Housing · Scranton

Scranton, PA housing market

The typical Scranton home is worth about $202,000, down 2.5% in a year, 31% below the Pennsylvania typical home. Homes typically sell in 15 days, close to asking.

Home values, sales, trends and how Scranton compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.

The market right now

Scranton at a glance

Typical home value
$202K
▼ 2.5% in a year · Zillow
Median sale price
$190K
May 2026 · Redfin
Days on market
15
Pennsylvania: 30 days
Sale-to-list
98.6%
Homes sell near asking
Homes sold
51
in May · 146 for sale
Market temperature

A seller's market

Buyer's marketBalancedSeller's market

Supply is tight — about 2.9 months of homes for sale at the current pace. Buyers should expect competition on well-priced homes.

Ten-year trend

Typical home value, 2016–2026

ScrantonPennsylvania
$50K$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K 20182020202220242026 Scranton $202K Pennsylvania $290K
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JanuaryScrantonPennsylvania
2017$101,000$173,000
2018$101,000$181,000
2019$111,000$188,000
2020$119,000$198,000
2021$136,000$219,000
2022$153,000$240,000
2023$163,000$257,000
2024$176,000$268,000
2025$195,000$280,000
2026$202,000$287,000
August 2026$202,000$290,000
Next door

Scranton and its neighbors

The towns that share a border. Tap one to see its housing page.
TownTypical value1-yr changeDays on marketMedian income
Scranton $202K −2.5% 15 $50,739
Taylor $232K −2.5% — $71,599
Moosic $268K +6.2% — $80,187
Dunmore — — 13 $71,302
Affordability

4 years of income

The typical Scranton home costs about 4 years of the town's median household income, about the same as across Pennsylvania (3.7).

How Scranton ranks on affordability →

Home value ÷ ACS median household income.

The homes

Owners, rent & taxes

Homeownership
49.9%
Pennsylvania: 69.3%
Median tax bill
$3,224
Pennsylvania: $3,311
Median rent
$1,048
Pennsylvania: $1,209
Typical home built
1938
Pennsylvania: 1965

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Listings link to their publishers.

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