Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania.
. East Stroudsburg, PA 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 Pocono Summit, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
The Census does not count Pocono Summit on its own, so the figures here are Monroe County's. Half the county's households earn more than $83,565 a year and half less; 11% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 80% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 20% 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 people in Monroe 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Pocono Summit sits in Monroe County, in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical resident is middle-aged. A minority of adults hold a college degree, and a minority of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall through much of the year.
Work. Across Monroe County, the number of jobs grew slightly over the past year, and unemployment is lower than it was a year earlier. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, or in manufacturing. Working from home is less common than travelling to a workplace.
Things to do. Stillwater Lake is in or beside town, so it is the easiest place to spend an afternoon. Gouldsboro State Park, a protected area a short drive away, offers a quieter day outdoors. Pocono Raceway, a race track a short drive away, is another option for a day out.
Report a mistake
- 61,212households
- 44.1median age
- 27%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 38 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What people in Monroe County work in
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
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 58°. About 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mount Pocono Mountains Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Monroe County
- Tobyhanna Army DepotCommunication equipment repair and maintenance services2,000
- Pocono Mountain SDSchool district1,435FTE
- Klaahari ResortsHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities1,348
- East Stroudsburg Area SDSchool district1,161FTE
- Pocono Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,030FTE
- WalmartGeneral warehousing and storage973
- St. Lukes Hospital - Monroe CampusGeneral hospital939FTE
- 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. 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
- LightningVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Monroe County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 and the East Stroudsburg, PA metro.
Pocono Summit 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 5 Pocono Summit 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.
- Pocono Summit19.72%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Pocono Summit38
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Pocono Summit11
Zip codes with a Pocono Summit address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Pocono Summit — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.