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87cities listedof 4,183 in the US $67,167typical household income▼ 17% below US $1,174typical rent per month▼ 17% below US Philadelphialargest citypop. 1.6M

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Philadelphia	1.6M	$61,953	$1,397	5.3%
Pittsburgh	305k	$65,742	$1,261	3.6%
Allentown	126k	$55,494	$1,317	5.4%
Reading	95k	$44,091	$1,067	5.7%
Erie	94k	$46,113	$870	4.7%
Bethlehem	78k	$68,879	$1,382	4.3%
Scranton	76k	$50,739	$1,048	4.6%
Lancaster	58k	$63,690	$1,240	4.1%
Levittown	51k	$105,071	$1,556	3.8%
Harrisburg	50k	$48,099	$1,062	5.7%
York	45k	$48,420	$1,014	6.0%
Wilkes-Barre	44k	$48,515	$946	5.2%
Altoona	43k	$51,250	$819	4.1%
State College	41k	$45,424	$1,273	4.0%
Norristown	36k	$66,701	$1,422	3.7%
Chester	34k	$41,342	$1,091	6.7%
Bethel Park	33k	$107,090	$1,311	2.9%
Drexel Hill	30k	$88,168	$1,357	4.2%
Hazleton	30k	$46,177	$1,089	5.5%
Easton	30k	$69,348	$1,325	4.1%
Monroeville	28k	$79,218	$1,175	3.5%
Williamsport	28k	$48,851	$855	4.8%
Plum	27k	$98,705	$1,177	3.3%
Lebanon	27k	$48,456	$992	5.3%
King of Prussia	26k	$117,912	$2,077	3.5%
Pottstown	23k	$60,828	$1,260	3.5%
Chambersburg	22k	$56,576	$1,099	3.8%
Allison Park	22k	$113,822	$1,222	4.0%
Carlisle	22k	$61,720	$1,094	3.5%
New Castle	22k	$42,219	$741	5.7%
Baldwin	21k	$80,983	$1,066	4.0%
Murrysville	21k	$121,823	$1,587	4.2%
West Chester	21k	$78,385	$1,731	3.2%
Phoenixville	19k	$102,138	$1,735	3.2%
West Mifflin	19k	$76,563	$780	4.1%
Lansdale	19k	$88,229	$1,470	3.5%
Johnstown	18k	$37,888	$644	5.8%
Colonial Park	18k	$73,105	$1,392	4.4%
McKeesport	17k	$34,219	$848	4.0%
Fullerton	17k	$69,317	$1,428	4.6%
Hanover	17k	$61,293	$1,137	4.1%
Hermitage	16k	$70,052	$896	4.8%
Horsham	16k	$94,987	$1,446	3.5%
Weigelstown	15k	$73,722	$1,385	4.1%
Franklin Park	15k	$176,875	$2,330	4.0%
Whitehall	15k	$89,404	$915	4.0%
Greensburg	15k	$64,914	$839	4.2%
Hershey	14k	$78,587	$1,268	4.4%
Indiana	14k	$40,857	$849	4.9%
Dunmore	14k	$71,302	$928	4.7%
Willow Grove	14k	$98,064	$1,765	3.5%
Wilkinsburg	14k	$46,416	$1,025	4.0%
Ardmore	14k	$119,111	$1,763	3.5%
Ephrata	14k	$69,735	$1,143	3.4%
Carnot-Moon	14k	$100,714	$1,214	4.0%
Kingston	13k	$55,347	$1,038	5.3%
Montgomeryville	13k	$131,345	$1,993	3.5%
Washington	13k	$52,975	$910	4.2%
Pottsville	13k	$54,332	$822	4.9%
Coatesville	13k	$59,256	$1,471	3.2%
Butler	13k	$44,247	$818	3.8%
Bloomsburg	13k	$51,536	$980	5.0%
Sharon	13k	$45,670	$827	4.8%
Meadville	13k	$43,308	$855	4.4%
St. Marys	13k	$67,167	$762	4.5%
Jefferson Hills	12k	$116,064	$1,355	4.0%
Yeadon	12k	$49,759	$1,213	4.2%
New Kensington	12k	$49,063	$751	4.2%
Elizabethtown	12k	$76,105	$1,174	3.4%
Emmaus	12k	$83,917	$1,389	4.6%
Mountain Top	12k	$109,535	$849	5.3%
Lower Burrell	12k	$84,602	$911	4.2%
Shiloh	11k	$94,324	$1,530	4.1%
Wyomissing	11k	$93,203	$1,781	4.4%
Lansdowne	11k	$73,232	$1,304	4.2%
Waynesboro	11k	$66,956	$1,086	3.8%
Progress	11k	$73,030	$1,233	4.4%
Darby	11k	$39,863	$1,308	4.2%
Broomall	11k	$105,625	$1,765	4.2%
Nanticoke	11k	$57,462	$792	5.3%
Roslyn	11k	$99,318	—	3.5%
Munhall	11k	$52,517	$780	4.0%
Northampton	10k	$90,762	$1,174	4.3%
Berwick	10k	$49,800	$797	5.0%
Columbia	10k	$54,437	$1,075	3.4%
Woodlyn	10k	$79,696	$1,196	4.2%
Willow Street	10k	$109,675	$2,672	3.4%

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