Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Oakdale, PA

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Settlers Place

1600 Settlers Dr, Oakdale, Pennsylvania 15071

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Oakdale, Pennsylvania
$21.99/hour
$14.74 (+203%) more than Pennsylvania minimum wage and $14.74 (+203%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
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What HUD offices serve Oakdale, Pennsylvania?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing, Family Self-Sufficiency programs for Oakdale, Pennsylvania.

Go to the Pennsylvania Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Oakdale.

How many renters live in Oakdale, Pennsylvania?

The City of Oakdale has 1,459 people living in 659 households.

There are 255 renters living in 139 renter households in this City. Renters make up 17.48 percent of the population living in Oakdale.

What is the rental market like in Oakdale, Pennsylvania?

There are an estimated 706 housing units in the Oakdale area. Of these, 156 units are rental homes, making up 22 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Oakdale, Pennsylvania, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Oakdale?

The rental vacancy rate in Oakdale is 11 percent. This is a higher than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are high it means that there are a lot of available units and rents tend to be lower.

How many rental units are in Oakdale for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Oakdale
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
26 31 30 44 8
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Oakdale

A large number of apartments in Oakdale have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in Oakdale are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 32 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 22 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in Oakdale

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $917 to $1,605. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $917
One BR $965
Two BR $1,161
Three BR $1,474
Four BR $1,605
2024 Fair Market Rents in Oakdale, Pennsylvania

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Oakdale?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 11 42 percent
One BR 27 87 percent
Two BR 13 43 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Oakdale, Pennsylvania

How many affordable rental units are in Oakdale?

Income Based Apartments in Oakdale, Pennsylvania

Oakdale features 164 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in Oakdale, Pennsylvania

There are 0 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Oakdale.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Oakdale, Pennsylvania

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Oakdale landlords $0 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $0 towards rent in Oakdale.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Oakdale, Pennsylvania for a two-bedroom apartment is between $1,045 and $1,277.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.