The HideoutPA
The town has 2,432 residents and lies in Pennsylvania.
Is The Hideout a good place to live?
The Hideout’s average commute is 50 minutes, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare, none has a higher midpoint age than The Hideout. We don’t grade The Hideout yet; the figures below are still real.
The Hideout has shrunk 13% from 2010 to 2020
3,013 counted in 2010 and 2,634 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Lake Wallenpaupack and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around The Hideout. Close and well known come first.
6 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
16 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
37 mi MountainHigh Point
29 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
27 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft vertical
33 mi State parkHickory Run State ParkPhoto credits
Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to The Hideout: who provides what
The Hideout is unincorporated, so Wayne 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 The Hideout.
Very low risk in The Hideout, with inland flooding at the top
The risk rating from FEMA in The Hideout is 9 of 100. FEMA puts 61% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 91% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Hideout has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in The Hideout dropped by 876, to 244. Just 3% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Among residents in the town, 19% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Salem Township (6%), Scranton (6%) and Honesdale (4%).
| The Hideout | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $48,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in The Hideout brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 80° and January nights of 15°, with about 47 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More of The Hideout’s adults have high blood pressure than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
16% of The Hideout adults have diabetes. This Pennsylvania town beats the Pennsylvania average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11. Only 4 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of adults who binge drink than The Hideout.
| The Hideout | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 11% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | The Hideout | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.1% | 18.3% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 14.1% | 16.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 12.4% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in The Hideout sells for about $315K at the median
A home in The Hideout typically sold within 47 days of listing. The share of households in The Hideout who own their home: 90%. Homes in The Hideout sold for 96.3% of their list price on average.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about The Hideout
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of The Hideout
About 2 of every 100 The Hideout residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
97% of working residents leave The Hideout for work
Where The Hideout’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About The Hideout
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
The Hideout is a private community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lake and Salem Townships in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community's population was 3,013 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
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- Area
- 6.7 sq mi
Questions about The Hideout
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is The Hideout, PA a good place to live?
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