Sierra ViewPA
Some 6,365 people live in this town, in Pennsylvania.
Is Sierra View a good place to live?
Sierra View’s mean commuting time is 36 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). We don’t grade Sierra View yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Sierra View for work
Where Sierra View’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sierra View. Close and well known come first.
29 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
5 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
31 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
38 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
15 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
31 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Dorney 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
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Moving to Sierra View: who provides what
Sierra View 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 Sierra View.
Sierra View has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
For Sierra View, the FEMA risk score is 16 of 100. FEMA puts 38% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 36% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Sierra View’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Pocono Township (9%), Chestnuthill Township (7%) and New York (5%). Just 1% of Sierra View’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Sierra View grew to 344 in 2023, 214 more than in 2013. The median commute is under 23 miles.
| Sierra View | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sierra View has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Sierra View’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sierra View is
Sierra View: 43% of adults sleep under 7 hours. CDC measures, 26 in all: Sierra View beats Pennsylvania on 2 and trails on 1. In Sierra View, nearly a fifth of adults binge drink, and 39% have obesity.
| Sierra View | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sierra View | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.3% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.8% | 8.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 8.5% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.4% of the land in Sierra View is protected from building
0.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bethlehem Authority Tunkhannock | — | 18 |
| 2. State Game Lands Number 38 | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Sierra View sells for about $363K at the median
A home in Sierra View typically sold within 22 days of listing. Among households locally, 91% are owner-occupiers. For Sierra View, the going rate for rent is $1,250 a month.
| Sierra View | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 91% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,250 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sierra View
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sierra View
About 4 of every 100 Sierra View residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Sierra View
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Sierra View is a census-designated place that is located in Chestnuthill and Tunkhannock Townships in Monroe County in the state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,907 residents.
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- Area
- 5.1 sq mi
Sierra View’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Sierra View.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra View | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Indian Mountain Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun Valley | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sierra View, Indian Mountain Lake and Sun Valley aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sierra View with a neighbor →
Questions about Sierra View
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sierra View, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Sierra View yet; the figures below are still real. Some 6,365 people live in this town, in Pennsylvania.