diff --git a/changelog.d/3070.misc.rst b/changelog.d/3070.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..871b5d0050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/3070.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid AttributeError in easy_install.create_home_path when sysconfig.get_config_vars values are not strings.
diff --git a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
index e25090b840..ef1a9b235f 100644
--- a/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
+++ b/setuptools/command/easy_install.py
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ def create_home_path(self):
         if not self.user:
             return
         home = convert_path(os.path.expanduser("~"))
-        for name, path in self.config_vars.items():
+        for path in only_strs(self.config_vars.values()):
             if path.startswith(home) and not os.path.isdir(path):
                 self.debug_print("os.makedirs('%s', 0o700)" % path)
                 os.makedirs(path, 0o700)
@@ -2304,6 +2304,13 @@ def current_umask():
     return tmp
 
 
+def only_strs(values):
+    """
+    Exclude non-str values. Ref #3063.
+    """
+    return filter(lambda val: isinstance(val, str), values)
+
+
 class EasyInstallDeprecationWarning(SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning):
     """
     Warning for EasyInstall deprecations, bypassing suppression.