18705
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro · population 15,624
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$676 (+183%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,255 +4%
- $192,221$199,476 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $72,499 +57%
- $126,977$199,476 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.
- 18705$1,047
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.
Typical home values in zip 18705 rose 3.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Wilkes-Barre, PA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 18705
Against the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro and the national benchmark.
- 18705$1,334
- Scranton$1,362
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 18705
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 18705$199,476
- Scranton$233,948
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 46 zips in range — sorting picks from all 46.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 18704 | Kingston | 31,149 | $1,408 | $223,211 |
| 3.0 | 18701 | Wilkes Barre | 4,294 | $1,210 | $181,823 |
| 3.0 | 18709 | Luzerne | 2,910 | — | $183,139 |
| 4.6 | 18644 | Wyoming | 7,552 | — | $244,365 |
| 5.5 | 18702 | Wilkes Barre | 41,970 | $1,322 | $181,739 |
| 5.6 | 18640 | Pittston | 16,581 | $1,295 | $216,716 |
| 5.9 | 18706 | Wilkes Barre | 16,387 | $1,329 | $188,475 |
| 6.3 | 18708 | Shavertown | 8,867 | — | $301,230 |
| 6.4 | 18651 | Plymouth | 8,703 | $1,225 | $160,792 |
| 6.4 | 18643 | Pittston | 12,848 | — | $228,190 |
| 6.6 | 18642 | Duryea | 4,530 | — | $216,097 |
| 7.4 | 18641 | Pittston | 6,305 | $1,600 | $208,515 |
| 8.9 | 18518 | Old Forge | 8,573 | — | $230,906 |
| 9.1 | 18612 | Dallas | 17,739 | $1,700 | $309,850 |
| 10.2 | 18507 | Moosic | 5,443 | — | $262,662 |
| 10.4 | 18707 | Mountain Top | 16,689 | — | $332,336 |
| 10.8 | 18517 | Taylor | 5,303 | $1,900 | $221,954 |
| 10.9 | 18634 | Nanticoke | 13,785 | $1,150 | $174,091 |
| 12.3 | 18618 | Harveys Lake | 3,570 | — | $269,052 |
| 12.7 | 18504 | Scranton | 21,069 | $1,297 | $196,846 |
| 12.8 | 18505 | Scranton | 20,797 | $1,430 | $197,929 |
| 13.0 | 18621 | Hunlock Creek | 4,744 | — | $237,710 |
| 13.0 | 18615 | Falls | 1,646 | — | $241,766 |
| 13.2 | 18503 | Scranton | 1,629 | $1,625 | $168,419 |
| 13.7 | 18661 | White Haven | 5,759 | — | $246,540 |
| 13.8 | 18411 | Clarks Summit | 22,820 | $1,981 | $352,737 |
| 13.9 | 18510 | Scranton | 14,332 | $1,252 | $207,591 |
| 14.0 | 18617 | Glen Lyon | 1,791 | — | $135,891 |
| 15.1 | 18509 | Scranton | 13,055 | $1,332 | $227,217 |
| 15.9 | 18508 | Scranton | 11,565 | $1,432 | $171,277 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.