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Penn Estates, Pennsylvania.

A community in Monroe County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Monroe County’s.

Living in Penn Estates, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Penn Estates, in Monroe County, had 4,546 people in the 2020 census. 98% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 2% are rented. Unemployment in Monroe County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 4,546 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Penn Estates for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.8% Monroe County, August 2026; 5.7% a year before
Homes 98% lived in by their owners; 2% rented
  • 1,151households
  • 31%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 46 mintypical commute
  • 11%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Professional and business services20%
  • Building trades10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities9%
  • Government8%
  • Manufacturing7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monroe County had 57,138 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 19°; warmest in July, 84° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 19° F M A M J J 84° 61° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 19°; warmest in July, 84° and 61° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 19° F M A M J J 84° 61° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 61°. About 42 inches of snow and 54 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the East Stroudsburg weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Monroe County

  1. Tobyhanna Army DepotCommunication equipment repair and maintenance services2,000
  2. Pocono Mountain SDSchool district1,435FTE
  3. Klaahari ResortsHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities1,348
  4. East Stroudsburg Area SDSchool district1,161FTE
  5. Pocono Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,030FTE
  6. WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage973
  7. St. Lukes Hospital - Monroe CampusGeneral hospital939FTE
  8. Mount Airy Casino ResortCasino hotels817

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 94 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 16,211 people in all across the county; Penn Estates has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals 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

  1. LightningRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively high
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Penn Estates’ 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 Monroe County.