Mountain TopPA
The town, settled in 1868, counts 11,850 residents.
Is Mountain Top a good place to live?
46% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Mountain Top, above both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). 17% of the land in Mountain Top is conserved, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 8.2% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest place to walk is State Game Lands Number 187, 539 acres with 3.5 miles of trail. We don’t grade Mountain Top yet; the figures below are still real.
Moving to Mountain Top: who provides what
Mountain Top is unincorporated, so Luzerne 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 Mountain Top.
Mountain Top has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Compared with 89% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Mountain Top is lower. Flood insurance has paid out on 35 claims locally since 1979. 70% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 9%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
16.6% of the land in Mountain Top is protected from building
Mountain Top’s trail network density comes in at 1.1 miles per square mile. Trails total 16 miles in 9 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in the town: 9, covering 1,127 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pinchot State Forest | 4.1 mi | 352 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 187 | 3.5 mi | 539 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 207 | 2.2 mi | 153 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in Mountain Top brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 80° and January nights of 16°, with about 46 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in seven working residents works right in Mountain Top
Since 2013, Mountain Top has added 1,719 jobs, to 5,307 in 2023. Most working residents leave Mountain Top for work: only 14% work in town. 22% of Mountain Top workers do their job from home. Half commute less than 11 miles.
| Mountain Top | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Mountain Top are worth about $333K, by Zillow’s estimate
On the market in Mountain Top: a median 22 days to sell. Over the 12 months to September 2026, the typical home gained 2.2% in value. The share of households in Mountain Top who own their home: 89%.
| Mountain Top | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $849 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
How healthy Mountain Top is
This Pennsylvania town beats the Pennsylvania average on 11 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Mountain Top.
| Mountain Top | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 19% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Mountain Top | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 14% | 18.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Knoebels Amusement Resort and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mountain Top. Close and well known come first.
22 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
40 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
23 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
13 mi State parkHickory Run State Park
29 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft verticalPhoto credits
Steamtown 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 · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain
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Everything we know about Mountain Top
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Mountain Top
About 3 of every 100 Mountain Top residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Mountain Top
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Mountain Top is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 11,489. If Mountain Top were an incorporated municipality, it would rank 4th out of 76 in Luzerne County (in terms of population), just ahead of Hanover Township. The census-designated place of Mountain Top is located along Pennsylvania Route 309, south of Wilkes-Barre, in Dorrance, Fairview, Rice, and Wright townships. However, many equate the Mountain Top area with the Crestwood School District footprint, which has roughly 20,563 residents, covers over 110 square miles (280 km2), and includes Dennison Township, Dorrance Township…
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- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,558 ft
- ZIP code
- 18707
- Area code
- 570
Mountain Top’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Mountain Top.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Top | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wright Township | #289 | A− | C− | A | A− | A− |
| Rice Township | #282 | A− | D | A | A− | A− |
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Is Mountain Top, PA a good place to live?
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