Emerald LakesPA
The town, home to 2,716 people, lies in Pennsylvania.
Is Emerald Lakes a good place to live?
5.4% of residents are 65 or older in Emerald Lakes, against 21% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Only 4 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Emerald Lakes. We don’t grade Emerald Lakes yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Emerald Lakes for work
Where Emerald Lakes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 44 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Emerald Lakes. Close and well known come first.
36 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
25 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
4 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
40 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
25 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
16 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain
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Moving to Emerald Lakes: who provides what
Emerald Lakes is unincorporated, so Monroe County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Emerald Lakes.
Very low risk in Emerald Lakes, with inland flooding at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Emerald Lakes, 44% come from inland flooding and 28% from cold waves. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 95% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Emerald Lakes has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The share of residents in Emerald Lakes who live below the poverty line: 6.1%. Most people who work leave Emerald Lakes to do it: just 1% work in town. Employers in Emerald Lakes shed 155 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 61. The typical journey to work here is 33 minutes.
| Emerald Lakes | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Emerald Lakes stands out in Pennsylvania and nationally, with a typical July afternoon cooler than most
Summers in Emerald Lakes are pleasant, and winters chilly, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 78° and January nights drop to 15°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Pennsylvania and the rest of the country, more of Emerald Lakes’ adults sleep under 7 hours
Just over one in ten adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Emerald Lakes. Of 26 CDC measures, Emerald Lakes beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 and trails it on 12. In Emerald Lakes, 20% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 42% have obesity.
| Emerald Lakes | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 38% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Emerald Lakes | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 12% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 0.6% of Emerald Lakes
Emerald Lakes has one park or preserve, 3 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Delaware State Forest | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Emerald Lakes sells for about $318K
Emerald Lakes: 87% of households live in a home they own. In Emerald Lakes, the typical sale closed at 95.9% of the list price. Homes sold in Emerald Lakes spent a median 33 days on the market.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Emerald Lakes
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Emerald Lakes
About 4 of every 100 Emerald Lakes residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Emerald Lakes
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Emerald Lakes is a census-designated place located in Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock Townships in Monroe County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located near Interstates 80 and 380. As of the 2022 American Community Survey, Emerald Lakes was estimated to have 3,228 residents.
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- Area
- 3.2 sq mi
Questions about Emerald Lakes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Emerald Lakes, PA a good place to live?
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