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Jim Thorpe is a small town of 4,540 people in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It's about 24 miles from Allentown, PA and 68 miles from Philadelphia, PA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 31 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $210k and rent runs about $908 a month.
4,540people
$210kTypical home
$908/moRent
79° / 33°Summer / winter
31"Snow
223Sunny days
132Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,540
- Part of a metro area
- About 311 people per sq mi
- 68 mi to Philadelphia, PA
- 24 mi to Allentown, PA
- 12 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $210k (≈$1,323/mo)
- Median rent $908/mo
- Median household income $73k
- Property tax about 1.4% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 33°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
- 132 days a year with rain or snow
- 31" of snow a year
- 10 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 (131 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (793 per 100k)
People
- Median age 49
- 21% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to ABE airport
- 74 mi to PHL (major hub)
- 58 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 1,204 ft
- 70 mi to the ocean
- 118 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 31 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 465 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 42 bars within 25 mi
- 89 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 9 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 23 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 12 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 16 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Carbon County: R+35 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk