Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 10,902.
Pocono Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 794th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 59% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $288K for a typical one and 3.5 times the East Stroudsburg area’s $84K median household income. Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve, at 917 acres with 3.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. 18% of working residents work locally in Pocono Township, against 6.3% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Pocono Manor Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Pocono Township beats most towns.
Where Pocono Township’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 Pocono Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 9,607 in 2000, 10,868 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1919 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pocono Township. Close and well known come first.
35 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
2 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
25 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
34 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
10 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
30 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a yearDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pocono Township, 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 Pocono Township.
Pocono Township draws workers from Coolbaugh Township and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
8,883 jobs are based in Pocono Township, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
The median household income in Pocono Township is $105,000. Since 2013, Pocono Township has added 495 jobs, to 8,883 in 2023. The average trip to work in Pocono Township is 29 minutes.
| Pocono Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $105,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 14% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growing Concern School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 48 | – |
| Monroe Career and Technical InstituteLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 29 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
28 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Pocono Township’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Pocono State Park | 6.4 mi | 541 |
| 2. Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve | 3.6 mi | 917 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 38 | — | 197 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pocono Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pocono Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 23.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 81% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (38% statewide). 19% of residents are under 18 in Pocono Township. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Pocono Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Pocono Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.3% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.8% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.8% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 7,818 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pocono Township’s, it is less healthy than 66%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
41% of Pocono Township adults sleep under 7 hours. Pocono Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 16% of Pocono Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Pocono Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Pocono Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pocono Township
About 7 of every 100 Pocono Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Pocono Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The township's government is located in the village of Tannersville, Pennsylvania, near the site of Camelback Mountain Resort, which is located in the Pocono Mountains and the adjacent Jackson Township. The top of the ski area is within Big Pocono State Park, which is maintained by resort staff. The population was 10,868 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Pocono Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocono Township | #794 | C+ | C | C+ | B− | B |
| Jackson Township | #854 | C | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Paradise Township | #783 | C+ | B | — | B− | B− |
| Tobyhanna Township | #985 | D | C | — | B− | C |
| Mount Pocono | #880 | C | B− | — | B− | D |
| Stroud Township | #800 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Hamilton Township | #973 | C− | C− | — | B− | B− |
Jackson Township, Paradise Township, Tobyhanna Township, Mount Pocono, Stroud Township and Hamilton Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pocono Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pocono Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #794 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, C+ for safety and B− for schools.
Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Pocono Township sits nearer the middle.
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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