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Wallenpaupack Lake Estates is a small town of 1,232 people in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. It's about 20 miles from Scranton, PA and 86 miles from New York, NY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $242k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,232people
$242kTypical home
$1,673/moRent
80° / 32°Summer / winter
49"Snow
201Sunny days
129Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,232
- Part of a metro area
- About 713 people per sq mi
- 86 mi to New York, NY
- 20 mi to Scranton, PA
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $242k (≈$1,528/mo)
- Median rent $1,673/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 60°F)
- 201 sunny days a year (51 totally clear)
- 164 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 129 days a year with rain or snow
- 49" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 29 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 53
- 19% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 29% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 39 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to AVP airport
- 75 mi to EWR (major hub)
- 72 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,348 ft
- 67 mi to the ocean
- 98 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 5 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 32 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 346 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 36 bars within 25 mi
- 73 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 21 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 16 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 38% of Pennsylvania districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 30 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 14 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 18 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Wayne County: R+37 in 2024
- Pennsylvania: Purple — split almost evenly
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk