Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania.
. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Living in Lake Harmony, Carbon County, Pennsylvania
The Census does not count Lake Harmony on its own, so the figures here are Carbon County's. Half the county's households earn more than $67,554 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 76% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Carbon County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Carbon County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lake Harmony lies in Carbon County in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, where the county's residents are older than most of the country's. Most homes across the county are lived in by their owners. Winters are colder than in most of the country, summers are warm, and plenty of rain and melted snow falls over the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in the building trades. Unemployment across the county is lower than a year earlier, though the number of jobs slipped slightly over the last year. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and the typical trip to work is longer than many Americans make.
Things to do. The lake itself is in or beside town, so it is close at hand. Hickory Run State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and Pocono Raceway, a race track, is also a short drive off.
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- 27,255households
- 46.3median age
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 32 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Carbon County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Carbon County had 16,376 jobs in 2025, 1.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
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, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Carbon County
- Blue Mountain ResortAlpine skiing facilities without accommodations651
- Little leaf FarmsVegetable farming, grown under cover450
- St Lukes Hospital-carbon CampusGeneral hospital405FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters378
- Lehighton Area SDSchool district320FTE
- Palmerton Area SDSchool district259FTE
- Jim Thorpe Area SDSchool district238FTE
- Panther Valley SDSchool district183FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 43 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,569 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Carbon County, 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 Carbon County and the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro.
Lake Harmony home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Lake Harmony listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Lake Harmony17.90%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Lake Harmony86
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Lake Harmony13
Zip codes with a Lake Harmony address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lake Harmony — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.