Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Clarks Green’s subject grades are an A+ for health and an A for incomes and schools; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. 57% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Clarks Green, against 29% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Only 33 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score higher on health. On the outdoors, just 5 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns do worse. Clarks Green has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Clarks Green beats most towns.
Where Clarks Green’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Clarks Green is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 207 in 1880, 1,524 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1933 and 2 maps from 1950 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clarks Green, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Clarks Green.
Clarks Green beats the Pennsylvania average on 14 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of Clarks Green adults report frequent mental distress, below both the Pennsylvania town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). 10% of Clarks Green adults report frequent physical distress.
| Clarks Green | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Clarks Green | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.5% | 14.5% |
| Fewer smokers | 10% | 15.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Peace School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 323 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.7% of working residents work locally in Clarks Green. Jobs based in Clarks Green fell to 245 in 2023, 62 fewer than in 2013. Clarks Green’s median household income is $114,000.
| Clarks Green | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $114,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Clarks Green home is worth about $358,000, up 8.2% in a year, 25% above the Pennsylvania typical home. The median rent in Clarks Green is $1,644 a month.
| Clarks Green | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,644 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Clarks Green has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 17° and about 45 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clarks Green. Close and well known come first.
6 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
24 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
31 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park10 mi Theme parkRocky Glen Park
10 mi Ski areaMontage Mountain Ski Area25 runs · 998 ft vertical
7 mi GardenNay Aug ParkSteamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Montage Mountain Ski Area: Montage Mountain Resorts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nay Aug Park: The Mebane Greeting Card Co., Wilkes-Barre, PA., Public domain
8 within 15 miles of the center of Clarks Green
About 5 of every 100 Clarks Green residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Clarks Green is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 1,529 at the 2020 census.
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3 towns share a border with Clarks Green.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Green | — | — | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Clarks Summit | #26 | A+ | C− | A | A | A |
| South Abington Township | #255 | A | D | A− | A | A |
| Waverly Township | — | — | C− | — | A | A |
Clarks Green and Waverly Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Clarks Green and Waverly Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Clarks Green with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 5.5 years of the area's median household income ($65,158 across the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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