Cost of Living in Media
Media's cost of living runs genuinely higher than Delaware County's broader average on housing, offset by a comparatively moderate property tax rate and a low combined local income tax.
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Media's typical home value ran $562,017 per Zillow (up 4.8% YoY) -- genuinely, substantially above Delaware County's own broader average home value ($369,806).
A real, comparatively moderate property tax rate
Media's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 2.03% per one 2026 aggregator -- below the Pennsylvania statewide median (2.75%), even as it runs above the national median (1.02%).
A real, comparatively low combined 1% local EIT
Media Borough levies a combined 1% Earned Income Tax, collected via Keystone Collections Group -- layered on Pennsylvania's flat 3.07% state rate for a combined approximate 4.07% marginal rate.
Key takeaways
- Media's housing costs run genuinely well above Delaware County's own broader average.
- Media's effective property tax rate (approximately 2.03%) runs comparatively moderate relative to several other PA markets in this project.
- The combined local EIT (1.0%) plus PA state tax (3.07%) yields an approximate 4.07% combined marginal rate.
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