Cost of living in West Newton, Pennsylvania
West Newton, Pennsylvania has about 2,621 people. Typical rent is $636 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $52,961 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.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $636 a month.
West Newton is a borough in Pennsylvania. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $52,961 a year.
- People
- 2,621
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $636
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $52,961
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $131,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $1,389
- Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area
West Newton, Pennsylvania has about 2,621 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $131,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Westmoreland County is $1,389 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in West Newton. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the Pittsburgh, PA metro area, prices sit at 94.7 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 Newton'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 Newton bill.
In July 2026, a typical Pennsylvania home paid 21.72¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not West Newton'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, 848 have higher typical rent than West Newton.
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Typical rent $1,030
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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.
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.