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

Discover affordable housing in Uniontown where there are 21+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

White Swan Apartments

117 West Main Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Surrey Hill Apartments

501 Surrey Hill Dr, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Laurel Estates

71 Greenpoint Cir , Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Uniontown Family Homes

Uniontown Family Homes, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Mount Vernon Towers

177 W Main St, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Union Gardens

500 Woodview Ter, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Harris Gardens

143 Brushwood Rd C-03, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Village of Searights

600 Village of Searights, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Meridian Point

112 Confer Vista Dr, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Poplar Lane Court

110 New Salem Rd, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Confer Vista

98 Confer Vista Dr, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Beeson Court

125 E Main St, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Gallatin Apartments

43 E Main St, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Beeson Square Apartments

114 Pershing Court Manor, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Historic White Swan Apartments

117 W MAIN ST, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Uniontown Senior Housing

94 N Gallatin Ave, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Gallatin School

Gallatin Ave, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

East View Terrace

1 Tuskeegee Ter, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Uniontown Elderly Housing

144 N Beeson Ave, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Lenox Street Supportive Housing Project

9 Lenox St, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401

Open Until Further Notice

Reported On February 23rd, 2024 by Nathan Brunet

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Uniontown, 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 Uniontown, 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, Homeownership Voucher, Family Self-Sufficiency programs for Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

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

How many renters live in Uniontown, Pennsylvania?

The City of Uniontown has 9,913 people living in 4,845 households.

There are 3,976 renters living in 2,319 renter households in this City. Renters make up 40.11 percent of the population living in Uniontown.

What is the rental market like in Uniontown, Pennsylvania?

There are an estimated 5,533 housing units in the Uniontown area. Of these, 2,499 units are rental homes, making up 45 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Uniontown?

The rental vacancy rate in Uniontown is 7 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 Uniontown for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Uniontown
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
68 1,117 508 557 60
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Uniontown

A large number of apartments in Uniontown 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 Uniontown are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 53 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 30 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 Uniontown

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 Uniontown, Pennsylvania

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

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 38 56 percent
One BR 996 89 percent
Two BR 473 93 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

How many affordable rental units are in Uniontown?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Uniontown, Pennsylvania including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Low Income Housing Tax Credit 174
Public Housing 279
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 204
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Uniontown features 1,051 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 Uniontown, Pennsylvania

There are 166 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Uniontown.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Uniontown, Pennsylvania

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Uniontown landlords $500 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $300 towards rent in Uniontown.

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

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.