Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Tunkhannock’s best subject grades are an A for walkability and civic life and an A+ for history; its weakest is a D for incomes. 22% of residents live below the poverty line in Tunkhannock, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 94 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns score lower on incomes. On history, just 3 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Riverside Park, at 20 acres. On civic life, just 60 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do better. Tunkhannock has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Tunkhannock beats most towns.
Tunkhannock Historic DistrictEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Tunkhannock is from typical.
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Census counts: 561 in 1850, 1,767 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1948 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tunkhannock, 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 Tunkhannock.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 99 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Tunkhannock.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Tunkhannock Area SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunkhannock Area Intermediate CenterLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 614 | C |
| Endless Mountains Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 22 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Tunkhannock has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 45 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Tunkhannock for work: only 9% work in town. Tunkhannock’s average trip to work is 19 minutes, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (26 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Tunkhannock fell to 930 in 2023, 221 fewer than in 2013.
| Tunkhannock | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $58,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Tunkhannock beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 18% of adults binge drink in Tunkhannock.
| Tunkhannock | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 19% | 19% |
| What stands out | Tunkhannock | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.3% | 14.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical Tunkhannock home is worth about $250,000, up 2.1% in a year, 13% below the Pennsylvania typical home. 57% of Tunkhannock households own their home.
| Tunkhannock | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $729 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Adults 35 to 64 are 33% of residents (38% statewide). Tunkhannock has lost 2.6% of its people since 2020, down to 1,718 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Tunkhannock | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 43 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Tunkhannock | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.1% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.1% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.4% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.4% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.1% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Tunkhannock’s property crime rate is 4.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Tunkhannock | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
| Tunkhannock | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Riverside Park | — | 20 |
| 2. McCord Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tunkhannock. Close and well known come first.
17 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
38 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
21 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
38 mi State parkHickory Run State Park18 mi Theme parkRocky Glen Park
20 mi Ski areaMontage Mountain Ski Area25 runs · 998 ft verticalSteamtown 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 · Montage Mountain Ski Area: Montage Mountain Resorts, CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Tunkhannock
About 1 of every 100 Tunkhannock residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
8 notable people were born in Tunkhannock.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Tunkhannock ( tuhng-KA-nuhk) is a borough and county seat of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. Located 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Wilkes-Barre, Tunkhannock is in the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the past, lumbering was carried on extensively. Today, many residents are employed by the Procter & Gamble plant in nearby Washington Township. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was 1,766. The name Tunkhannock is derived from the Minsi-Len'api term Ptuk'hanna'unk, which means "Bend-in-river-place", especially to the town's west, upstream at the radical bend called "The Neck". Modern Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, The Tunkhannock Histori…
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2 towns share a border with Tunkhannock.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tunkhannock | — | — | B− | B− | B− | B |
| Tunkhannock Township | #510 | B+ | B | A | B− | B |
| Eaton Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | B− |
Tunkhannock and Eaton Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Eaton Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Tunkhannock with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 3.8 years of the area's median household income ($65,158 across the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
8 notable people were born here, including Benjamin F. Harding and Charles E. Dietrich.
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