Zip lookup · PA

18518
Old Forge, Pennsylvania.

Old Forge, Lackawanna County, PA · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro · population 8,573

What it costs per month · 18518 $1,212/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$794 (+190%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $17,898 +8%
$213,008$230,906 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $86,056 +59%
$144,849$230,906 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 18518 $1,212 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 18518$1,212
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 7 years.

Typical home values in zip 18518 rose 8.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Old Forge, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $230,906 as of Sep 2026
+8.4%year on year

Typical home value — 18518

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 18518 $230,906 Scranton $233,948 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 18518$230,906
  • Scranton$233,948
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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1.9 18517 Taylor 5,303 $1,900 $221,954
2.4 18642 Duryea 4,530 — $216,097
2.7 18641 Pittston 6,305 $1,600 $208,515
3.4 18507 Moosic 5,443 — $262,662
3.8 18504 Scranton 21,069 $1,297 $196,846
4.4 18503 Scranton 1,629 $1,625 $168,419
4.7 18505 Scranton 20,797 $1,430 $197,929
5.0 18643 Pittston 12,848 — $228,190
5.4 18640 Pittston 16,581 $1,295 $216,716
5.5 18510 Scranton 14,332 $1,252 $207,591
5.6 18411 Clarks Summit 22,820 $1,981 $352,737
6.3 18509 Scranton 13,055 $1,332 $227,217
7.0 18508 Scranton 11,565 $1,432 $171,277
7.7 18644 Wyoming 7,552 — $244,365
8.3 18519 Scranton 5,266 $1,312 $212,694
8.5 18615 Falls 1,646 — $241,766
8.5 18512 Scranton 12,986 $1,233 $226,509
8.9 18705 Wilkes Barre 15,624 $1,334 $199,476
10.2 18709 Luzerne 2,910 — $183,139
10.3 18444 Moscow 13,604 — $308,452
10.5 18704 Kingston 31,149 $1,408 $223,211
10.8 18452 Peckville 5,203 — $253,623
10.9 18471 Waverly 667 — $454,990
11.2 18702 Wilkes Barre 41,970 $1,322 $181,739
11.3 18414 Dalton 5,444 — $312,234
11.5 18447 Olyphant 9,470 $1,669 $249,920
11.5 18434 Jessup 4,031 — $227,296
11.8 18701 Wilkes Barre 4,294 $1,210 $181,823
12.6 18708 Shavertown 8,867 — $301,230
12.7 18612 Dallas 17,739 $1,700 $309,850

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.