Cost of living in Centre County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,537 a month.
That HUD number covers Centre County, Pennsylvania, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,274
- 1 bed
- $1,282
- 2 bed
- $1,537
- 3 bed
- $1,977
- 4 bed
- $2,020
This county is in the State College, PA area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 96.8 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- State College · 41,050 people
- Park Forest Village · 8,624 people
- Bellefonte · 6,009 people
- Boalsburg · 4,582 people
- Pleasant Gap · 3,208 people
- Toftrees · 2,873 people
- Philipsburg · 2,748 people
- Stormstown · 2,532 people
- Lemont · 2,076 people
- Houserville · 2,000 people
- Zion · 1,981 people
- Centre Hall · 1,547 people
- Pine Grove Mills · 1,502 people
- Milesburg · 1,105 people
- Nittany · 1,096 people