Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $224,928 (+2.8% in a year), asking rent $1,259 . Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$699 (+145%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,105 +3%
- $218,823$224,928 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $48,955 +28%
- $175,973$224,928 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.
- Hazleton$1,181
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Hazleton, PA rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hazleton is a city of 29,963 people in Luzerne County. Half its households earn more than $46,177 a year and half less, against $63,691 across Luzerne County; 25% of its people live below the poverty line. 51% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 49% are rented. Unemployment in Hazleton was 7.1% in August 2026, and Luzerne County had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then transport and warehouses.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Hazleton is a small city in Luzerne County where residents are, on average, somewhat younger than in many American towns. Incomes run well below the county's, and a good share of people live below the poverty line. Homeowners and renters are about evenly balanced, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm, and the year brings a good deal of rain and melted snow.
Work. Many residents work in manufacturing, in transport, warehousing and utilities, in shops, and in schools, hospitals and social care. Among the largest workplaces in Hazleton are Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton, Multi-Plastic Extrusions, which makes polyethylene film and sheet, and Giant Food Stores. Unemployment is a little lower than a year ago, though across the county jobs have been close to flat. Most people have a fairly short commute, and very few work from home.
Things to do. Nescopeck State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and Gravel Run and Long Run flow in or beside town. Angela Park, an amusement park, is also a short drive away. Those willing to go a longer drive can reach Pocono Raceway, a race track.
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- 11,599households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 25%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
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
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 61°. About 48 inches of snow and 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mahanoy City North weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Hazleton
- Lehigh Valley Hospital-hazletonGeneral hospital497FTE
- Multi-Plastic ExtrusionsPolyethylene film and unlaminated sheet manufacturing194
- Giant Food StoresGrocery stores177
- Samsung SDS America, Inc. - HazletonGeneral warehousing and storage176
- Info Tech LogisticsLast mile delivery100
- Leading LogisticsDelivery service74
- HazletonMail and parcel delivery67
- PPLDistribution of electric power48
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,021 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of HazletonRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hazleton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 and the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro.
Hazleton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hazleton$224,928
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hazleton listings, and the typical home goes pending in 25 days — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Hazleton24.27%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Hazleton25
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hazleton130
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hazleton37
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Hazleton$235,147
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Hazleton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hazleton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Hazleton
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18201 | Hazleton | 32,067 | $1,274 | $206,519 |
| 18202 | Hazleton | 13,755 | $1,200 | $255,840 |