Home values, rents and more in Wilkes-Barre, PA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Wilkes-Barre compares
The typical home in Wilkes-Barre, PA is worth about $186,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Wilkes-Barre are 21% below the typical value in the Scranton metro area ($234,000) and 49% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Wilkes-Barre rose 2.3%, compared with +2.3% in the Scranton metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,311 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% below the Scranton metro area ($1,362) and 32% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 7.6% over the past year.
The median household income is $48,515, against $65,158 in the Scranton metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 44,423 people live in Wilkes-Barre (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Wilkes-Barre has the 9th-lowest typical home value of the 51 cities in the Scranton metro area and the 249th-lowest of 773 in Pennsylvania with Zillow figures.
Part of: Luzerne County, PA · Scranton metro area · Pennsylvania
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.