Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 3.7% since 2020.
5,139
people, the 188th-largest of Pennsylvania's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Pennsylvania's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
93.3%
of 1,108 jobs located in Fox Chapel are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is $2,001 a month.
$2,001
a month. Pennsylvania's median is $1,209.
Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $2,634 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Allegheny County.
- $867 Tract 4508
- $3,501 Tract 5638
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$1,042–$1,562
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $2,001 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2005-2009. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 18 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 96% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.1–0.6% to the 1,804 homes here.
2–11
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 254% more than Pennsylvania's.
$900,600
median home value in Fox Chapel.
- $900,600 Fox Chapel
- $254,500 Pennsylvania
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year