Tafton, Pennsylvania.
Typical home $354,330 (+0.8% in a year). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$149 (+9%) since Dec 2023.
- 1 year
- Up $2,725 +1%
- $351,605$354,330 since Sep 2025
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.
- Tafton$1,860
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Tafton, PA rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Tafton, Pike County, Pennsylvania
The Census does not count Tafton on its own, so the figures here are Pike County's. Half the county's households earn more than $81,323 a year and half less; 10% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 87% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 13% are rented. Unemployment in Pike County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Pike 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Tafton sits in Pike County, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono country of the northeast of the state. Across Pike County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and residents are older on the whole than the country as a whole. Winters are cold and snowy here, while summers are warm and mild, and rain and melted snow arrive through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Pike County, jobs have dipped slightly of late, while unemployment has eased compared with the previous year. A smaller share of people work from home than in many places, so most people travel to work each day, and for many that drive is a long part of the day.
Things to do. Lake Wallenpaupack, a reservoir, is a short drive away and is one of the best known water spots in the area. Fairview Lake, another reservoir, lies in or beside town, so it is the easiest to reach on foot or by a short trip. Dingmans Falls, a waterfall, is a longer drive away.
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- 24,262households
- 49.4median age
- 30%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 42 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What people in Pike County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pike County had 12,365 jobs in 2025, 0.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 57°. About 47 inches of snow and 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hawley East weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Pike County
- Woodloch PinesResort hotels without casinos1,210
- Delaware Valley SDSchool district652FTE
- Wallenpaupack Area SDSchool district484FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters357
- Woodloch Spa ResortResort hotels without casinos298
- WakefernGrocery stores242
- Econo-PakRice mixes made from purchased rice and dry ingredients234
- Weis MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery130
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 16 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,206 people in all. School districts come 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
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively 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 Pike County, 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 Pike County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Tafton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Tafton$354,330
- Pennsylvania$287,078
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Tafton 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.
- Tafton14.59%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Tafton26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Tafton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Tafton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.