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Beech Mountain Lakes, Pennsylvania.

A community in Luzerne County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Luzerne County’s.

Living in Beech Mountain Lakes, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Beech Mountain Lakes, in Luzerne County, had 2,157 people in the 2020 census. 94% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 6% are rented. Unemployment in Luzerne County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Luzerne County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,157 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Beech Mountain Lakes for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.2% Luzerne County, August 2026; 6.2% a year before
Homes 94% lived in by their owners; 6% rented
  • 662households
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 6%work from home

What people in Luzerne County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Luzerne County had 145,109 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 31° and 16°; warmest in July, 79° and 58° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 31° 16° F M A M J J 79° 58° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 31° and 16°; warmest in July, 79° and 58° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 31° 16° F M A M J J 79° 58° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 58°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Francis East Walter Dam weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Luzerne County

  1. Geisinger Wyoming Valley MED CTRGeneral hospital2,715FTE
  2. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,610
  3. NBC Pittston MerchantsBonded warehousing, general merchandise1,456
  4. Hazleton Area SDSchool district1,353FTE
  5. Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs1,315
  6. ChewyGeneral warehousing and storage1,134
  7. ChewyGeneral warehousing and storage1,122
  8. Benco DentalDental equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers1,089

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 338 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 52,411 people in all across the county; Beech Mountain Lakes has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Cold wavesRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Beech Mountain Lakes’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Luzerne County.