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Delaware Water Gap is a tiny town of 738 people in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It's about 32 miles from Allentown, PA and 66 miles from New York, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 38 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $300k and rent runs about $1k a month.
738people
$300kTypical home
$1,294/moRent
85° / 36°Summer / winter
38"Snow
223Sunny days
140Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 738
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 382 people per sq mi
- 66 mi to New York, NY
- 32 mi to Allentown, PA
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $300k (≈$1,892/mo)
- Median rent $1,294/mo
- Median household income $95k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (73 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 140 days a year with rain or snow
- 38" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 16 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (0 per 100k)
People
- Median age 41
- 28% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 37% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 27 mi to ABE airport
- 54 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 49 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1947
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 348 ft
- 54 mi to the ocean
- 127 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 47 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 521 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 22 bars within 25 mi
- 117 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 32 museums within 25 mi
- 20 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Monroe County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk