Media, Pennsylvania
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Steady. Within 1% of 2020, every year since.
5,920
people, the 151st-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
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
97.6%
of 11,972 jobs located in Media are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 62% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,411
a month. Pennsylvania's median is $1,209.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (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 $2,204 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Delaware County.
- $1,297 Tract 4086
- $3,501 Tract 4084
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.
$758–$1,137
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,411 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 37 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 22% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 88% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; 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 0.5–3.9% to the 3,105 homes here.
14–120
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 84% more than Pennsylvania's.
$467,800
median home value in Media.
- $467,800 Media
- $254,500 Pennsylvania
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year