Penn EstatesPA
Home to 3,659 people, this town lies in Pennsylvania.
Is Penn Estates a good place to live?
Penn Estates’ typical journey to work is 46 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 5 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Penn Estates. We don’t grade Penn Estates yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Penn Estates for work
Where Penn Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 54 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Penn Estates. Close and well known come first.
35 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
26 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
30 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
6 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
6 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
36 mi MountainHigh PointPhoto 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 · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Penn Estates: who provides what
Penn Estates 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 Penn Estates.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Penn Estates: inland flooding
In Penn Estates, the FEMA hazard score is 12 of 100. Expected losses in Penn Estates break down as 37% from inland flooding and 36% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer of Penn Estates’ working residents work locally than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Penn Estates dropped by 59, to 36. Penn Estates’ typical household income stands at $119,000. The share of residents in Penn Estates who live below the poverty line: 15%. The top destinations are Stroud Township (11%), Pocono Township (9%) and New York (6%).
| Penn Estates | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $119,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A smaller share of residents are 65 or older in Penn Estates than in most of Pennsylvania or the rest of the country
Four-year graduates: 31% of adults 25 and older here, 35% across Pennsylvania. Penn Estates’ age of the median resident comes in at 41.8 years.
| Penn Estates | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 9.8% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 143 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±5.2 points). Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Penn Estates | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 23.3% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.1% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.5% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 22% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.1% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.4% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
Penn Estates: snowy winters and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 42 inches of snow, with January nights at 18° and July afternoons at 83°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Penn Estates is
Among adults in Penn Estates, 12% report frequent physical distress. Against the Pennsylvania average, Penn Estates comes out ahead on 6 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 1. In Penn Estates, just over a fifth of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 39% have obesity.
| Penn Estates | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Penn Estates | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6% | 8.8% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.5% | 7.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 9% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 0.8% of Penn Estates
Penn Estates has one park or preserve, 10 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve | — | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Penn Estates sells for about $352K at the median
On the market in Penn Estates: a median 24 days to sell. Bidding over the asking price: just over a third of homes sold locally.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Penn Estates
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Penn Estates
About 6 of every 100 Penn Estates residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Penn Estates
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Penn Estates is a census-designated place located in Stroud and Pocono Townships in Monroe County in the state of Pennsylvania. The community is located northwest of the borough of East Stroudsburg. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,493 residents.
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- Area
- 2.1 sq mi
Questions about Penn Estates
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