Best PlacesPocono Summit, PA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pocono Summit, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pocono Summit ranks 25,763rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pocono Summit
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pocono Summit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pocono Summit ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 91% of towns
- BikingBetter than 84% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 82% of towns
Where Pocono Summit ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pocono Summit
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pocono Summit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,098, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pocono Summit's effective rate of 1.65%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Pocono Summit
Pocono Summit runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pocono Summit.
Who works in Pocono Summit, and how
Work in Pocono Summit centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Pocono Summit
Pocono Summit has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Pocono Summit and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Pocono Summit, month by month
Pocono Summit sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 17° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 81° | 70° | 59° |
| October | 62° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Pocono Summit
The nearest airport, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Newark Liberty International, about 71 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pocono Summit
Schools across Pocono Summit average a C+, better than 52% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Evergreen El SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Tobyhanna El CtrA+ · 80% proficient
- Clear Run Intrmd SchA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Swiftwater Interm SchA+ · 80% proficient
- Western Wayne MsB− · 40% proficient
- Pocono Mountain West JhsD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Western Wayne HsA · 75% proficient
- Pocono Mountain West HsB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pocono Summit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pocono Summit measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pocono Summit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pocono Summit
Is Pocono Summit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pocono Summit ranks 25,763rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, big-city access, and transit, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pocono Summit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,601. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $93,098 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Pocono Summit safe?
Pocono Summit is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
Compare Pocono Summit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pocono Summit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pocono Summit represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pocono Summit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pocono Summit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pocono Summit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pocono Summit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pocono Summit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pocono Summit detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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