list in Pennsylvania with a rent figure, 348 have higher typical rent than West Lawn.

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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.