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Pocono Lake, PA Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Pocono Lake, PA Housing Market Trends

With 4,069 people, 1,669 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $273,607, Pocono Lake real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pocono Lake, accounting for 97.51% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pocono Lake include mobile homes or trailers ( 1.17%).

Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Pocono Lake. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 95.33% of Pocono Lake's homes, and 81.45% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.

There is a lot of housing in Pocono Lake built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Pocono Lake built between 1940-1969 ( 21.75%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 17.33%). There's also some housing in Pocono Lake built before 1939 ( 1.71%).

A decent proportion of the Pocono Lake housing stock is seasonally occupied. That is, homes and condos in Pocono Lake are occupied by people for a portion of the year - mainly for vacation purposes - and then locked up and left unoccupied for the remainder of the year as owners return to their primary residences. This characteristic of the Pocono Lake housing market speaks to its popularity as a vacation location of choice.

Pocono Lake Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Pocono Lake have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 104.66%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Pocono Lake house appreciation rate of 7.42%.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Pocono Lake's appreciation rate, at 5.60%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Pocono Lake's appreciation rate has been -4.11%, which annualizes to a rate of -15.47%.

Notably, Pocono Lake's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.

Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Pocono Lake's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$273,607

Pocono Lake, PA Home Prices
> $1,387,000
$1,040,001 - $1,387,000
$693,001 - $1,040,000
$555,001 - $693,000
$416,001 - $555,000
$277,001 - $416,000
$139,001 - $277,000
$70,001 - $139,000
$0 - $70,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.2%
4.2%
4.0%
4.0%
6.4%
6.4%
20.7%
20.7%
53.2%
53.2%
8.3%
8.3%
3.2%
3.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
High

for Pennsylvania

Average

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

1,669

Pocono Lake Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,492 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
95.3%
95.3%
4.7%
4.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
61.5%
61.5%
38.5%
38.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
17.3%
17.3%
59.2%
59.2%
21.7%
21.7%
1.7%
1.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
97.5%
97.5%
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.6%
1.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
0.0%
0.0%
1.9%
1.9%
13.0%
13.0%
59.4%
59.4%
22.1%
22.1%
3.7%
3.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Pocono Lake

Zip Codes in Pocono Lake, PA