Most of Yorktown is in York County, where a full-time job needs to pay at least $61.88 an hour before taxes to take home four times the typical studio rent.
Across the 4 ZIP codes in Yorktown with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $990 to $1,840 a month. At the middle rent, $1,775, a full-time job would need to pay $60.92 an hour before taxes.
What the standard would be at each ZIP code's own studio rent. The calculator and the official standard use the county figure.
| ZIP | County | Studio rent | Pay needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23690 | York County | $990/mo | $31.09/hr |
| 23691 | York County | $1,800/mo | $61.88/hr |
| 23692 | York County | $1,840/mo | $63.43/hr |
| 23693 | York County | $1,750/mo | $59.95/hr |
Under the Four Times Rent standard, a full-time job in Yorktown needs to pay at least $61.88 an hour before taxes, about $128,719 a year. That is the figure for York County, where the typical studio rent is $1,800 a month.
Yes. Across the 4 ZIP codes in Yorktown with HUD rent figures, studio rents run from $990 to $1,840 a month. At the middle rent of $1,775, the pay needed would be $60.92 an hour.
The minimum wage in York County is $12.77 an hour. The Four Times Rent standard there is 4.8 times that.
The Four Times Rent standard: a month of full-time work (160 hours) should take home at least four times the typical rent on a studio apartment in the county where the work is done. Rents: HUD FY2027 Fair Market Rents. Taxes: 2026 federal and state income taxes plus Social Security and Medicare, for a single filer. Why four times rent? · Method and data downloads