18706
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, PA · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro · population 16,387
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$597 (+152%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,755 +3%
- $183,720$188,475 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $56,061 +42%
- $132,414$188,475 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.
- 18706$989
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.
Typical home values in zip 18706 rose 2.6% 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 — 18706
Against the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro and the national benchmark.
- 18706$1,329
- Scranton$1,362
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 18706
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 18706$188,475
- Scranton$233,948
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 44 zips in range — sorting picks from all 44.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 18701 | Wilkes Barre | 4,294 | $1,210 | $181,823 |
| 3.9 | 18651 | Plymouth | 8,703 | $1,225 | $160,792 |
| 4.9 | 18707 | Mountain Top | 16,689 | — | $332,336 |
| 5.1 | 18704 | Kingston | 31,149 | $1,408 | $223,211 |
| 5.7 | 18709 | Luzerne | 2,910 | — | $183,139 |
| 5.8 | 18634 | Nanticoke | 13,785 | $1,150 | $174,091 |
| 5.9 | 18705 | Wilkes Barre | 15,624 | $1,334 | $199,476 |
| 6.9 | 18708 | Shavertown | 8,867 | — | $301,230 |
| 7.5 | 18702 | Wilkes Barre | 41,970 | $1,322 | $181,739 |
| 8.9 | 18617 | Glen Lyon | 1,791 | — | $135,891 |
| 9.0 | 18644 | Wyoming | 7,552 | — | $244,365 |
| 9.9 | 18621 | Hunlock Creek | 4,744 | — | $237,710 |
| 10.5 | 18660 | Wapwallopen | 3,137 | — | $250,512 |
| 10.7 | 18612 | Dallas | 17,739 | $1,700 | $309,850 |
| 11.0 | 18640 | Pittston | 16,581 | $1,295 | $216,716 |
| 11.6 | 18661 | White Haven | 5,759 | — | $246,540 |
| 11.8 | 18643 | Pittston | 12,848 | — | $228,190 |
| 12.5 | 18224 | Freeland | 6,031 | $1,200 | $175,313 |
| 12.5 | 18642 | Duryea | 4,530 | — | $216,097 |
| 12.5 | 18222 | Drums | 9,789 | — | $300,453 |
| 13.1 | 18641 | Pittston | 6,305 | $1,600 | $208,515 |
| 13.5 | 18618 | Harveys Lake | 3,570 | — | $269,052 |
| 14.8 | 18518 | Old Forge | 8,573 | — | $230,906 |
| 14.8 | 18655 | Shickshinny | 6,018 | — | $238,564 |
| 15.9 | 18507 | Moosic | 5,443 | — | $262,662 |
| 16.6 | 18219 | Conyngham | 1,047 | — | $277,578 |
| 16.7 | 18517 | Taylor | 5,303 | $1,900 | $221,954 |
| 17.0 | 18636 | Noxen | 1,610 | — | $194,917 |
| 17.4 | 18656 | Sweet Valley | 2,066 | — | $273,629 |
| 17.6 | 18201 | Hazleton | 32,067 | $1,274 | $206,519 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.