Moscow, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $307,272 (-1.2% in a year). Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$911 (+130%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,853 -1%
- $311,126$307,272 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $63,576 +26%
- $243,696$307,272 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.
- Moscow$1,613
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Moscow, PA fell 1.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Moscow, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Moscow is a borough of 2,039 people in Lackawanna County. Half its households earn more than $82,031 a year and half less, against $66,223 across Lackawanna County; 5% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Lackawanna County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Moscow is a small borough in Lackawanna County where most homes are lived in by their owners. Residents tend to be older than in most places, household incomes run above the county's, and relatively few people live below the poverty line. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, shops and the building trades. Across Lackawanna County, some of the largest workplaces are Community Medical Center, Amazon and the University of Scranton. The typical commute is moderate, and a fair number of people work from home.
Things to do. Several small creeks run in or beside town, including Rattlesnake Creek, which suit a walk along the water. A short drive away are Steamtown National Historic Site, a protected area, and Lake Scranton, a reservoir. Winters are cold and snowy, and Montage Mountain, a ski area, is also a short drive away.
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- 765households
- 47%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lackawanna County had 98,798 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 63°. About 45 inches of snow and 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wilkes-barre International Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lackawanna County
- Community Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,718FTE
- Vocational Services1,138
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,079
- University of ScrantonUniversity or college1,007
- Scranton SDSchool district967FTE
- Regional Hospital of ScrantonGeneral hospital921FTE
- GentexMilitary insignia, textile, manufacturing732
- Saint Joseph's CenterIntellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities614
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 195 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 26,197 people in all across the county; Moscow has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) 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
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Moscow’s 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 Lackawanna County and the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro.
Moscow home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Moscow$307,272
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Moscow listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Moscow26.62%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Moscow40
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Moscow8
Zip codes with a Moscow address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Moscow — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.