18656
Sweet Valley, Pennsylvania.
Sweet Valley, Luzerne County, PA · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro · population 2,066
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$687 (+92%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,781 +2%
- $267,849$273,629 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $32,065 +13%
- $241,564$273,629 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.
- 18656$1,436
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.
Typical home values in zip 18656 rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Sweet Valley, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 18656
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 18656$273,629
- Scranton$233,948
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 18621 | Hunlock Creek | 4,744 | — | $237,710 |
| 8.4 | 18636 | Noxen | 1,610 | — | $194,917 |
| 8.5 | 18628 | Lopez | 185 | — | $101,311 |
| 9.7 | 18618 | Harveys Lake | 3,570 | — | $269,052 |
| 9.7 | 17814 | Benton | 4,669 | — | $245,504 |
| 9.9 | 18655 | Shickshinny | 6,018 | — | $238,564 |
| 11.6 | 18612 | Dallas | 17,739 | $1,700 | $309,850 |
| 12.4 | 17878 | Stillwater | 1,488 | — | $274,412 |
| 12.6 | 18617 | Glen Lyon | 1,791 | — | $135,891 |
| 12.9 | 18708 | Shavertown | 8,867 | — | $301,230 |
| 13.2 | 18632 | Mildred | 430 | — | $98,321 |
| 13.4 | 18634 | Nanticoke | 13,785 | $1,150 | $174,091 |
| 13.4 | 18614 | Dushore | 1,986 | — | $211,655 |
| 13.7 | 18651 | Plymouth | 8,703 | $1,225 | $160,792 |
| 14.1 | 18629 | Mehoopany | 1,760 | — | $204,159 |
| 14.6 | 18626 | Laporte | 505 | — | $270,711 |
| 16.2 | 18709 | Luzerne | 2,910 | — | $183,139 |
| 16.4 | 18704 | Kingston | 31,149 | $1,408 | $223,211 |
| 16.9 | 18603 | Berwick | 18,827 | $1,088 | $212,335 |
| 17.0 | 18644 | Wyoming | 7,552 | — | $244,365 |
| 17.2 | 18660 | Wapwallopen | 3,137 | — | $250,512 |
| 17.4 | 18706 | Wilkes Barre | 16,387 | $1,329 | $188,475 |
| 17.6 | 18701 | Wilkes Barre | 4,294 | $1,210 | $181,823 |
| 18.1 | 17758 | Muncy Valley | 943 | — | $225,177 |
| 18.3 | 17774 | Unityville | 962 | — | $305,974 |
| 18.9 | 18657 | Tunkhannock | 10,866 | — | $249,542 |
| 19.2 | 18705 | Wilkes Barre | 15,624 | $1,334 | $199,476 |
| 19.3 | 18846 | Sugar Run | 770 | — | $236,816 |
| 19.4 | 18643 | Pittston | 12,848 | — | $228,190 |
| 19.8 | 18707 | Mountain Top | 16,689 | — | $332,336 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.