Cost of living in Chester County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,860 a month.
That HUD number covers Chester County, Pennsylvania, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,438
- 1 bed
- $1,558
- 2 bed
- $1,860
- 3 bed
- $2,216
- 4 bed
- $2,445
This county is in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 102.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- West Chester · 20,666 people
- Phoenixville · 19,452 people
- Coatesville · 13,353 people
- Downingtown · 8,255 people
- Lionville · 7,683 people
- Exton · 6,772 people
- Wayne · 6,635 people
- Paoli · 6,362 people
- Kennett Square · 6,243 people
- Chesterbrook · 5,839 people
- Oxford · 5,825 people
- Parkesburg · 3,937 people
- Thorndale · 3,854 people
- Berwyn · 3,680 people
- Malvern · 3,435 people
- Frazer · 3,389 people
- West Grove · 2,798 people
- Caln · 2,220 people
- Eagleview · 2,050 people
- Kenilworth · 2,013 people
- Honey Brook · 1,941 people
- South Coatesville · 1,928 people
- South Pottstown · 1,893 people
- Devon · 1,806 people
- Hayti · 1,803 people
- Nottingham · 1,508 people
- Westwood · 1,501 people
- Elverson · 1,458 people
- Chadds Ford · 1,341 people
- Atglen · 1,272 people
- Pughtown · 1,125 people